The League and coalition partners sent a letter to Lamar Smith, House Judiciary Chair and John Conyers, Ranking Minority Member endorsing HR 2572, the Clean Up Government Act of 2011. HR 2572 would restore important tools for federal prosecutors fighting public corruption.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to do away with one of the most effective deterrents to campaign finance corruption our nation has relied on since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s.
The League of Women Voters and other concerned organizations oppose H.R. 3463, legislation that would repeal the presidential public financing system AND terminate the Election Assistance Commission.
The League and coalition groups sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to oppose an amendment that would gut the Office of Congressional Ethics.
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to the leadership of the House Ethics committee urging the committee to appoint outside counsel in the investigation into ethics violations by Representative Maxine Waters.
But Public Financing of Elections Survives
Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters today expressed profound disappointment at the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in McComish v. Bennett.
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to the leadership of the House Committee on Ethics expressing concern regarding the length of time it has taken to investigate possible ethics violations by Representative Maxine Waters.
League Expresses Concern Over Stalled Ethics Investigation The League and coalition partners sent a letter to the leadership of the House Committee on Ethics asking when the inquiry into possible ethics violations by Representative Maxine Waters will be resumed and completed.
League President, Elisabeth MacNamara, sent a letter to Senators urging them to oppose S. 194 and any other moves to eliminate the public financing system for presidential elections.
The League and coalition partners sent a letter to Senators urging them to oppose legislation to repeal presidential public financing and support modernization legislation instead.
