Here in [location], we have seen more than our fair share of political advertisements on TV. And so many of them are negative. Others are just plain misleading or inaccurate.
The League joined with coalition partners in sending a letter to House Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi expressing support for the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and urging them to ensure its uninterrupted operations in the next Congress by reactivating the agency and appointing the necessary board members.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 2012
FACT SHEET: THE EQUAL FUTURES PARTNERSHIP TO EXPAND WOMEN’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION
The League joined other coaltion partners in sending a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition of H.R. 5912 a bill that would repeal the presidential public financing system.
The League and members of the environment community sent the following letter to a subcommittee on Energy and Commerce opposing H.R. 6172. This bill would rewrite the Clean Air Act and block the Environmental Protection Agency from setting any standards for power plant carbon pollution.
The League joined members of the environmental community urging the U.S. House to oppose H.R. 3409, the Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012. The bill fundamentally weakens the Clean Air Act and takes aim at an array of laws that keep the American public safe.
The Second Preparatory Meeting of the 9th Forum for the Future will take place in Amman, Jordan, October 1-2, 2012. This second meeting which focuses on Economic Governance presents an opportunity to bring together governments and private sector/civil society representatives to discuss critical economic governance and growth issues and identify concrete steps to improve the business and investment climate, create jobs, and encourage entrepreneurs. Among the themes that have been identified as possible agenda topics are: entrepreneurship (with a sub-focus on women), transparency, includin
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On Wednesday, September 12, LWVUS President Elisabeth Macnamra testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary at a hearing entitled "The Citizens United Court and the Continuing Importance of the Voting Rights Act."
A record number of campaign advertisements are flooding the television airwaves in communities across the nation. Many of these ads are being run by “outside groups” that are supposedly independent from a candidate. These “outside group” ads (sometimes referred to “third-party” ads) threaten to spread misinformation as studies have shown that these ads contain a higher level of both attacks and inaccurate statements than candidate campaign ads.