LWVUS Opposes Effort to Exclude Noncitizens from Apportionment Count (Legal Document) 5/7/2024 LWVUS and partners urged Congress to oppose H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act.
LWVUS Joins Letter to Congress Urging Increased Funding for HHS' Office for Civil Rights (Legal Document) 3/13/2024 LWVUS signed onto a letter to the congressional subcommittees on Health and Human Services (HHS) urging them to double funding for HHS' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in FY25 appropriations. OCR…
LWVUS Submits Comments on First Phase of Environmental Justice Scorecard (Legal Document) 1/19/2024 The League submitted comments to the Council on Environmental Quality in response to its request for information on Phase One of the Environmental Justice Scorecard, an executive order-directed…
LWVUS Joins Letter to House on Pregnant Students Bill (Legal Document) 1/10/2024 The League joined a sign-on letter to the US House Education and Workforce Committee before its markup of the Pregnant Students' Rights Act. This bill would require institutions of higher education…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Unconstitutional Change to the Census (Legal Document) 12/5/2023 The League urged Congress to oppose an appropriations amendment that would exclude undocumented immigrants from the congressional apportionment calculation after each census.
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging President to Finalize Rule on Health Coverage for DACA Recipients (Legal Document) 10/16/2023 The League signed onto a letter to the President urging him to direct the Administration to finalize the proposed rule to allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program…
LWVUS Submits Comments on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementation (Legal Document) 9/29/2023 The League submitted comments to the Council on Environmental Quality regarding its proposed revisions to its regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Fully Fund WIC (Legal Document) 9/25/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging the congressional appropriations committees to allot sufficient funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program…
LWVUS Sends Letter to Congress about the Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 8/1/2023 The League hopes to see members of the 118th Congress work together to ensure that voting rights are championed as a bipartisan effort in this country.
League Joins Call for Congress to Oppose Any Extension of Title 42 (Legal Document) 4/26/2022 Over 100 organizations signed a letter to Members of Congress urging them to reject any proposed extension to Title 42.