League sends memo to Senator Manchin on DC Statehood (Legal Document) 5/21/2021 LWVUS and LWVWV sent a memo to Senator Joe Manchin responding to his comments regarding the constitutionality of S. 51, the Washington DC Admission Act.
League Urges US Senate to Pass Equality Act (Legal Document) 5/13/2021 The League joined other organizations on a letter voicing support for the Equality Act.
League Calls For Improvements to the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (Legal Document) 5/13/2021 The League joined the Justice Roundtable to demand that the U.S. Senate make meaningful improvements to the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed by the House.
League Supports Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 (Legal Document) 5/11/2021 LWVUS endorsed the reintroduction of the Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021.
LWV CEO Virginia Kase Written Testimony for the Senate Judiciary Committee on Gun Safety Reform (Legal Document) 3/24/2021 Statement for Virginia Kase, Chief Executive Officer League of Women Voters of the United States U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on…
LWV Joins Opposition to TN Medicaid waiver (Legal Document) 3/10/2021 The League signed onto a letter opposing the approval of the TN Medicaid block grant.
The League urges Senators to Vote No on anti-immigrant amendment to COVID relief (Legal Document) 3/4/2021 The League joined, immigrant rights advocates to oppose a COVID relief package amendment that threatened to deny survival checks to mixed-immigration status families.
LWV joins letter to federal agencies asking for eviction moratorium enforcement (Legal Document) 3/3/2021 The League joined housing justice coalitions in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the eviction moratorium.
LWVUS asks Biden to expand COVID-19 vaccine access (Legal Document) 2/26/2021 LWVUS joined a Public Citizen letter to President Biden asking him to allow low/middle-income countries’ access to COVID-19 vaccines by waiving WTO rules.
League supports confirmation of civil rights leader Vanita Gupta (Legal Document) 2/25/2021 LWVUS signed on to a letter to Senators supporting the confirmation of President Biden's nominee for Associate Attorney General, Vanita Gupta.