Proposed House Immigration Legislation is Bad for America (Press Release) 6/19/2018 The League of Women Voters urges members of Congress to vote NO on the Goodlatte bill and NO on the Ryan compromise.
LWV Statement on the President's Discriminatory Comment (Press Release) 1/12/2018 Washington, DC – League of Women Voters president Chris Carson issued the following statement in response to the reports of President Trump…
LWV Statement on EPA Clean Power Plan Repeal (Press Release) 10/10/2017 By repealing the Clean Power Plan, the White House is putting the interests of corporate polluters ahead of the health and safety of the American public.
League Statement on DACA Reversal (Press Release) 9/5/2017 This administration's decision to rescind the 'Dreamers' program is shameful and does not serve national interest. As a country of immigrants, we are made stronger by our diversity.
League Statement on the Paris Climate Agreement (Press Release) 6/1/2017 Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters president, Chris Carson issued the following statement in response to President Trump's announcement that the United States will leave t
Koch Brothers Attempt to Buy Votes on Healthcare (Press Release) 3/23/2017 Washington, DC – In an attempt to block the 'American Health Care Act' from passing the House of Representatives, well-funded special interests are promising to raise millions for Freedom…
League Statement on Keystone Pipeline Moving Forward (Press Release) 1/24/2017 Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters president, Chris Carson, issued the following statement after President Trump signed executive actions to advance the construction of th
Sneak Attack on Congressional Ethics (Press Release) 1/2/2017 Washington, DC – When the new Congress is sworn in Tuesday, one of the first orders of business will be to adopt rules for the 115th Congress, including severe cut backs in the independence of the
21 NGOs: Excluding Arctic and Atlantic from Offshore Leasing Moves U.S. Closer to Clean Energy Future (Press Release) 11/18/2016 WASHINGTON (November 18, 2016) – The Obama Administration took bold action today, announcing it will exclude the Arctic Ocean from its oil and gas leasing progr
Climate Change Lawsuit Breaks New Ground: League of Women Voters Joins in Historic Effort (Press Release) 11/18/2016 Washington, DC and Eugene, Oregon – On Thursday, November 8, a federal judge ruled that youth plaintiffs may proceed with their historic climate change lawsuit in the case of Juliana et al v.