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LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Remove Anti-abortion Weldon Amendment from FY25 Budget (Legal Document)

6/7/2024

The League signed onto a letter to US Congress urging them to ensure that the Weldon Amendment is not included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget. The Weldon Amendment is an appropriations rider…

LWVUS Joins Letter Urging President to Remove Anti-abortion Weldon Amendment from FY25 Budget (Legal Document)

2/1/2024

The League signed onto a letter to the President urging him to ensure that the Weldon Amendment is not included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget. The Weldon Amendment is an appropriations rider…

LWVUS Joins Comments on Nondiscrimination Protections in HHS Grant-Funded Services (Legal Document)

9/11/2023

The League of Women Voters of the United States signed onto comments to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding its proposed updates to nondiscrimination protections in HHS…

LWVUS Joins Letter Urging the Administration not to Issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on an Asylum Ban (Legal Document)

1/18/2023

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined nearly 300 civil, human rights, and immigrant rights organizations on a letter to President Biden urging the Administration not to issue a…

Young Kansas voters embrace political power in fight to preserve democracy (News Clips)

9/15/2022

This story was originally published in the Kansas Reflector. Record turnout for abortion vote in Aug. 2 primary counters concerns about attempts to undermine election integrity

LWVUS joins coalition comments regarding NEPA regulations (Legal Document)

11/22/2021

ILWVUS joined coalition partners on complimentary comments to the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) rule making regarding the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

League Submits Comments on NEPA Regulations (Legal Document)

11/16/2021

The Leauge submitted comments regarding the Council on Environmental Quality's rulemaking on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Modifications were made to NEPA by the Trump…

League calls on President Biden to cease sale of Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas development (Legal Document)

11/10/2021

The League joined over 250 organizations calling on President Biden to cancel Lease Sale 257 in the Gulf of Mexico

LWVUS Urges Administration to Pause Removal of Haitians Seeking Asylum (Legal Document)

9/24/2021

The League joined partners sending a letter to President Biden urging the immediate pause of the removal of Haitians to Haiti.

A Threat to America’s Wetlands: Center for Biological Diversity et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Blog)

3/12/2021

A December 2020 decision from the EPA handed permit approval rights to the state of Florida, allowing the state to approve wetland projects without EPA review.…