Follow Last Night’s State of the Union Action! (Blog) 1/21/2015 Check out our Storify to catch up on the President’s speech and to see how our Bingo boards played out!
4 Solutions to Fight the Corruptive Influence of Money in Politics (Blog) 1/21/2015 The League of Women Voters is observing the 5th anniversary of Citizens United with a renewed resolve to limit the influence of money in politics.
California League Wins Fight against Dark Money in California (Blog) 5/27/2014 Read a guest blog post by the League of Women Voters of California on their advocacy campaign that resulted in a big win for campaign disclosure.
LWVUS Lobby Corps: An Invaluable Resource (Blog) 4/10/2014 Established in 1971, Lobby Corps convenes for briefings on League legislative priorities. They play a key role in promoting League issues and communicating our positions to Congress.
The Fight to Reform Campaign Finance Laws Continues (Blog) 5/9/2013 The summer and fall months of 2013 are shaping up to play an important role in the fight to reform our broken campaign finance system. Here’s a little more detail on what is going on around this…
Let’s get a State of the Union BINGO for LWV policy priorities! (Blog) 2/5/2013 Next Tuesday, February 12th, President Obama will deliver his annual State of the Union (SOTU) address, which will outline his key priorities for the year and second term in office.
It’s Time to Fix our Fiscal Policy (Blog) 11/30/2012 January 1, 2013 is the deadline for our financial future.
Who Pays for the Parties? (Blog) 9/6/2012 Editorial Note: This piece was first published as part of the Huffington Post's Shadow Convention discussion on money in politics and on my Huffington Post blog.
Support for the DISCLOSE Act across the country (Blog) 7/13/2012 We recently aired radio ads on the importance of disclosure in Maine and Tennessee. Now, Leagues across the country are writing op-eds so Senators know we want them to stop secret spending.
Supreme Court Repeats Naïve, Uninformed Errors of Citizens United (Blog) 6/25/2012 Today, the Supreme Court repeated its uninformed errors in the Citizens United decision in another campaign finance case. We look forward to the day when the Court majority deal with the facts.