League Leaders from 43 States Convene as Senate Unveils Nasty Health Care Bill (Blog) 6/23/2017 LWV Voices Opposition to Harmful Legislation
"Don't Cap My Care" Medicaid Rally (Blog) 6/8/2017 This week, League Interns had the chance to hear the personal side of the effects of possible cuts and caps to Medicaid at the Don’t Cap My Care rally hosted by the
On the Affordable Care Act’s Anniversary, Another Supreme Court Challenge (Blog) 3/18/2016 On the sixth anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing arguments in the case of Zubik v. Burwell, which challenges the health care law's…
Outlining the League’s Priority Federal Issues for 2016 (Blog) 1/12/2016 In addition to lobbying the 114th Congress in support of our priorities, the League is working on a number of important policy proposals put forth by the President and agencies of the federal…
U.S. Supreme Court Considers the Idea of Representation (Blog) 12/11/2015 Evenwel v. Abbott, a case out of Texas, has the potential to upset the criteria for drawing state and local legislative districts so that they would be determined by the total number of voters…
League Opposes Motion to Proceed to Senate Health Care Bill (Legal Document) 7/24/2017 The League opposes the motion to proceed on the Better Care Reconciliation Act, which will eliminate affordable quality health care for 22 million Americans by gutting the Affordable Care Act and…
League Sends Letter to President Trump Regarding Census Bureau Director (Legal Document) 7/18/2017 The League joined 168 national, state and local organizations in urging the President to nominate a highly qualified and widely respected professional to serve as the next Director of the U.S. Census…
League Joins Letter in Support of Paid Family Leave (Legal Document) 6/30/2017 The League joined more than 340 organizations representing a range of demographic groups from more than 40 states in sending a letter to Congress urging members to support an inclusive paid family…
League Joins Civil and Human Rights Groups Urging Senators to Oppose AHCA (Legal Document) 6/20/2017 The League joined a letter to the U.S. Senate urging them to reject H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act.
League Calls on President Trump to Commit to Protecting Civil Rights (Legal Document) 6/7/2017 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on a letter to President Trump expressing concern that the civil and human rights of all Americans are being drastically undermine