League Joins Efforts to Support Funding in 4th COVID-19 Stimulus (Legal Document) 4/22/2020 LWVUS has actively been supporting additional measures for inclusion in the next emergency funding stimulus bills related to the coronavirus.
League Joins letter calling for Congress to Protect Basic Human Needs in Pandemic (Legal Document) 7/29/2020 The League joins its partners addressing Congress and asking for new pandemic relief legislation that protects and meetings basic human needs to reduce the effects of the pandemic on our population.
League Asks for Extension of Comments Period to Department of Labor (Legal Document) 9/11/2019 We joined 92 organizations in requesting that the Department of Labor extend the comment period for proposed rules on the equal opportunity clause's religious exemption.
League Asks Congress to Restore Title X and Reject Gag Rule Through Appropriations Processes (Legal Document) 9/11/2019 With 136 organizations, we wrote to Congressional leadership to ask that provisions that promote health care access for millions of people in the U.S. and globally be included in the final budget.
Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act (Press Release) 6/17/2021 We must continue to work for health justice and ensure the ACA remains the law of the land.
LWV Responds to SCOTUS Decision on Texas Abortion Law (Press Release) 12/10/2021 The US Supreme Court ruled in Whole Women's Health v. Jackson that abortion providers have the right to challenge a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks and deputizing private citizens to carry…
Who Will Elect the President? The Electoral College System (Blog) 8/8/2000 Every four years, the Electoral College, a little-known feature of our Constitution, enjoys a fleeting movement of fame. About six weeks after the long grind of the presidential election is over, the…
League Urges Congress to Lift Severe Caps on Discretionary Spending (Article) 6/26/2019 LWVUS joined organizations connected to the Coalition on Human Needs on a letter urging members of Congress to lift severe caps on domestic and international discretionary spending in Fiscal Years…
League Joins Letter Opposing Trump Administration's Rescissions Package (Article) LWVUS joined a letter sent to the U.S. House and Senate urging the rejection of a $15.3 billion rescission package proposed by the Trump Administration.
We've Voted: What Happens Next in the Electoral College? (Blog) 11/5/2020 The Electoral College has been a part of our democratic process since the start, but what does it really do and what can we expect this year? Here is what you should know.