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LWVUS joined nearly 650 other groups on a letter to House and Senate agriculture committee leadership urging that they protect investments in climate-smart agriculture and conservation in the Farm Bill.

LWVUS joined 7 other organizations in sending best practice guidance for implementing Section 9 of President Biden's Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).

LWVUS urges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take additional measures to reduce methane air pollution from the oil and gas industry.

The League joined 115 other organizations in urging Congress to respect local decisions made by the people of the District of Columbia and their elected leadership. The letter strongly opposes any legislative vehicle that overrides, limits or otherwise usurps locally elected decision-making by the District of Columbia.  

The League of Women Voters of the United States congratulated Representative Clark on her election to the House Minority Whip position. LWVUS hopes to work with Representative Clark’s office to prioritize the issues that impact our democracy and the American people the most. 

The League of Women Voters of the United States congratulated Representative Jeffries on his historic election to the Minority Leader position in the House. LWVUS hopes to work with Representative Jeffries’s office to prioritize the issues that impact our democracy and the American people the most. 

The League of Women Voters of the United States congratulated Speaker McCarthy on his historic election to the Speaker of the House. LWVUS hopes to work with Speaker McCarthy’s office to prioritize the issues that impact our democracy and the American people the most. 

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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on an asylum ban. The asylum ban would make individuals ineligible for asylum if they enter the US without using an established pathway or without applying for protection in countries of transit. 

The League of Women Voters joined more than 25 other groups in urging the House of Representatives to codify the Office of Congressional Ethics into law, as well as to give it subpoena authority.

The League joined a letter written by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights with 60 other organizations to urge the Senate to reform the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 before the end of the year. The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, S.4573, represents a significant advance forward to securing and protecting our democracy from future attacks on presidential elections.