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LWVUS Opposes SAVE Act (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined coalition partners to oppose the SAVE Act, which would require citizenship documentation to cast a ballot, despite the fact that voters in every state are already required to affirm or verify their citizenship status when registering to vote.

LWVUS Opposes Intrusion into D.C. Local Governance (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined coalition partners in strong opposition to H.R. 7530, the D.C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe (DC CRIMES) Act, and H.R. 5798, the Protecting our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act of 2023.

LWVUS Opposes Effort to Exclude Noncitizens from Apportionment Count (Legal Document)

LWVUS and partners urged Congress to oppose H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act.

League joins ACLU, DEMOS in submitting Comments to CMS (Legal Document)

The League joined the ACLU and Demos on a federal register notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

LWVUS Supports Voting Rights Restoration (Legal Document)

LWVUS Federal Lobby Corps lobbied Congress in support of the Next Step Home Act to restore the voting rights of thousands of Americans with prior convictions.

LWVUS Joins "Vision for Justice" Policy Paradigm for Public Safety (Legal Document)

LWVUS signed onto The Leadership Conference's relaunched Vision for Justice, a comprehensive new policy paradigm for public safety that respects the dignity and human rights of all people.

LWVUS Joins Letter to Support Census Funding (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined a letter to urge Congress to provide the U.S. Census Bureau with $2 billion in FY 2025.

League Opposes Equal Representation Act (Legal Document)

The League joined coalition partners to oppose H.R. 7109, the Equal Representation Act, and any future efforts to ask about citizenship or immigration status on the decennial census and to exclude noncitizens from the apportionment counts.

LWVUS Joins Letter to Congress Supporting DC Autonomy (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined 50 other organizations in imploring Congress to respect DC's autonomy. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have proposed legislation that would interfere with the DC Council’s local control and impose the will of Congress onto DC’s nearly 700,000 residents.

LWVUS Joins Letter to Congress Urging Increased Funding for HHS' Office for Civil Rights (Legal Document)

LWVUS signed onto a letter to the congressional subcommittees on Health and Human Services (HHS) urging them to double funding for HHS' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in FY25 appropriations. OCR enforces civil rights and health information security in HHS-funded or -administered programs, including HIPAA, ACA Section 1557, and parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This funding would support efforts in nondiscrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, language, age, sex, pregnancy or related conditions including pregnancy termination, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability; as well as its work to secure personal health information.