Letters

LWVUS and LWVDC Urge Amendments to Protect DC Voters (Legal Document)

LWVUS and LWVDC submitted a statement that urged Congress to prioritize DC’s autonomy and its elected leaders’ right to make policies for its residents.

LWVUS Joins Letter Urging Congress to Support Paid Family and Medical Leave (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to support the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would create a national paid family and medical leave insurance program to help ensure that people can take time off of work for caregiving and serious health needs.

LWVUS Urges Senate to Oppose DC Police Reform Disapproval Resolution (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter to the Senate urging them to oppose a resolution disapproving of the DC Council's passage of policing and justice reform legislation. The letter expressed the way in which DC disapproval resolutions contradict DC statehood, and that this one in particular undermines police and criminal reform efforts.

LWVUS Joins Letter Requesting Congress Support Broadband Internet Access (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership to request additional funding for the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The ACP helps more than 17 million households in the US afford broadband internet, which is vital for employment, education, health care, commerce, community building, civic engagement, and government services.

LWVUS Comments on OMB Race and Ethnicity Data Standards (Legal Document)

The League submitted comments to the Management and Budget Office (OMB) regarding its proposed updates to the federal government’s race and ethnicity data collection standards. The outcome of this comment opportunity will update the questions that respondents see on the US Census and other forms of government data collection. LWVUS also signed onto partner comments to amplify how the proposed changes would impact numerous racial and ethnic communities in the US.

LWVUS Joins Letter Urging HHS to Take Action to Keep People Covered During Medicaid Unwinding (Legal Document)

The League of Women Voters of the United States joined more than 200 civil rights and health care groups on a letter to the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The letter urges the Agency to enforce state and federal action to maintain Medicaid coverage for eligible families when the continuous coverage requirement ends.

LWVUS Urges US Senate to Support Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) (Legal Document)

LWVUS sent a memo to members of the US Senate urging them to support S.J. Res. 4, a resolution to affirm the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

LWVUS Sends Letter to Congress About Priorities for the 118th Congress (Legal Document)

LWVUS reached out to members of Congress to outline its priority issues for the 118th Congress and urged Congress to implement necessary reforms like restoring the Voting Rights Act, regulating money in politics, protecting DC, and standardizing redistricting rules.

LWVUS Joins Letter Supporting LIHWAP (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined coalition members in urging Congress to allocate $1 billion to continue the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) program to help families with growing water debt and rising water costs.

Advocates urge EPA to require incinerator emissions reporting (Legal Document)

Advocates urge EPA to require waste incinerators to report their toxic chemical emissions to the agency’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).