League Opposes Attempts to Eviscerate Office of Congressional Ethics (Legal Document) 1/4/2017 The League opposed efforts to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). A proposal that would have gutted the only institution in the…
Public Interest Podcast: Are Our Elected Officials Selecting Their Constituencies Instead of Having Voters Select Them? (News Clips) 1/4/2017 This podcast originally appeared in the Public Interest Podcast.This is the forty-fourth episode of Public Interest Podcast with Chris Carson, the…
Huffington Post: House Republicans Drop Efforts To Gut Ethics Watchdog After Onslaught Of Criticism (News Clips) 1/4/2017 This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. By Matt Fuller, Paige Lavender WASHINGTON ― After a torrent of bad headlines, countless…
Herald Globe: President-elect Trump has conflicts of interest that are unprecedented for an American president. (News Clips) 1/3/2017 This article originally appeared in the Herald Globe.WASHINGTON, U.S. - House GOP on Monday night voted to approve a change to House rules to weaken…
Sneak Attack on Congressional Ethics (Press Release) 1/2/2017 Washington, DC – When the new Congress is sworn in Tuesday, one of the first orders of business will be to adopt rules for the 115th Congress,…
Bustle Op-Ed: 2017 Could Be The Most Critical Year For Voting Rights Since 1920 (News Clips) 12/27/2016 This article previously appeared in Bustle. By Chris Carson There are a lot of reasons to be discouraged by the restrictions we saw to voting this…
League Announces Partnership with Labor Talk Radio (Press Release) 12/21/2016 Voters will Hear from League Experts on The Union Edge Washington, DC and Pittsburgh, PA – The League of Women Voters is excited to partner…
League Volunteers Registered Tens of Thousands of New Citizens to Vote in 2016 (Blog) 12/14/2016 Each year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants complete the naturalization application process and take part in swearing-in ceremonies—also known as…
Morning Consult Op-Ed: Permanently Protect the Arctic and Atlantic for our Children and Future Generations (News Clips) 12/14/2016 This article originally appeared in the Morning Consult.By Chris Carson The Obama administration’s recent decision to keep offshore oil drilling…
Can Partisanship Justify Racial Gerrymandering? (Press Release) 12/2/2016 SCOTUS to hear Arguments MondayWashington, DC – On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a landmark case on the critical intersection of racial…