Outlining the League’s Priority Federal Issues for 2016 (Blog) 1/12/2016 The League of Women Voters has the opportunity to play an active role on many priority issues in 2016. In addition to lobbying the 114th Congress in…
League Opposes FY 2016 Budget Amendments Undermining Clean Water Rule (Legal Document) 11/20/2015 LWVUS joined a letter with organizations from across the country urging Congress to reject amendments to the FY 2016 budget that would undermine the…
Leading the League into our 2nd Century Through Our 2016 Election Plan (Blog) 11/13/2015 On Tuesday, we brought together supporters, policymakers and members of the media to introduce Dr. Wylecia Wiggs Harris as our newest executive…
League Urges Congress to Protect Funding for Farm Bill Conservation Programs (Legal Document) 10/19/2015 The League joined with over one hundred other organizations urging Congressional appropriators to protect mandatory funding for farm bill…
League Urges IRS to Adopt New 501 (c)(4) Regulations (Article) 9/10/2015 September 9, 2015 John Koskinen Commissioner Internal Revenue Service 1111 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20224 Re: Standards for tax…
Fair Districts Equal Fair Elections: LWV Ohio Shows how Gerrymandering Took the “Swing” Out of Swing State (Blog) 9/3/2015 EDITORIAL NOTE: This guest blog post was written by Carrie Davis, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio Ohio is widely considered…
15 Years of Making Democracy Work (Blog) 8/24/2015 For all of 2015, we’ve been celebrating the 95th anniversary of the League of Women Voters. When Carrie Chapman Catt founded the League, she charged…
League Advocates for Continued Funding to Restore the Great Lakes (Legal Document) 8/5/2015 The League joined other coalition partners in sending a letter to the Office of Management and Budget requesting continued funding for Great Lakes…
League Calls on Senate to Support Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act (Legal Document) 7/23/2015 The League joined a letter to U.S. Senators encouraging Senators to support and co-sponsor the Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act. The bill,…
League Supports "Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2015" (Legal Document) 6/4/2015 The League sent a letter to the U.S. Senate with other reform groups expressing support for the Lobbying and Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2015.…