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…
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,…
Celebrate the 4th of July by Making Democracy Work (Blog) 7/3/2015 Independence Day marks the birth of our nation and the signing of the Declaration of Independence that outlined the key tenets that our Constitution…
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.…
League Calls on FEC to Reconsider Pay-to-Pay Rules (Legal Document) 6/3/2015 The League joined other organizations on comments to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The letter asks the FEC to reconsider and strengthen the…
Help Stop Big Money (Blog) 5/28/2015 The explosive growth of Super PACs is a major outgrowth of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, and it is undermining the integrity and…
Supreme Court Rules in Key Judicial Campaign Finance Case (Press Release) 4/29/2015 Upholds State Bans on Judicial Campaign Solicitations, Fortifies Judicial Independence Washington, DC – Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an…