League supports confirmation of civil rights leader Vanita Gupta (Legal Document) 2/25/2021 LWVUS signed on to a letter to Senators supporting the confirmation of President Biden's nominee for Associate Attorney General, Vanita Gupta.
LWVUS requests no federal funding for police in schools (Legal Document) 2/25/2021 LWVUS signed on an ACLU and disability rights groups letter asking President Biden end federal funding of police in schools
League calls for TPS protections for Mexican immigrants (Legal Document) 2/17/2021 LWV calls upon President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas to exercise executive authority to designate Mexico for Temporary Protected Status because of their COVID-19 crisis.
LWV joins calls for National Office and New Deal for New Americans (Legal Document) 2/9/2021 The League joined letters in support of the New Deal for New Americans and National Office for New Americans Acts.
LWV calls on Biden to reinstate moratorium on death penalty (Legal Document) 2/9/2021 LWV urges President Biden to fulfill his promise of justice by immediately commuting all federal death sentences and reinstating the federal moratorium on the death penalty
LWV opposes means testing for COVID-19 survival checks (Legal Document) 2/8/2021 Ahead of the House’s COVID package release, the League joined a letter opposing income limits on survival stimulus checks.
LWV urges Biden to immediately shut down Dakota Access Pipeline (Legal Document) 2/8/2021 The League joined a letter lead by the Indigenous Environmental Network urging the President and Vice President to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) .
LWV asks HHS to extend postpartum Medicaid (Legal Document) 2/5/2021 The League joined a coalition letter to the Department of Health and Human Services urging an extension of postpartum Medicaid from 60 days after birth to one year after birth.
LWV issues vote recommendation to protect immigrant rights in COVID stimulus talks (Legal Document) 2/4/2021 The League issued a rare vote recommendation last week urging them to protect immigrant/mixed-status family access to stimulus checks/vaccines and oppose Youth Amendment and others.
The League endorses the Dream Act (Legal Document) 2/4/2021 LWV sent a letter to Dream Act sponsor Senator Durbin offering our support and endorsement of the Dream Act, re-introduced last week