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…
League Urges Senators to Oppose Challenges to EPA Clean Power Plan (Legal Document) 11/18/2015 The League joined a letter sent to the U.S. Senate urging members to oppose S.J. Res 23 and S.J. Res 24, legislation that would permanently block the…
Deadline Coming: Support the EPA's Methane Pollution Regulation (Blog) 11/11/2015 The deadline to submit your comments in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever methane pollution standard is quickly approaching…
Victory in the Battle over the Keystone XL Pipeline (Blog) 11/10/2015 The Obama Administration issued a full rejection of the permits necessary to build the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline last week! This is a major victory…
League Commends President Obama on Decision to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline (Press Release) 11/6/2015 Washington, DC - “We are very pleased with the decision by the Obama Administration to reject the permits necessary to build the Keystone XL pipeline…
Obama Administration Violating Voting Rights Law (Blog) 10/30/2015 For several years, the League of Women Voters and our partners, Demos and Project Vote, have been lobbying the states and the Obama Administration to…
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 Opposes Senate Attempts to Block Clean Power Plan (Legal Document) 10/15/2015 The League sent a letter to the U.S. Senate opposing any attempt to block the implementation of the Administrations Clean Power Plan. Under the…
League: New Ozone Pollution Standard Good Step, Not Good Enough (Press Release) 10/2/2015 Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters of the United States released the following statement from president Elisabeth MacNamara, regarding the…
League Joins Amicus in Evenwel v. Abbott (Article) 9/29/2015 The LWVUS recently submitted an amicus curiae brief with other groups to the Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott. The case will determine…