League Urges Opposition of Election Assistance Commission Termination Act (Legal Document) 2/6/2017 The League sent a memo to members of the Committee on House Administration ahead of the markup of HR 634, the Election Assistance Commission…
League Sends Memo to U.S. Senate Regarding Supreme Court Nominee (Article) 2/1/2017 The League sent a memo to the U.S. Senate about the most recent nominee to the Supreme Court. The memo outlines three questions that the League would…
Three Questions for the Supreme Court Nominee (Blog) 1/31/2017 The next Supreme Court nominee, whom President Trump will nominate this week, will play a major role in the course for American democracy over the…
League Opposes Use of Congressional Review Act to Repeal Public Protections (Legal Document) 1/30/2017 The League joined a letter to Capitol Hill urging Congress to table Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions of disapproval, which would harm…
League Statement on Keystone Pipeline Moving Forward (Press Release) 1/24/2017 Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters president, Chris Carson, issued the following statement after President Trump signed executive…
Statement on the Passage of the REINS Act (Press Release) 1/11/2017 League of Women Voters Statement on the Passage of the REINS Act Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters president, Chris Carson…
League Opposes H.R. 26, REINS Act of 2017 (Legal Document) 1/4/2017 The League joined a letter to the U.S. House in opposition to the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2017. Under the…
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…