League Outlines Priorities for State of the Union (Legal Document) 2/24/2022 The League sent a letter to the White House outlining the issues that we hope President Biden will touch on during the State of the Union. The issues…
League Joins Call to Support the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (Legal Document) 6/8/2021 The League joined a letter led by the Leadership Conference in support of two critical pieces of legislation needed to protect the freedom to…
The League urges Senators to Vote No on anti-immigrant amendment to COVID relief (Legal Document) 3/4/2021 Building on LWVUS’ Senate vote recommendation a few weeks ago, the League joined a letter by immigrant rights advocates urging Senators to…
League calls for TPS protections for Mexican immigrants (Legal Document) 2/17/2021 LWV joins over 125 advocacy and civil rights organizations to call upon President Biden and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to…
LWV issues vote recommendation to protect immigrant rights in COVID stimulus talks (Legal Document) 2/4/2021 During last week’s Senate vote-a-rama, the League issued a rare vote recommendation to Senators urging them to protect immigrant and mixed-status…
LWV calls on President-elect Biden to Reverse Harmful Immigration Executive Orders on Day 1 (Legal Document) 12/18/2020 President-elect Joe Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 December 18, 2020 Dear President-…
League Joins Principles for Immigrant COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution (Legal Document) 12/18/2020 Dr. Robert R. Redfield Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30329 AND Dr. David…
League Affirms Support for the For the People Act in 117th Congress (Legal Document) 11/23/2020 LWVUS sent a letter to Senate and House leadership outlining our continued support for the legislation commonly referred to as HR1 or the For the…, November 23, 2020 To: Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate From: Virginia Kase, Chief…
LWVUS and Common Cause Demand Census Bureau Extend Operation Deadline (Legal Document) 8/6/2020 LWVUS and Common Cause have written a letter to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham asking him to commit to a fair and accurate census count.…
League Joins Efforts to Support Funding in 4th COVID-19 Stimulus (Legal Document) 4/22/2020 LWVUS has actively been supporting additional measures for inclusion in the next emergency funding stimulus bills related to the coronavirus. The…