Then and Now: How Two Pandemics Tested the Power of Women (Blog) 3/30/2021 In 2020, during one of the most significant and contentious elections in decades, women faced a new public health crisis: COVID-19. More than one…
Virginia Kase Statement for Senate Rule Committee Hearing on S1, the "For the People Act" (Press Release) 3/24/2021 The For the People Act is the democracy reform bill the American people want and deserve.
LWV Supports the For the People Act in the Senate (Press Release) 3/17/2021 Senators must come together to protect voters and defend democracy
LWV Joins Opposition to TN Medicaid waiver (Legal Document) 3/10/2021 The League signed onto a letter opposing the approval of the TN Medicaid block grant.
LWVUS asks Biden to expand COVID-19 vaccine access (Legal Document) 2/26/2021 LWVUS joined a Public Citizen letter to President Biden asking him to allow low/middle-income countries’ access to COVID-19 vaccines by waiving WTO rules.
Remaining Nonpartisan in Hyper-partisan Times (Blog) 2/10/2021 More than 100 years ago, the League of Women Voters of the U.S. was founded to be a nonpartisan voice for American women who wanted free, fair, and open elections, above all else. The politics may…
Historic Turnout in 2020 Shows Why America Needs the For the People Act (Blog) 2/2/2021 The historic 2020 election highlights the need for Congress to pass the For the People Act.
LWV Joins Lawsuit Supporting Student Plaintiffs’ Right to Civic Education (Press Release) 2/1/2021 LWVUS and LWV of Rhode Island filed an amicus brief in the case of Cook v. Raimondo, in which twelve student plaintiffs are suing the state of Rhode Island to demand a right to an education adequate…
In the Know: How Impeachment & the 25th Amendment Work (Blog) 1/14/2021 The Founders established a set of checks and balances to ensure the health and stability of our democracy, and that if impeachment or the 25th amendment is pursued that it is the best…
LWVUS Supports the Return of H.R. 1 in the 117th Congress (Press Release) 1/5/2021 The U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a sweeping democracy reform bill that was first introduced in 2019.