League Calls on U.S. House to Keep Key Elements of the ACA (Legal Document) 2/1/2017 The League sent a memo to the U.S. House of Representatives urging them to not disrupt the health coverage of millions of Americans. The League…
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…
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 Urges Senators to Cosponsor S.65 (Legal Document) 1/17/2017 The League joined other good government groups on a letter to the U.S. Senate urging Senators to cosponsor legislation to address financial conflicts…
Sneak Attack on Congressional Ethics (Press Release) 1/2/2017 Washington, DC – When the new Congress is sworn in Tuesday, one of the first orders of business will be to adopt rules for the 115th Congress,…
League Volunteers Registered Tens of Thousands of New Citizens to Vote in 2016 (Blog) 12/14/2016 Each year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants complete the naturalization application process and take part in swearing-in ceremonies—also known as…
Open Letter to the U.S. Senate: Oppose All Campaign Finance Riders to Funding Bills (Blog) 11/21/2016 November 21, 2016 Dear Senator: Our organizations strongly urge you to oppose all campaign finance riders and other “poison…
LWVTN Sends Letter Opposing Purging Voter Rolls Based on Non-Voting (Legal Document) 10/26/2016 The League of Women Voters of Tennessee sent a letter to the TN Secretary of State urging him to consider allowing voters who had been purged from…
League Urge State Election Officials to Prevent Voting Discrimination and Disruption (Legal Document) 10/26/2016 The League joined 88 voting and civil rights group in urging state election officials to create plans to prevent voting discrimination in advance of…
League Joins Amicus in McCrory v. Harris (Article) 10/24/2016 The League joined an amicus in the case of McCrory v. Harris. The case will be argued at the U.S. Supreme Court on December 5, 2016. The brief…