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LWVUS Legislative Priorities
To guide its work in Congress, the LWVUS Board adopts lobbying priorities every year. The goal is to maintain focus on issues of primary importance identified by LWVUS.
To guide its work in Congress, the LWVUS Board adopts lobbying priorities every year. The goal is to maintain focus on issues of primary importance identified by LWVUS. The goals are to:
- Project a focused and consistent message,
- Enhance the League’s effectiveness and impact,
- Build the League’s credibility and visibility,
- Ensure that the League has sufficient issue and political expertise,
- Reflect program decisions made at convention and/or council,
- Build on strong member interest and support, and
- Enable the League to manage resources effectively.
LWVUS Legislative Priorities for 2024
Moved, LWVUS Board of Directors adopt the 2024 Lobbying Priorities as:
- Campaign for Making Democracy Work® which includes advocating for voting rights, money in politics, protecting DC autonomy, and the 2030 Census.
- Work to finalize publication of the Equal Rights Amendment in the US Constitution.
- Approve strategic engagement, as needed, for watchlist issues: climate change, gun safety, immigration, and reproductive justice.
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