LWV Priorities and Positions

*4/10/2008: Based on Program Planning responses, the LWVUS Board recommends retaining all current LWVUS Positions in the areas of Representative Government, International Relations, Natural Resources and Social Policy. The LWVUS Board recommends a Health Care program to educate members and communities in order to be better prepared to do health care advocacy as needed. The Board also recommends the following proposed concurrence to amend the LWVUS Principles: "The LWVUS believes that all powers of the U.S. government should be exercised within the constitutional framework of a balance among the three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial."

*As is done every two years, the LWV of La Plata is participating in the national (LWVUS) program planning process for 2008.
Our local program planning meeting to discuss national (LWVUS) programs and priorities was held on Thursday, February 14 at the Durango Unitarian Fellowship Hall from 12:45 to 1:45pm.
*The results of our local program planning meeting were forwarded to LWV-US before Mar 1 and will be available here soon.
In preparation for this local program planning meeting, we ask all local LWV-LPC members to click and review the following materials:

1. Local Leaders Guide
2. Positions in Brief
3. LWVUS Impact on Issues 2006-2008
4. A group of LWV members around the country called Health Care Reform for the US is urging that local leagues recommend health care reform as a REVIEW item for the 2008-2010 planning period. See their site HC4US and their Planning Recommendation.

1/26/08- LWV-LPC Program Planning Chair, Jill Patton, sent the following email to all local LWV of La Plata County members:

Members:
As you'll have read in the January Voter, on Feb. 14th we will be meeting to agree on our program planning suggestions for National. All the Program Planning material is on our website at National planning.
We are asking everyone to spend a few minutes looking over the material and then filling out the attached form.
If you can come to the meeting, bring the completed form with you.
If you can't come, please send me the completed form by February 11th.
You can email me at jgpatton@frontier.net, or snail mail it to me at:
338 Whispering Pines Drive
Durango CO 81301-7102
Thank you for your help. It is important that we all have a say in this.
Jill

To view and print the referenced Planning Form, click planning_form

La Plata League local priorities

For 2007 - 2008 the La Plata League has chosen to focus on the following three priorities:

the environment
healthcare
global outreach
The La Plata League intends to advance its knowledge and positions on these priorities through education and advocacy. To read more concerning our local actions and advocacy in these areas, click above and don't forget to send us your comments at contact us

La Plata League local positions

The La Plata League consensus positions on local issues for the period 1990 through 2007 were updated and approved in October 2007.
To view the complete positions click local La Plata positions
To view a summary of these local positions, click position summaries

Colorado League Program for Study and Action

To view summaries of the Colorado League (LWVCO) current postitions on issues for 2007-2009, click LWVCO positions

League of Women Voters US Public Policy Positions

*LWV-US has recently made available several links to make it easy to view how our US Congress is voting on legislation that is key to the LWV-US public policy positions.
1-Our Key Votes page provides you with the opportunity to enter your zip code to find out how your Representatives and Senators have voted on key legislation. Additionally, you can click on any of the key votes to understand more about the legislation, as well as to use a map of the country to find out how all the members of Congress from one state voted.
2-Our House Votes page provides a comprehensive chart of key legislation that is important to the League's priorities in the House.
3-Our Senate Votes page provides a comprehensive chart of key legislation that is important to the League's priorities in the Senate

*To reference the LWV-US Public Policy Positions for 2006 - 2008, click LWVUS Impact on Issues 2006-2008
League of Women Voters US public policy positions 2006-2008 (publication #386) may be ordered from LWVUS at http://www.lwv.org/store

US League Issues Priorities

Campaign Finance Reform

Civil Liberties

DC Voting Rights

Election Administration

Ethics and Lobbying Reform

Global Climate Change

Healthcare Reform

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