League of Women Voters of the United States
49th National Convention - June 11-15, 2010 - Atlanta, GA.
90 Years of Making Democracy Work: A History of Change. A Future of Hope
Program
Convention adopted:
- A study of the federal role in public education
- A study on privatization: the policy agenda to transfer government functions, services and assets to the private sector.
Positions
Convention adopted the following positions by concurrence of the convention floor:
- An updated Arms Control Position
- An addition to the LWVUS position of the President in support of the National Popular Vote Compact for the election of the President until the abolition of the Electoral college
- Add Marriage Equality to the Equality of Opportunity position.
Resolutions
Convention also supported the following resolutions:
- To support lifting the travel restrictions for American going to Cuba
- To support safe drilling and mining for energy resources
- To call upon the Senate to change its rules to limit the use of the filibuster
- To advocate for bills that legislate for improved Medicare for all
- To add the principal of Transparency to the SARA Resolution, as adopted by LWVUS Convention of 2006.
- To call upon legislative and executive branches of the federal government to respond creatively, efficiently, to the governmental, health and economic crises created by the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico.
Convention also voted on a budget. PMP was set at $29.70 for FY 2010-2011 and $30 for FY 2011-2012.
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