The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Issues Scorecard for 116th Congress
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights today released its scores for every member of the 116th United States Congress. The Voting Record, which has been issued for every Congress since 1969, scores votes taken by every senator and representative on the legislative priorities of The Leadership Conference. The Leadership Conference’s Voting Record is neither an endorsement nor condemnation of any member of Congress.
Broad Coalition Calls on Senate to Extend 2020 Census Data Reporting Deadlines
Washington, D.C. – Underscoring the importance and urgency of extending statutory reporting deadlines for apportionment and redistricting data, a diverse and consequential array of local, state, and national organizations urged U.S Senators today to “to give the U.S. Census Bureau sufficient time to thoroughly implement complex data processing activities and complete the most accurate 2020 Census possible.”
Civil Rights Leaders Call on Congress to Ensure an Accurate, Transparent, Equitable Census
WASHINGTON– While the Trump administration rushed to end data collection early last week, the 2020 Census is not over. Civil rights leaders and census experts held a press briefing Tuesday in partnership with Ethnic Media Services to urge Congress to pass an extension to the statutory deadlines for the Census Bureau’s data for apportionment and redistricting by 120 days each, as the Trump administration requested last April. Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate to extend these deadlines to provide the Census Bureau the time it needs to ensure a fair and accurate 2020 Census.
Supreme Court Ruling Brings Chaos and Confusion to the 2020 Census
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to halt census counting:
Congress Must Pass Revised HEROES Act to Protect All Communities
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the House introduction of the revised COVID-19 relief package, the “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act,” or the HEROES Act:
New Bipartisan Bills Could Save the 2020 Census
WASHINGTON -- Following the introduction of U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Brian Schatz’s (D-Hawaii) bipartisan bill to give the U.S. Census Bureau the time it needs to complete an accurate 2020 Census and ensure millions of people are not erased from our national portrait, Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the below statement: