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In June we celebrate our civil rights (voting, water, healthcare and equal pay)Voting Rights Advancement Act (S 1659 -Leahy/HR 2867 - Sewell) The Advancement Act will: <ul><li>Modernize the formula used to cover states with a pattern of discrimination that puts voters at risk:
 The Advancement Act will require 13 states with a recent history of 
voting rights violations, including New York and California, to have all
 voting changes examined (“precleared” or “preclearance”) prior to 
implementation. Preclearance would be lifted after 10 years for states 
and local jurisdictions without violations.</li></ul><ul><li>Ensure that last-minute voting changes won’t adversely affect voters:
 Communities have a right to know about voting changes that affect them.
 To put an end to last-minute changes to election laws or procedures 
that may adversely impact voters, the Advancement Act require that 
jurisdictions publicly notice all changes to voting laws that happen 
within 180 days of an election.</li></ul><ul><li>Protect voters nationwide from changes that are likely to discriminate against people of color and language minorities:
 The Advancement Act will require preclearance for certain new voting 
procedures in all jurisdictions, including: adding or subtracting seats 
that affect the influence of communities of color; reduction in language
 accessibility of voting materials; addition of new barriers to voter 
registration and verification; and consolidation or relocation of 
polling places.</li></ul><ul><li>Enhance the ability to apply additional preclearance review when needed:
 The Advancement Act will allow a federal court the discretion to order a
 preclearance remedy following any violation of the Act. </li></ul><ul><li>Expand federal observer program:
 The Attorney General will be able to send federal observers to any 
place she determines to have a substantial risk of racial 
discrimination.</li></ul><ul><li>Improve Voting Rights Protections for Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
 Among other things, the bill will offer greater access for voter 
registration and voting on and off reservations, and greater language 
accessibility.</li></ul>Voter Empowerment Act (HR 12 - Lewis) This
 legislation advances reforms to ensure that eligible voters can 
register and cast ballots without undue burden, regardless of race, age,
 economic class or disability. It includes necessary protections to 
ensure that all ballots are counted as cast. <ul><li>Restores voting rights to person's with past felony convictions</li><li>Allows same day voter registration</li><li>Ensures online voter registration</li><li>Counts all provisional ballots of eligible voters</li><li>Returns by auditable elections using paper ballots</li></ul>Expanded and Improved Medicare for All (HR 676 - Conyers) This
 legislation expands Medicare so that it is lifelong, includes dental, 
vision, long-term care and mental health on parity with physical health.
 There are no deductibles and no co-pays for healthcare. This system 
provides actual health treatment rather than health insurance.The WATER Act (HRxxx - Conyers) The “Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2016” that will provide a dedicated funding stream for the Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs. The
 WATER Act provides funding for the existing SRF programs by eliminating
 the deferral U.S. multinational corporations currently enjoy on paying 
domestic tax on overseas income. By taxing these overseas revenues in 
the year they are earned, we can raise more than $60 billion a year to 
fund repairs, maintenance, and improvement of our nation’s water 
infrastructure. This investment will also create tens of thousands of jobs across the United States. According to the Clean Water water infrastructure creates between 20,000 and nearly 27,000 jobs across the economy.In addition to providing a permanent, dedicated source of funding for the SRFs, the WATER Act will also: <ul><li>require
 EPA to coordinate a study about water affordability, discrimination and
 civil rights violations by water and sewer providers, public 
participation in water regionalization efforts, and water shutoffs; </li></ul><ul><li> increase technical assistance to rural and small municipalities and tribal governments;</li><li>create a new grant program for the repair, replacement or upgrading of septic tanks and drainage fields</li><li>limit Drinking Water SRF funding to publicly owned, operated and managed utilities;</li><li>create a new grant program to fund public schools’ testing and replacement of drinking water infrastructure due to lead;</li><li>provide SRF funding for grants to owners of private service lines for replacement of lead service lines; and,</li></ul><ul><li>increase funding for grants to tribal governments for drinking water infrastructure.</li></ul>Equal Rights Amendment - 3 State (SJ Res 15 - 
Cardin/HJ Res 51 Speier) to finish the Constitutional amendment started in 1920 by Alice 
Paul that codifies equal pay for equal work and brings strict judicial 
scrutiny to discrimination based on sex. Currently there are 35 states 
that have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. This bill allows us to 
add 3 more states and complete the amendment process.New Columbia Admissions Act (S 1688 - Carper/HR 317 - Norton) The
 685,000 residents of Washington, DC have no Senators and no voting 
Representative. This bill creates the 51st state for the residents of 
the city and returns the Federal enclave to the District.<hr>

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