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    November 2022 Washington Letter

     

    Unfinished Business for the 117th Congress

    What's left in the 117th Congress and how will the unresolved issues get resolved.

    This Month's Articles

    Advocate of the Month

    We are proud to honor Elizabeth M. Yang as our Advocate of the Month for November 2022 for her tireless work on reforming election law. She is a member of the Standing Committee on Election Law, where she has played a pivotal role in the development of the ABA Election Administration Guidelines, including the most recent revision addressing misinformation and disinformation and personal security of election administrators and voters (adopted by the House of Delegates in August 2022). She is also Chair of the Election Law and Voting Rights Committee of the Section of State and Local Government Law, where she created the Section’s Defending Democracy initiative to celebrate the work of state and local election administrators as workers on the frontlines of our democracy. She is committed to perfecting democracy, by working to ensure voting rights for all eligible citizens, and defending democracy, through education and efforts to instill confidence in the integrity of our nation’s electoral process.

    Legislative Research Tip

    Congress.gov Email Alert Features Two new features in Congress.gov can help users streamline their email alerts and track changes in legislation. Saved searches can now be consolidated into one daily email alert, by visiting the user account “Alerts” page and selecting “Consolidate saved search alerts”. Researchers can also track changes in their legislation searches through email alerts; on saving a legislation search in the advanced search form users can select alerts for changes in cosponsors, actions, amendments, and CBO cost estimates. To use these features, create an account in Congress.gov.

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    The ABA Washington Letter is a monthly publication produced by the Governmental Affairs Office to report and analyze congressional and executive branch action on legislative issues of interest to the ABA and the legal profession. The newsletter highlights ABA involvement in the federal legislative process and focuses on the association's legislative and governmental priorities and other issues on which the ABA has policy.

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