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ACLU Letter to the House Education & Workforce Committee Urging Opposition to Religious Discrimination in H.R. 27, the Job Training Improvement Act (02/16/2005)
The American Civil Liberties Union strongly urges House Representatives to support the Scott-Van Hollen-Woolsey amendment to the Job Training Improvement Act (H.R. 27) to restore current law and to continue to defend critical civil rights protections designed to protect employees against religious discrimination in federally-funded job training programs.

Coalition Against Religious Discrimination Letter to House Education & Workforce Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness Urging Restoration of Civil Rights Protections in H.R. 27, the Job Training Improvement Act (02/08/2005)

ACLU Letter to the House Education & Workforce Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness Urging Restoration of Civil Rights Protections in H.R. 27, the Job Training Improvement Act (02/08/2005)

The National Coalition for Public Education Sign-on Letter to the US Senate Appropriation Committee Urging Opposition to Continued Funding of Private School Voucher Program for the District of Columbia (09/20/2004)

National Coalition for Public Education Sign-On Letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Urging Opposition to a Voucher Proposal Termed "Pell Grants for Kids" (07/15/2004)

National Coalition for Public Education Factsheet: Vouchers are NOT Like Pell Grants (07/14/2004)

Testimony By Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Office, Before the Democratic Party Platform Committee (06/19/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Ways and Means Committee Urging Members to Support the Lewis Amendment to Strike Certain Provisions from H.R. 4520, the "American Jobs Creation Act of 2004" (06/11/2004)

ACLU Comments on Proposed Rule on the Equal Treatment in Department of Labor Programs for Faith-Based and Community Organizations; Protection of Religious Liberty of Department of Labor Social Service Providers and Beneficiaries [RIN 1290-AA21] (05/10/2004)

ACLU Comments on Proposed Rule on Participation in Department of Health and Human Services Programs by Religious Organizations; Providing for Equal Treatment of all Department of Health and Human Services Program Participants [Docket ID: 2002N-0278] (05/10/2004)

Comments on Department of Housing and Urban Development Proposed Rule on the Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations (RIN 2501-AD03) (05/03/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources on the Faith Based Initiative (03/19/2004)

Letter to the House Urging Support for the Woolsey Substitute for H.R. 3030, the Community Services Block Grant Act of 2003 (01/30/2004)

ACLU Comments on Proposed Rule Revising Provisions Governing the Use of Federal Financial Assistance for Religious Activities Under the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (RIN 1291-AA29) (12/01/2003)

ACLU Comments on Proposed Rule Governing Participation in Justice Department Programs by Religious Organizations and Providing for Equal Treatment of all Justice Department Program Participants (RIN 1105-AA83) (12/01/2003)

ACLU Comments on Proposed Rule Revising Provisions Applied to Programs Administered by the Department of Education (RIN 1890-AA11) (12/01/2003)

Coalition Letter to Omnibus Conferees Opposing D.C. Vouchers (11/18/2003)

ACLU Comments on Proposed Rule Revising Provisions Applied to Religious Organizations Participating in the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (RIN 2900-AL63) (10/30/2003)

Letter to the House Education and Workforce Committee Urging Support for the Woolsey Amendment to the Community Services Block Grant Act of 2003 (09/25/2003)

Letter to the House Committee on Education & the Workforce Urging Support for Woolsey Amendment to H.R. 3030, the Community Services Block Grant Act of 2003 (09/24/2003)