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Coalition calls on Congress to enhance transparency and accountability for private prisons

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Washington, DC: August 4, 2017: Today, a coalition of 30+ organizations committed to government openness and accountability, civil liberties, human rights, and civil rights, including the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, is calling on Congress to support legislation demanding greater transparency from private prisons that contract with the federal government. The Private Prison Information…

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Senate Trumpcare Bill Adds Insult to Injury on ADA Anniversary

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National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund To Join Rally to #ProtectOurCare in DC at 5PM ET WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2017: Yesterday, 50 Senators and Vice President Pence as the 51st vote pulled a fast one on the public by making a key procedural vote to move forward on a ‘mystery bill’ intended to repeal the Affordable Care Act…

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LGBTQ Advocates Relieved Senate Fails to Pass TrumpCare Bill

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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 18, 2017—U.S. Senators Moran and Lee have refused to vote on the so-called Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), erasing the Republican party’s hope of gaining 50 votes in favor, and effectively ending the third attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If passed, the bill would have destabilized the insurance market,…

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Defense Reauthorization Amendment is an Attack on Trans People and their Families

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WASHINGTON, DC, July 12. 2017—Yesterday evening, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) proposed an amendment to the National Defense Reauthorization Act that would ban transgender service members and their families from receiving transition-related medical care from military health services. In response, the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund has released the following statement: “This amendment is an unconscionable…

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