FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cathy Renna, Communications Director, National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, crenna@thetaskforce.org, 917-757-6123 NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND STATEMENT ON FLORIDA PRIMARIES: ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE ‘QUEER THE VOTE” CAMPAIGN THROUGH MIDTERM ELECTIONS September 24, 2022, Washington, D.C………With staff and canvassers on the ground in Lakeland and Hillsborough Counties the past several weeks, the…
Read MoreNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND STATEMENT ON “INFLATION REDUCTION ACT”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 16, 2022) — Today, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, which includes $750 billion for health care, the climate and taxes. This measure passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 220-207, right along party lines. Prior to it passed the Senate by votes…
Read MoreSTATEMENT BY KIERRA JOHNSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND, ON THE “RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 25, 2022) — The following can be attributed to Kierra Johnson, Executive Director, National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund: “This week, the Senate is slated to hold a cloture vote on the ‘Respect for Marriage Act (RMA), which recently passed the House with bipartisan support. If passed by…
Read MoreNATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND REACTS TO SCOTUS RULING ON TRUMP-ERA ‘REMAIN IN MEXICO’ POLICY
(WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 1, 2022) — The following can be attributed to Mayra Hidalgo Salazar, Deputy Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund: “This week, SCOTUS ruled in Biden v. Texas (by a vote of 5-4) that the Biden-Harris Administration can end the Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy. The policy forced 71,000+ asylum seekers,…
Read MoreSTATEMENT FROM NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND ON PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CALL TO CODIFY ROE V. WADE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 30, 2022) — The following can be attributed to Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund: “The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund supports President Biden’s call to eliminate the filibuster and codify Roe v. Wade, reestablishing nearly 50 years of our…
Read MoreSTATEMENT FROM NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ACTION FUND ON CLOTURE VOTE RE: WOMEN’S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT
“Once again, conservative political extremists and Senators from both parties blocked a vote on, let alone passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). The final vote was 49 yea, 51 nay. Our Senators, sent to Washington to do the people’s work, continue to support filibuster to the detriment of the people who put them…
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