The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) recently sent its list of legislative priorities to Congress.  The January 6 letter contains a list of bills that LCCR and its 200-organization membership believe Congress should pass during this session. 

In the letter, LCCR states that its priorities have enjoyed "bipartisan support and/or have passed one or both houses of Congress."

Among the many priorities are:

• Passing an economic recovery package that assists low-income individuals and allows struggling homeowners to obtain relief in bankruptcy court to avert foreclosures;
• Passage of the Fair Pay Restoration Act, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and SCHIP; and
• Full funding for the Census Bureau and confirmation of a new director for the bureau.