Throughout the first year of the 119th Congress, the League of Women Voters did advocacy work around legislation with significant implications for both our democracy and the people within it. This blog looks back at five of the most consequential legislative battles of 2025, as well as their implications for our country and the League’s 2026 advocacy work.

• The SAVE Act and Other Documentary Proof of Citizenship Proposals
• The One Big Beautiful Bill: Cuts to Health Care and Nutrition, Funding to ICE
• The Government Shutdown: Impacting Basic Human Needs and Health Care
• The Equal Representation Act
• DC Autonomy

Five Major Legislative Issues of 2025 and their Impact on 2026
LWVUS blog was written by Federal Policy and Advocacy Manager Kristen Kern and Justice Reform Legislative and Policy Manager Rebecca Goldman.