New York, NY—Today, Congress passed the GOP’s Equal Representation Act (ERA), which would require the inclusion of a citizenship question in the decennial census. The bill was approved with 206 yes votes from Republicans and 202 no votes from Democrats.

New York, NY—Today, the Biden administration announced that active Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients would soon be able to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance. According to the Centers for Medicine and Medicaid Services, the new rule will result in an estimated 100,000 newly eligible DACA recipients enrolled in a healthcare plan.

Albany, NY—A statewide coalition of more than thirty organizations has announced support for an “Enhanced Automatic Voter Registration (AVR)” bill. The legislation, led by Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris (S8572) and Assemblymember Karines Reyes (A9732) would build on recent efforts to modernize the state’s election system and improve New York’s substandard participation rate in elections compared to other states.