What Is Voting? Voting is how people make choices together. When you vote, you say what you want. We vote for people who want to lead our country, state, and city. These people are called candidates. When they win, they become elected officials. Elected officials make choices about our lives. They decide how programs work. […]
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By: Julie Ward, Director of Health Policy and Nicole Jorwic, Director of Rights Policy
They say that if you want to know about a person, look at how they spend their money; to know the values of a ...
Washington, DC - The Arc released the following statement following the House of Representatives passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), with the addition of amendments that take the bill from...
By Annie Acosta, Director of Fiscal and Family Support Policy
Social media is abuzz over a bill that would largely wipe out federal support for our current public elementary and secondary education...
By: Mike Nagel, Program Associate
Eight members of Congress have re-introduced three bipartisan bills to make improvements to the Stephen J. Beck, Jr. Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act....
Dear Governor Hutchinson:
I write on behalf of The Arc of the United States (The Arc) to urge you to commute the death sentence of Ledell Lee pending a full clinical evaluation to determine whether...
By: Shira Wakschlag, Director of Legal Advocacy & Associate General Counsel
On Wednesday, in the second major win for students with disabilities and their families before the U.S. Supreme Court...
Washington, DC - The Arc released the following statement on the draft legislation that repeals the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and pays for it by decimating Medicaid, a program critical to the lives of...
By: Shira Wakschlag, Director, Legal Advocacy & Associate General Counsel
The Arc applauds this decision which removes important barriers for students with disabilities seeking redress under the ...
Members of Congress are constantly seeking ways to know what’s going on back home and what their constituents care about. One way their offices do this is by monitoring their local and state newspap...
