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Coalition Letter Urges Biden Administration to Comply With Congressional Reporting Requirements

On February 10, 2022, the Brennan Center joined 41 organizations in demanding that President Biden and the Department of Defense comply fully with their reporting requirements under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.

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February 10, 2022

Coalition Letter Calls for Congressional Hearings on Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act

On January 26, 2022, the Brennan Center joined 50 organizations focused on privacy rights, governmental transparency, and surveillance reform to urge congressional action on the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act.

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January 26, 2022

Coalition Letter Urges Congressional Leadership to Retain Reforms to the National Guard and Posse Comitatus Act

On December 6, 2021, the Brennan Center joined twenty other civil society groups in calling on congressional leadership to preserve crucial reforms to the laws governing domestic deployment of the military in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

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December 6, 2021

Brennan Center Letter Expressing Support for the EQUAL Act

On November 17, the Brennan Center sent a letter to Leader Schumer, urging the Senate to advance the EQUAL Act which was passed in the House on September 28, 2021.

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November 17, 2021

Brennan Center Letter Expressing Support for Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Proposals

On September 30, the Brennan Center sent a letter to Leaders Schumer and McConnell, urging the Senate to enact the First Step Implementation Act, the COVID-19 Safer Detention Act, and the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act, without hesitation or amendment. We urge Congress to continue to advance the EQUAL Act, which was passed in the House on September 28, 2021.

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September 29, 2021

Coalition Letter Urges Biden to Support Reforms to Domestic Deployment of the National Guard

On September 21, 2021, the Brennan Center joined 18 organizations from across the political spectrum in calling upon the Biden administration to endorse three crucial changes to the laws governing domestic deployment of the National Guard.

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September 28, 2021

Coalition Letter Urges Biden Administration to Fill Vacancies on the PCLOB

On September 7, 2021, the Brennan Center joined 18 other organizations in calling on the Biden administration to restore a quorum to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

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September 10, 2021

Coalition Letter Urges Congress to Support Changes to Domestic Deployment of the National Guard

On August 31, 2021, the Brennan Center joined thirty other civil society groups in calling on Congress to make crucial changes to the laws governing domestic deployment of the National Guard.

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August 31, 2021

Coalition Letter Urges the Department of Homeland Security to End Social Media Monitoring Initiative

On August 24, 2021, the Brennan Center and five other organizations sent a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, urging him to end a new social media monitoring program due to a lack of effectiveness and serious civil rights and civil liberties concerns.

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August 24, 2021

Coalition Letter Urges Congress to Investigate Department of Justice Surveillance of Members and Journalists

On June 18, 2021, the Brennan Center and more than 20 other civil society groups sent a letter to the Department of Justice and the House and Senate Judiciary Committees urging Congress to investigate reports that the Justice Department surveilled Members of Congress, their staffs, and their families as part of leak investigations.

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June 29, 2021

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Coalition Letter Urges Biden Administration to Comply With Congressional Reporting Requirements

Coalition Letter Calls for Congressional Hearings on Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act

Coalition Letter Urges Congressional Leadership to Retain Reforms to the National Guard and Posse Comitatus Act

Brennan Center Letter Expressing Support for the EQUAL Act

Brennan Center Letter Expressing Support for Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Proposals

Coalition Letter Urges Biden to Support Reforms to Domestic Deployment of the National Guard

Coalition Letter Urges Biden Administration to Fill Vacancies on the PCLOB

Coalition Letter Urges Congress to Support Changes to Domestic Deployment of the National Guard

Coalition Letter Urges the Department of Homeland Security to End Social Media Monitoring Initiative

Coalition Letter Urges Congress to Investigate Department of Justice Surveillance of Members and Journalists

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