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In Bipartisan Letter, Nation’s Mayors Renew Call on Senate to Vote on Commonsense Gun Safety Legislation

Washington, D.C.— Today, the U.S. Conference of Mayors has reissued a letter from August of 2019, calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to take swift action and pass two bills to finally address the toll that gun violence has taken on Americans across the country. The letter

By |2022-06-02T11:03:45-04:00June 2, 2022|News, Press Room|

Mayors Urge Swift Senate Passage of American Rescue Plan

Washington, DC – Today the Senate introduced a modified version of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, including critical funding for local governments. The Senate version of the bill preserves this important component of the plan, which American mayors have been calling for since last spring. To date, most American cities have been left behind

By |2021-03-04T18:09:52-05:00March 4, 2021|News, Press Room|

More than 400 Bipartisan Mayors Now Signed on To Letter Calling for Action on Direct Fiscal Assistance for Cities

Republican, Democrat and Independent Mayors Want Congress to Pass Relief Included in Biden Rescue Plan Washington, DC – America’s mayors are using their voices to demand Congress finally take action to support cities by passing the fiscal relief for local governments included in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. A letter to Congress now has 402

By |2021-01-29T13:47:36-05:00January 29, 2021|News, Press Room|

Mayors, Police Chiefs Send Letters to Congressional Leaders Urging Fiscal Assistance for Cities and First Responders

Washington, DC—Today, on behalf of the nation’s mayors and the police chiefs of major cities across America, the Presidents of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Major Cities Chiefs Association sent letters to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Majority Leader

By |2020-05-09T13:53:08-04:00May 9, 2020|News, Press Room|
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