Policy work for 2001 wraps up at congress of cities: the membership approved policy language urging that Washington, D.C.'s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives be granted floor-voting privileges. Another resolution supports greater budget and legislative autonomy for Washington, D.C., from the U.S. Congress.

Nation's Cities Weekly, December, 2001

Highlights of NLC's policy development process at the Congress of Cities in Atlanta include support of voting rights in the House of Representatives for the District of Columbia, new policy concerning international trade agreements and a comprehensive revision of NLC's energy policy.

The seven policy committees met to review the work of the steering committees and vote on proposed policy amendments and resolutions. Each committee thoroughly reviewed the proposals and discussed relevant issues.

The proposed amendments and resolutions were then forwarded to the Resolutions Committee. At the Resolutions Committee, a lively debate ensued over the District of Columbia's voting rights in the House of Representatives and the state of the steel industry in...

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