Federal Action
Take Federal Action Now. Your Community Needs You.
Local advocacy and action is more important than ever. Local leaders are on the front line combatting the spread of the virus, and we need to ensure our federal leaders are including local voices in discussions and community priorities in legislation that passes. Make the voice of your community heard as we fight COVID-19 together.
Local Action
- Tweet Your Member of Congress – Cities Are Essential
- Call Your Senator: Last Chance for Cities are Essential
NLC Communication with Federal Leaders
- 3/17: Letter to Congressional Leaders
- 3/19: Letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
- 3/19: Letter to Congressional Leaders
- 3/20: Letter to President on Regulation
- 3/24: Letter to Congressional Leaders
- 3/30: Letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
- 4/2: Letter to Congressional Leaders
- 4/2: Dear Colleague Letter on Local COVID-19 Funding
- 4/8: Letter to the President on Funding
- 4/16: Joint Letter to Congressional Leaders (with U.S. Conference of Mayors and National Association of Counties)
- 4/16: Joint Letter to the President (with U.S. Conference of Mayors and National Association of Counties
- 4/16: Joint Letter to the President (with U.S. Conference of Mayors and National Association of Counties
- 4/20 NLC Member-Wide Federal Update Call
- 4/28 Letter to Congress from University Communities
- 5/19 Letter to Senate Leadership
- 7/24 Letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
- 7/29 Letter to Congressional Leadership
- 8/11 Letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
News & Press Releases
- White House Hosts Local Leaders to Discuss Coronavirus Public Health Emergency
- Local Leaders Respond to Declaration of Coronavirus National Emergency
- NLC President Joe Buscaino Talks Partnership and Congressional Action on COVID-19
- Local Leaders Call for Funds Directly for Cities in Senate COVID-19 Legislation
- NLC Calls for Local COVID-19 Funding in the CARES Act
- National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors Call on Federal Government to Provide All Cities with Direct Access to Emergency Funding
- National Association of Counties, National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors Call For $250 Billion Assistance Package for Local Governments
- NLC President Joe Buscaino Statement on Need for COVID-19 Aid to Local Governments
- Cities Are Essential: New Campaign Calls for Immediate, Direct Funding to Support Local COVID-19 Response and Recovery
- National League of Cities Responds to HEROES Act House Proposal
- NLC Statement on the Bipartisan SMART Fund
- More Than 170 Businesses and Community Organizations Call on Congressional Leaders to Provide Direct Federal Aid to America’s Cities, Towns, and Villages
- Statement from NLC CEO Clarence E. Anthony on May Employment Numbers
- Canceled Infrastructure Projects, Furloughs and Economic Ripple Effects: NLC Survey Shares Latest Financial Impacts of COVID-19
- NLC Statement on the Senate Coronavirus Relief Proposal
- What Local Leaders Are Saying About Lack of Local Government Aid in the Senate’s Coronavirus Relief Package
- Economists Agree: Aid to Local Governments is Essential to Our National Economic Recovery
- National League of Cities Response to July Economic Figures
- NLC Responds to Misleading Claims on Federal Aid Available to Local Governments
- ICYMI: Poll Shows Vast Majority of Americans Support Aid to Local Governments to Support National Economic Recovery
- National League of Cities Response to Weekly Unemployment Data
- National League of Cities Responds to July Jobs Reports, Urges Congress to Support Comprehensive Solution to Unemployment Crisis
- National League of Cities Responds to HEALS Act Negotiations Stalling, Urges Congress and White House to Support Cities, Towns and Villages
- National League of Cities shares research findings on the fiscal impact of COVID-19 on municipal budgets in 35th annual City Fiscal Conditions report
- Mayors Speak: Aid to Local Governments Critical to Protecting Economies Across the Nation
- NLC Response to Treasury Backpedaling Congressionally Approved Fiscal Support for Local Governments
- NLC Statement on Problem Solvers Caucus ‘March to Common Ground’ COVID-19 Relief Framework
- NLC Statement on Progress Toward COVID-19 Relief Package
- National League of Cities’ Response to New House Relief Proposal