City Council call upon the United States House of Representatives to support a resolution authorizing and directing the …

How it started

Proposed by Councillor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillor Cheung — a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

✅ Adopted, 7–1 — the Council approved it (Order adopted · Apr 3, 2017)

Voted yes (7)

Dennis Carlone
Leland Cheung
Jan Devereux
Craig A. Kelley
Nadeem Mazen
Marc McGovern
E. Denise Simmons

Voted no (1)

David Maher

Did not vote (1)

Timothy J. Toomey

The roll call records 8 of the 9 seated members (roster: 2016–17 term). The clerk's record does not state whether Councillor Toomey was absent or abstaining on this vote.

Roll call from the city's record · photos: City of Cambridge

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Public Comment (1)

1 written comment received (2017-04-03). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.