The District of Columbia Council recently sponsored similar legislation.

Congress and the District of Columbia Council have recently taken steps to repeal them but have not yet completed the process.

Cornell is one of 10 representatives that form the Columbia Council.

And then the District of Columbia Council, in a unilateral act late Tuesday night, amended the agreement.

He implored the District of Columbia Council to protect his summer jobs program, Congress to pass the District's 1996 appropriation bill.

A dispute with the District of Columbia Council has delayed completion of the lease.

The District of Columbia Council rejected the proposal for a ban last November.

The District of Columbia Council declared an emergency today because of sub-freezing temperatures and ordered the Mayor to open government buildings to the homeless.

Also, a city could borrow money from private investors at lower rates than the Columbia Council, which, as a private entity, borrows at a corporate rate.

A similar measure was passed by the District of Columbia Council in December.