D.C. ethics bill to address constituent services spending - Washington Times

Reforma ética compreende cortar despesas que não correspondam à necessidades legítimas:

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There are expenses “that just don’t make any sense, that just shouldn’t be,” Mr. Brown said of recent disclosures that council members have spent money from the lightly regulated constituent service accounts for catering, rent payments and professional sports tickets. “But I don’t think we should throw the baby out with the bath water either.”

The council chairman will resume his first year at the helm this week after a spirited budget process and a summer recess. In a wide-ranging interview with editors and reporters at The Washington Times, he laid out his vision for what he termed the “hippest city in America,” an agenda that includes tangible returns on job-training funds, equity in education and ethics reform.

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D.C. ethics bill to address constituent services spending - Washington Times

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