“I don’t think the Council landed in the right place. I think it is confusing in a lot of ways,” she said.

At today’s D.C. Council Legislative Meeting, Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large) introduced three new bills aimed at election reform.

With the D.C. Council starting its 20th period this week, Mayor Vince Gray yesterday laid out two of his top priorities: more police officers and comprehensive campaign finance reform.

Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) has introduced emergency legislation that would ban money orders larger than $25 from local campaigns.

Two D.C. councilmembers are hoping to cut down on the city’s repeated political scandals by going after the very thing that seems to fuel them—money.