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

The scandal du jour in the D.C. Council involves money orders being used to make campaign contributions. Now one councilmember wants to rein them in. A staffer for Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) has confirmed that she will introduce legislation next week limiting money orders to campaigns to $25 a pop, the same amount allowed for cash contributions.