Agreement that D.C. ethics laws need changes, no consensus on how

by Tag Stuart on November 14, 2011

The leaders of the District?s elections and ethics board said Wednesday local laws governing the behavior of government officials ?are not sufficient,? but city council members remain split over how to reform the system.

With D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown pledging an ethics bills will pass the council by the end of the year, more than 30 people testified at a hearing Wednesday to offer up their suggestions for enacting more oversight over the city?s elected leaders.

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