Schock fallout: Sweeping changes proposed to members' spending

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By JAKE SHERMAN and ANNA PALMER - Posted at POLITICO:

A key House committee is proposing sweeping restrictions on how members of Congress spend taxpayer dollars, tightening the rules on reimbursement for automobile mileage, private aircraft use and office decoration.

The proposed rules, which are likely to pass the Committee on House Administration Wednesday and immediately be put into effect, come on the heels of a series of POLITICO stories detailing former Rep. Aaron Schock’s (R-Ill.) alleged misspending of taxpayer dollars. A grand jury in Illinois has been investigating how Schock spent taxpayer and campaign money.

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