‘I want to be audited’: Seven years after expense scandal, some Senators say scrutiny still missing

‘All we need is just one incident and we’re going to be back trying to defend our expenses again,' Sen. Elizabeth Marshall says. Progress is stalled on creating a committee meant to oversee Senators' spending.

Conservative Senator Elizabeth Marshall says she’s been pushing to have an auditor come in and look at Senators’ expense claims. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

April 3, 2019

Six years' worth of Senators' expenses have largely gone unscrutinized since the federal auditor general dug into the Upper Chamber’s books following the 2012 expense scandal, and the Upper Chamber is due for another comprehensive review, say some Senators. With progress stalled on a committee me...

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