The California Congressman who wants to reform the District government’s hiring practices has agreed to set down his bill after D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown spoke with him Tuesday morning about the city’s own version of a similar bill.
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa agreed to not go forward with the bill to let D.C. have a chance to pass its own, a spokeswoman for Brown confirmed Tuesday. Issa, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, planed to mark up a bill Thursday that would put more limits on the city’s hiring of mayoral appointees and tighten controls on filling all city government jobs. The move was related to Issa’s report issued Monday on Sulaimon Brown’s allegations regarding Mayor Vincent Gray’s 2010 campaign.
