U.S., City Officials Demand Spending Probe

Congressional and city officials called yesterday for investigations into how the District spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually in violation of laws and policies designed to avoid waste and fraud.

Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform, said he will ask the Government Accountability Office and his committee to look into the city's spending patterns. The violations could set back efforts to give the District more independence from Congress, Davis said in a statement.