'Hotel Act' Bans Spending Taxpayer Money at Trump Properties

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While deadlines are looming on important legislation such as a replacement for Obamacare and a fix for the DACA program,

Democratic legislators are taking the time to introduce the Hotel Act.

It’s a bill that would ban executive branch officials from paying taxpayer money to stay at any property owned by the president, vice president, Cabinet secretaries, or their family members.

The Washington Post reports the Democratic lead sponsor of the bill, said in the statement the Hotel Act would “ensure that federal employees are not pressured to spend money at businesses owned by their top-level managers."

The bill would exempt Secret Service agents or other security personnel, but the Office of Government Ethics would still review their expenses.

Corrie O'Connor