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Sen. Ernst Wants to Move Feds Out of Washington, Make Firms Earn Contract Bonuses

Sen. Ernst Wants to Move Feds Out of Washington, Make Firms Earn Contract Bonuses
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) speaks during a news conference in Washington on April 2, 2019. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
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WASHINGTON—Moving federal departments and agencies out of the nation’s capital is a perennial proposal that comes and goes without raising much notice, but President Donald Trump is acting on the idea and an Iowa senator wants to help him speed it up.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) also wants to see that bureaucrats are held accountable for the bonuses they award.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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