WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee spent $1,946 last month at a sex-themed Hollywood club that features topless dancers and bondage outfits. Now the GOP wants its money back.

Listed in a monthly financial report, the amount is itemized as expenses for meals at Voyeur West Hollywood.

RNC spokesman Doug Heye said Monday the committee doesn't know the details of how the money was spent, all who might have attended or the nature of the outing, except to say it was an unauthorized event and the expenditure was inappropriate.

The RNC will be reimbursed by Erik Brown of Orange, Calif., the donor-vendor who billed the committee for the club visit, Heye said.

Since November, the RNC has paid Brown's company, Dynamic Marketing, about $19,000 for printing and direct-mail services, campaign spending reports show. He has contributed several thousand dollars to the party.

The conservative group Concerned Women for America said the RNC should disclose more about the episode.

"Why would a staffer believe that this is acceptable, and has this kind of thing been approved in the past?" group president Penny Nance asked.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a potential Republican presidential candidate, is reaching out to supporters across the country with a town-hall meeting on Facebook, one of the first of its kind.Alex Conant, Pawlenty's political spokesman, said the event Wednesday will feature the governor speaking by live video on his Facebook page. Participants will comment and ask questions using the social-networking site's instant-messaging feature."We're looking for new and innovative ways to reach out to Americans," Conant said. "Facebook offers a great potential to reach tens of thousands of people from the luxury of their homes."The White House has used Facebook for live video chats featuring officials talking about the health care overhaul, credit card proposals and college student aid.