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Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Trump Wins Again: House GOP Reverses On Ethics Office Overhaul

President-elect Trump is on a roll today. Following House Republican's vote to strip the Ethics Office of independence, Trump lashed out with a tweet suggesting Congress' time be better spent on other things... and just minutes ago, following an emergency meeting, Republicans have confirmed the amendment has been pulled.

As a reminder, House Republicans abruptly voted on Monday night to eliminate the independence of the Office of Congressional Ethics, the chamber’s nonpartisan ethics board which investigates lawmakers' alleged misconduct, largely stripping it of its power, leading to pushback from Democrats and government watchdog groups. House Republicans, meeting as a group Monday night, approved an amendment from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte that would place the office under the oversight of the lawmaker-run House Ethics Committee.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Trump actually had nothing to do with that. They were bombarded with calls from voters and backed out.

Anonymous said...

Lol...sure buddy.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, like they did when we objected to obamma care.

Anonymous said...

Funny how these things that are starting to happen as soon as Trump gets elected have nothing to do with Trump

Anonymous said...

He's just delegating authority to the voters.

Anonymous said...

It's gonna take a lot of pressure to drain that swamp called Washington DC.