Politico: Inside the House GOP ethics debacle
A surprise move by a group of House Republicans to gut an independent ethics office caught leaders flatfooted — and sparked a national backlash.
Just hours after Republicans voted to gut the House's independent ethics office, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s phone started lighting up with calls and texts.
The California Republican had tried to warn his colleagues about the political risks of defanging the Office of Congressional Ethics during a closed-door, secret ballot roll call Monday night. And after that vote, a number of lawmakers who agreed with McCarthy raised serious concerns about approving the controversial pitch in a public vote the next day.
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WNU Editor: This is why so many have nothing but contempt and disgust for the U.S. Congress. With so many pressing issues that need to be addressed .... the priority was to get rid of a watchdog that was giving grief to some of its members. And while I do understand that there are other agencies that can (and do) the same thing when it comes to investigating corruption .... the FBI comes to mind .... I say that the U.S. Congress needs more "watchdogs" to make sure that no one crosses the line instead of less. On a side note .... the Republican Congress better get use to President-Elect Trump's use of Twitter. He has 18.6 million followers on his Twitter feed .... and he can sway opinion within minutes.
Update: Yup .... Trump takes aim at House Republicans, and they run for cover (Washington Post).
3 comments:
119/74 and only Republican's voted.
As it was a "secret ballot", no names.
Names would be interesting.
I agree.
The Ethics Investigations the Republican's were in such a hurry to shut down.
https://oce.house.gov/reports/investigations/
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