Just in the last day, House Republicans moved to weaken the independent ethics office that investigates House lawmakers and staff accused of misconduct. During a closed-door meeting Monday, by a vote of 119 to 74, House Republicans defied their leadership to adopt an amendment by Rep Bob Goodlatte, R-Va, to place the Office of Congressional Ethics, known as OCE, under the jurisdiction of the House Ethics Committee. But just hours before the 115th Congress gavels in Tuesday, Trump said GOP lawmakers would be better off focusing on other domestic policy issues instead of going after the ethics watchdog.http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-gop-votes-move-ethics-oversight-under-its-own-control-n702471But after Trumps criticism, the House GOP reverses itself on Ethics changes.https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gop-to-start-on-ambitious-conservative-agenda-as-congress-convenes-today/2017/01/03/6117cbe2-d1a1-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html?utm_term=.d0457035303fI'm sure the GOP has some lame reasoning for the media/people as to why they tried to do this, but in reality, it's all about CONTROL and they DON"T want some independent organization watching for their corruption and misconduct.Now, for die-hard Republicans, shouldn't this give you pause in your support?!? BTW, I'm not pro-Democrat or pro-Republican. I am simply pro-Ethics, pro-Constitution, pro-Smaller Government, pro-Deficit and Debt Reduction, etc, etc.Score:+1 for P.E. Trump -1 for House GOP
@Retired_Engineer: For the record, I despise the Republican leadership and their toadies. I'm an anarcho-capitalist. Now, as far as this ethics committee goes, I'd like to know what the rationale is. The Republicans must have known the optics would be terrible, so why do it?
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