Contact your Reps and Senators of all strips about stripping the ethics comm-let them know your

[riversedge]

thoughts on the dismantling of the Congressional Ethics committee.

They need to know--both repugs and Dems how you feel about this!!




OUR WORK AS RESISTERS BEGINS NOW.

Find your Rep:
https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/




And this tweet:
NurseMom and 3 others Retweeted
StandingWithHRC ?@DisavowTrump16 9h9 hours ago

Here is the contact info for the House GOP member who gutted the Office of Congressional ethics. Get the word out! #RESISTANCE

http://goodlatte.house.gov/contact/email/



Celeste Ng Verified account ?@pronounced_ing 21m21 minutes ago

Celeste Ng Retweeted Celeste Ng

Contact your rep: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials …
Context: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/02/house-republicans-vote-to-rein-in-independent-ethics-office/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_houseethics833pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.1ef9dd4ad475 …


Why it's bad: https://twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/816278731278974976 …

https://twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/816278731278974976




William ?@solutionary52 12h12 hours ago

William Retweeted

#TheResistance contact your congressman and tell them not to let the GOP gut the Congressional Office of Ethics. https://twitter.com/metaquest/status/816093161646735360 …

https://twitter.com/solutionary52/status/816111752198885377





http://pix11.com/2017/01/03/republicans-gut-congress-ethics-watchdog-group-remove-its-independence/


Republicans gut Congress’ ethics watchdog group, remove its independence
Posted 7:36 AM, January 3, 2017, by CNN Wire

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House Republicans voted 119-74 Monday night in favor of a proposal that would gut Congress’ outside ethics watchdog and remove its independence.

Republican Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s proposal would place the independent Office of Congressional Ethics — an initial watchdog for House members but without power to punish members — under oversight of those very lawmakers.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and other top GOP leaders opposed the change to ethics rules, but rank-and-file members disregarded their views and voted to approve the new structure for ethics reviews going forward, according to a senior House GOP leadership source familiar with the closed door discussion.

The proposal would bar the panel from reviewing any violation of criminal law by members of Congress, requiring that it turn over any complaint to the House Ethics Committee or refer the matter to an appropriate federal law enforcement agency. The House Ethics Committee would also have the power to stop an investigation at any point and bars the ethics office from making any public statements about any matters or hiring any communications staff.

And the ethics office would no longer be able to accept or investigate any anonymous reports of alleged wrongdoing by members of Congress.

The full House of Representatives will now vote on it as part of a larger rules package up for consideration on Tuesday..................................

[riversedge]

1. Tuesday To Do - contact your Representative to protest the @RepGoodlatte cowardly attack on ethics!

Daniel Fink ?@ColoradoDwf 36m36 minutes ago

Tuesday To Do - contact your Representative to protest the @RepGoodlatte cowardly attack on ethics!
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Racial Justice News Retweeted AmorGaia

Truth⬇@AmorGaia Now let's get busy and contact Congress TODAY! Tell them they cannot GUT The INDEPENDENT ETHICS Committee @USA.gov call & RT

[riversedge]

10. f you live in a Republican district, be sure to ask HOW your rep voted; since the vote took place in

Daily Action Also here is a great initiative from Talking Points Memo. If you live in a Republican district, be sure to ask HOW your rep voted; since the vote took place in a private meeting, there is no public record of the vote. But TPM is taking a tally!

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/help-us-count-the-vote


https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/365222930509694

[jodymarie aimee]

2. We did all these things in Wisconsin to fight back

The Rs don't care, they laugh at our calls and letters and protests. They have the power. That is their God. Greed.

[riversedge]

4. I know, I am from WI. But we have to try. Calling emailing resisting. Lets do it.

[Cha]

5. Thank you for trying, rivers

[riversedge]

9. I am on a mission today--basically iced and snowed in. We must all call--as you know.

[Cha]

11. Brrr! Stay warm and I'm glad you're on the job

[riversedge]

14. Here are comments from some who voted yes....Also Pelosi comment....

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/house-republicans-gut-their-own-oversight-233111


......“Republicans claim they want to ‘drain the swamp,’ but the night before the new Congress gets sworn in, the House GOP has eliminated the only independent ethics oversight of their actions," snarked House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a statement after news of the secret-ballot vote. "Evidently, ethics are the first casualty of the new Republican Congress."

The vote to declaw the OCE was orchestrated by several members who felt they had been wrongfully accused of unethical behavior by the OCE, according to several sources in the room. The sources said several members currently or formerly under the OCE's microscope stood up to support the pitch, which was eventually adopted by a vote of 119 to 74.

One of those was Rep. Blake Farenthold, the Texas Republican who was accused by a former staffer of sexual harassment. The OCE recommended in September 2015 that the Ethics panel drop a probe of the matter, but Farenthold did not like the way the case was handled. A court later threw out the staffers' lawsuit as well.



Texas Republican Blake Farenthold was among those who raised issues with the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Texas Republican Blake Farenthold was among those who raised issues with the Office of Congressional Ethics. | AP Photo

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) also spoke in support of the measure. The Ethics Committee, at the behest of OCE, had probed whether Roskam accepted an impermissible gift when he and his wife traveled to Taiwan in October 2011. The Ethics Committee approved the Roskams’ trip beforehand as permissible under federal law, but OCE believed the Taiwanese government and not the Chinese Culture University — the official sponsor — “was conducting and organizing his trip.”

The Roskams’ daughter was also staying in Taiwan at that time, and OCE noted that the Roskams sought to include her as part of their itinerary for the $24,000-plus trip. Roskam strongly denied any improper or unethical behavior, and the Ethics Committee eventually dropped the case.

Reps. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) also vocally supported the amendment. They or their staff had come under OCE's microscope. .............................................






Texas Republican Blake Farenthold was among those who raised issues with the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Texas Republican Blake Farenthold was among those who raised issues with the Office of Congressional Ethics. | AP Photo

[riversedge]

3. Contact your elected officials to end the GOP's abuse of power removing ethics oversight. .......

Dr. DaShanne Stokes ?@DaShanneStokes 35m35 minutes ago

Contact your elected officials to end the GOP's abuse of power removing ethics oversight. https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials … #ethics #TheResistance #rt

[pinboy3niner]

6. "of all strips" is appropriate in this case

Kind of like when my ex said, "you're doomed if you do and doomed if you don't."

[riversedge]

7. DC offices are now open. Contact your rep. Keep Office if Congressional Ethics. No repeal of ACA w/

historygoddess ?@GrandmaWat 54m54 minutes ago

DC offices are now open. Contact your rep. Keep Office if Congressional Ethics. No repeal of ACA w/o replacement. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members …

[riversedge]

8. ***Other contact numbers, incl Paul Ryan............

are right to conclude makes no sense.

The text is not going out till 11 EST out of respect to West Coast folks, but if you see this post earlier, please waste no time in contacting your member of Congress by dialing our usual hotline number at [phone]. (If you live in DC, you’ll be routed to Paul Ryan, who himself opposed this radical move—and that’s saying something.)

While you're at it, call the members of Republican leadership listed below about the sudden move to ditch the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House [phone]
Kevin McCarthy, Majority Leader [phone]
Steve Scalise, Majority Whip [phone]
Charlie Dent, chair of House Ethics Committee [phone]

You can also call Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committeee who spearheaded this move, in DC [phone] or Roanoke [phone]
House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers [phone]
House Judiciary Committee office [phone]

[pinboy3niner]

13. House Majority Leader McCarthy is my Rep

But in our red area of SoCal, progressive missives don't carry much weight with him.

[riversedge]

12. ***FACEBOOK .....

https://www.facebook.com/YourDailyAction/posts/365222930509694



Elisa Hoffman I just called my representative, who is a Republican. The woman I spoke with took down everything I said, said she'd make sure he got the message, and asked for my email so I could get a response. We need to flood their offices today.
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[flamingdem]

15. Great, will do, this should be a huge embarrassment for the repubs

What stupidity, even Trump realizes it looks terrible

[riversedge]

19. Rep Walter Jones R-NC says his office swamped with calls on ethics changes

TWEET:

Jamie Dupree Verified account
?@jamiedupree

House GOP now in closed door meeting. Rep Walter Jones R-NC says his office swamped with calls on ethics changes

[Guilded Lilly]

16. Reposted on Facebook...

Mailboxes are full all over Washington legislators' offices, but keep trying.
RESIST
For the love of everything decent about our country.
RESIST!!!!

[riversedge]

18. Thank you so much. Continue with the calls and get the word out.

[riversedge]

17. Send anonymous tips about congressional corruption to The Center for Public Integrity.............

AMC Retweeted
Chris Zubak-Skees ?@zubakskees 2h2 hours ago

Send anonymous tips about congressional corruption to
The Center for Public Integrity
910 17th Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006