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babylonsister

(171,066 posts) Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:22 PM Jan 2017

House GOP Reverses Course on Gutting Ethics Watchdog

I can't keep track!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/01/03/republicans-pull-ethics-gutting.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

House GOP Reverses Course on Gutting Ethics Watchdog
Yuri Gripas/Reuters

In a closed-door emergency Tuesday meeting, House Republicans have reversed on a rule-change measure proposed to gut Congress's independent ethics watchdog. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) authored the measure, which passed on Monday night without so much as a debate. The measure was withdrawn by unanimous consent on Tuesday.