In one of its first moves the Republican Congress is presenting a bill that would effectively do away with the independent House Ethics Office, independent non-partisan entity established to monitor ethical conduct in the House. Why? House GOP votes to gut independent ethics office http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/03/house-gop-votes-to-gut-independent-ethics-office.html House GOP guts ethics panel http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/polit...ight-of-ethics-committee-amendment/index.html House Republicans Effectively Gut Congressional Ethics Watchdog http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hous...source_4380645_1_hero_headlines_headlines_hed House GOP votes to gut independent ethics office http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/watchdog-ethics-House-vote/2017/01/02/id/766467/
I am not either. It doesn't make sense to me as a political move unless it is a statement about who is in control. Anyway they have changed their minds on this issue which I applaud.
