BREAKING NEWS
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| House
Republicans voted to gut the congressional ethics office, set up after
corruption scandals. The move was made without notice. |
Monday, January 2, 2017 9:29 PM EST
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| House Republicans, defying their top leaders, voted Monday to significantly
curtail the power of an independent ethics office set up in 2008 in the
aftermath of corruption scandals that sent three members of Congress to
jail. |
| The move to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics was not public
until late Monday. The full House is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the rules,
which would take away both power and independence from an investigative body,
and give lawmakers more control over internal inquiries. |
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