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In their first act, Congressional Republicans vote to gut independent ethics watchdog
- Of course...fill the swamputopian
- this sounds good if the article is correct and the only good they have done in 12 years is help boot the 3 ppl it was created to boot. one question it makes me********
- ask is why does their need to be a special committee for such thing? Is there no other way to hold a rep responsible? And wether it wise to have a few ppl contr********
- ol and be in charge of such things. that centralization just calls for abuse. but from what is in the article I'd say its a good thing.********
- sounds like a great thing...if you are Donald Trump and have a small problem a lifetime of scandals, unethical behavior and shady business deals.utopian
- Lol utopian, did you not read the article? It says the oversite watchdog was equally criticized by both parties. The writer is just against a rich guy in officerobotron3k
- He may prefer crooked Hillary, she's a complete and utter idiot but she would be soooo much better... yeah, right.robotron3k
- utopian please explain what good they have done, and how only that committee can do such a thing? idk what there purpose is and from article seems pointless********
- i sure hope without a special commitee there is abilities of due process at prosecuting illegal activities of representatives. if there is none than yea im w/ u********
- db - if you read the article, it clearly states the GOP would have reviews done by the House of Ethics Committee "which has been accused of ignoring credibleformed
- allegations..." They are eliminating the independent board put in place that convicted 3 congressmen so they can review things internally.formed
- yeah, that's ethical. What a fucking joke. How can people even say things without an evil snicker, chuckling at how much they are giving it to the public?formed
- And now they decided that they won't. What the fuck?monospaced
- I'd love to hear robo explain the benefits of keeping said committee in place now.monospaced
- @formed my bad. I missed the difference between the OCE and the HEC. I'm not sure I see value in either except to the politicians involved with them.********
- be transparent and let voter decide on ethics and make sure an avenue of prosecution for any illegal activities********
- "be transparent" = having independent committees like this duh. Anyway - they have abandoned the plans due to uproar.fadein11
- transparent doesn't mean independent committees. independent committees means less transparency. not even sure how u could mess that up********