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House GOP guts ethics panel; Getting ready for the incoming administration
Topic Started: Jan 2 2017, 09:50 PM (1,031 Views)
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House Republicans voted Monday night in favor of a proposal that would weaken 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.

This will now be included in a larger rules package that will be voted on in the full House of Representatives Tuesday.

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estonianman
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HAHA a government ethics panel.

That's hilarious.
MEEK AND MILD
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Coast2coast

That "swamp" that the conservatives are always kicking about just got a delivery.

Will they refuse it?

Yeah, right! :rotflmao:

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Robert Stout
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I expect to see many changes in House rules...Most of these will strip Democrats of what little influence they have as a minority party...Democrat Congressmen should just go home for the next four years............. :hooray:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Robert Stout
Jan 3 2017, 01:30 AM
I expect to see many changes in House rules...Most of these will strip Democrats of what little influence they have as a minority party...Democrat Congressmen should just go home for the next four years............. :hooray:
No ones going home and that's going to be a problem for our new energized 'Right' as one by one conservative actions are held to a scrutiny that they will lie through.

You're about to discover that you should not have built a house of cards on a bluff.





Edited by Coast2coast, Jan 3 2017, 02:11 AM.
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Coast2coast
Jan 3 2017, 02:11 AM
Robert Stout
Jan 3 2017, 01:30 AM
I expect to see many changes in House rules...Most of these will strip Democrats of what little influence they have as a minority party...Democrat Congressmen should just go home for the next four years............. :hooray:
No ones going home and that's going to be a problem for our new energized 'Right' as one by one conservative actions are held to a scrutiny that they will lie through.

You're about to discover that you should not have built a house of cards on a bluff.





You will see debate cut off in committees and on the floor as soon as a Democrat opens their mouth............ :lol:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Republicans have no sense of shame. :shakeshead:
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Coast2coast

70-101
Jan 3 2017, 02:29 AM
Republicans have no sense of shame. :shakeshead:
They really don't. They also have no place to hide any longer and so far before it really begins they are not handling it well.






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Jan 3 2017, 02:33 AM
70-101
Jan 3 2017, 02:29 AM
Republicans have no sense of shame. :shakeshead:
They really don't. They also have no place to hide any longer and so far before it really begins they are not handling it well.






Not to mention - Trump is entering office with a historically low approval rating that's going nowhere but down. :cheers:
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jake58

"an initial watchdog for House members but without power to punish members"

they're getting rid of the eunuch... huge loss
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Democratic leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi, said the amendment to the rules would effectively destroy the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE).
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38494455
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That ethics panel was created for the purpose of scandalizing political opponents.
It did its job and now is a dangerous tool to be left laying around for someone to use against those they used that panel to gain their advantage.

Time to scrap it before it falls into the hands of the other team.


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Jan 3 2017, 06:42 AM
Democratic leader in the House, Nancy Pelosi, said the amendment to the rules would effectively destroy the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE).
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38494455
Of all Congressmen, she should support the amendment............. :confused:
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Obama has no use for that panel. Excellent move.
Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind.
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The President elect had something to say about this.

[twitter=realDonaldTrump/status/816298944456232960]

[twitter=realDonaldTrump/status/816300003442495488]
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A president struggling to control his majority party in Congress is nothing new. Conducting the struggle on Twitter certainly is. This work has traditionally been done behind the scenes by a trusted White House hatchet man. Twitter is an ideal battleground for the president in a number of ways. Trump tweets, the world listens. Four hundred congresscritters can all tweet at once an it won't amount to a murder* of crows.

*murder tossed in as a sort of trivia question
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NATURE’s A Murder of Crows brings you these so-called feathered apes, as you have never seen them before. Why are they so often associated with fear and loathing? Crows are smarter than most of our representatives. They should not be confused with The Association of Old Crows.
"No. No he won't. We'll stop it."
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George Aligator
Jan 3 2017, 12:22 PM
A president struggling to control his majority party in Congress is nothing new. Conducting the struggle on Twitter certainly is. This work has traditionally been done behind the scenes by a trusted White House hatchet man. Twitter is an ideal battleground for the president in a number of ways. Trump tweets, the world listens. Four hundred congresscritters can all tweet at once an it won't amount to a murder* of crows.

*murder tossed in as a sort of trivia question
I know most of us are nerdy enough to know what a grouping of crows is. Or were you taking a shot at the movie?
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jake58
Jan 3 2017, 04:17 AM
"an initial watchdog for House members but without power to punish members"

they're getting rid of the eunuch... huge loss
Only the House can punish members

This independent investigatory group was highly criticized for being too aggressive in investigating wrong-doing by House members. This effectively gets rid of the strict investigation and puts the fox in charge of the hen house.

This is a move that shows the House Republicans have no interest in "draining the swamp". Even Trump is critical of this move. All this shows is that House Republicans are lining themselves up to clean out the vault.
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Jan 3 2017, 01:07 PM
jake58
Jan 3 2017, 04:17 AM
"an initial watchdog for House members but without power to punish members"

they're getting rid of the eunuch... huge loss
Only the House can punish members

This independent investigatory group was highly criticized for being too aggressive in investigating wrong-doing by House members. This effectively gets rid of the strict investigation and puts the fox in charge of the hen house.

This is a move that shows the House Republicans have no interest in "draining the swamp". Even Trump is critical of this move. All this shows is that House Republicans are lining themselves up to clean out the vault.
The reward for controlling both Houses and the WH is the ability to pillage the government. Power = money, that's life. Why do you think they spend millions of dollars for the chance of getting a job that pays less than $200K? Because they care about the children? Really, who's that stupid? If they steal a couple billion dollars so be it, in the big picture that's peanuts. Obama has been adding 3 billion dollars a day to the national debt, what's a couple billion more? If they fix immigration, fix our tax code, fix our horrific trade deals, replace ObamaCare and lower my taxes I can get over it.
"No. No he won't. We'll stop it."
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