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GOP Destruction of House Ethics Committee Tells You Everything You Need to Know

Author:     FRED WERTHEIMER
Source:     Common Dreams
Publication Date:     Jan 13, 2023
 Link: GOP Destruction of House Ethics Committee Tells You Everything You Need to Know
Stephan:  

While the Democrats are trying to govern, the Republicans are doing something quite different. And they wanted to be very sure they could not be caught or charged for their criminality and corruption so the first thing they did was gut the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), which oversees honorable ethical behavior. 

Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (CA) talks to his christofascist Republican colleagues Representative Chip Roy (TX) and Representative Jim Jordan (OH) in the House Chamber during the second day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. 
Credit: Anna Moneymaker / Getty

They came to Washington last week ready to represent the constituents who had given them the honor of serving in Congress. They were 39 freshman Republican House Members.

Harsh reality quickly set in.

Last week, they sat around as a Greek chorus while 20 extremist Republicans forced 15 ballots – the most since 1859 – before permitting Kevin McCarthy to be elected House Speaker. In the process the extremists drained away much of the Speaker’s powers.

Following this debacle, as a first order of business on Monday, the newbies were presented with the opportunity to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an effective House Office that has been key for more than a decade to House ethics rules […]

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