Facing fierce criticism from members of both parties — including
President-Elect Donald Trump — House Republicans backed down Tuesday
from an attempt to gut an independent ethics office that investigates
House lawmakers and staff accused of misconduct.
The decision to scrap changes to the ethics
office came during an emergency GOP conference meeting Tuesday morning.
Just hours earlier, Trump fired off a pair of tweets criticizing the
timing of the Monday-night vote by House Republicans to place the Office
of Congressional Ethics, known as OCE, under the jurisdiction of the
House Ethics Committee.
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Source: NBC News
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