Score one for humanity.*
Mr. Trump's tweets to U.S. House Republicans inspired them
to back away from gutting the independent Office of Congressional Ethics this morning.
The R-people held a secret meeting the other day to perform
their ethics lobotomy. Then they made known their decision to go “ethics-less”
yesterday. That caused mucho criticism from D-people, a bazillion watchdog
groups and even a couple of negative sounding mainline media reports, too.
But what really caused the 180 roundabout? Trump tweets!
The tweets gave the R people the shakes. So, they dumped their dream-come-true,GET-OUT-OF-JAIL-FREE law right before the opening buzzer of the spanking new session of the R-dominated House of Representatives.
Like I said, score one for humanity for whatever the reason.
* "Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who’s been under criminal and ethical investigation for years, was irate that leadership wanted the conference to back off. Young, as well as Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), tried to get leadership to commit to reforming the office by a specific future date, though Labrador agreed with leadership's plan to postpone. Incoming Ethics Chair Susan Brooks, one source in the room said, suggested they'd do it by August."
Inside the House GOP ethics debacle, Rachael Bade, John Bresnahan and Kyle Cheney, Politico, 3 Jan 2017.
* "Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who’s been under criminal and ethical investigation for years, was irate that leadership wanted the conference to back off. Young, as well as Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), tried to get leadership to commit to reforming the office by a specific future date, though Labrador agreed with leadership's plan to postpone. Incoming Ethics Chair Susan Brooks, one source in the room said, suggested they'd do it by August."
Inside the House GOP ethics debacle, Rachael Bade, John Bresnahan and Kyle Cheney, Politico, 3 Jan 2017.
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