Scandal-plagued George Santos calling the GOP's new ethics rules 'fantastic' should be a major red flag. (via MaddowBlog)
This year, a new House Republican majority is getting to work, and once again, one of their principal goals is undermining congressional ethics. GOP lawmakers approved their sweeping new rules package last night, and as The New York TimesThe rules could hamper investigations by the Office of Congressional Ethics, which undertakes bipartisan inquiries and then makes recommendations for discipline to the Ethics Committee.Under McCarthy’s rules ...
I’ve seen some suggestions in recent days that the new GOP majority is completely shuttering the Office of Congressional Ethics. That’s not quite right. But make no mistake: Republicans have made these deliberate changes in order to weaken the office and prevent it from getting to work.over the weekend, “Gutting the independent ethics watchdog as the first official act of the 118th Congress is clearly not what Americans wanted when they voted in the midterms.
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