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      Rep.-elect Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaks with Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)

      Watchdogs to House Republicans: Don't Gut Congressional Ethics Office

      "Past attempts to gut OCE have not only been detrimental to the public's trust in Congress, but those moves have also been politically damaging and met with widespread public backlash."

      Kenny Stancil
      Jan 05, 2023

      Watchdogs are urging House Republicans to revise language in the chamber's proposed rules package that would undermine an independent congressional ethics body's ability to function at precisely the moment when it is expected to launch probes of several GOP lawmakers.

      The U.S. Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) "provides independent, nonpartisan oversight and accountability, which increases the public's trust in the U.S. House of Representatives and its members," the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) wrote Wednesday in a letter. "OCE is Congress' only independent investigative body, and therefore one of the only safeguards against corruption in the House of Representatives. It is essential to protect and preserve the efficient functioning of OCE."

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      'A Good Day': House Dems Vote to Make Trump Tax Returns Public

      'A Good Day': House Dems Vote to Make Trump Tax Returns Public

      "No person is above the law, not even a president of the United States."

      Jessica Corbett
      Dec 20, 2022

      After an hourslong debate behind closed doors on Tuesday, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee voted 24-16 along party lines to publicly release six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns.

      "The House Ways and Means Committee has righted a historic wrong."

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      Kavanaugh's Attendance at Right-Wing Holiday Party Raises New Ethics Concerns

      The justice attended a party with former Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller, whose legal organization has interests in at least one case the court is deliberating.

      Julia Conley
      Dec 13, 2022

      Just days after a former evangelical activist testified before Congress about the ease with which he and his associates lobbied right-wing U.S. Supreme Court justices, Politico reported that Justice Brett Kavanaugh attended a private holiday party with a number of high-profile conservatives, sparking alarm among ethics watchdogs.

      "The Supreme Court is compromised, and our rights are at risk. It's time to reform the court."

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