shockedcanadian
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He rights the ship quick, keeping politicians in line with their priorities. Good to see he is paying close attention.
House GOP backs off gut of ethics office after criticism, challenge by Trump
GOP leaders scrambled to contain the damage, and within hours of Trump registering his criticism on Twitter, they called an emergency meeting of House Republicans where lawmakers voted without opposition to undo the change.
The episode, coming even before the new Congress had convened and lawmakers were sworn in, was a powerful illustration of the sway Trump may hold over his party in a Washington that will be fully under Republican control for the first time in a decade. Lawmakers who've felt unfairly targeted by the ethics office had defied their own House GOP leaders with their initial vote to gut the body, but once Trump weighed in they backpedaled immediately.
With
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
........may be, their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance! #DTS
House GOP backs off gut of ethics office after criticism, challenge by Trump
GOP leaders scrambled to contain the damage, and within hours of Trump registering his criticism on Twitter, they called an emergency meeting of House Republicans where lawmakers voted without opposition to undo the change.
The episode, coming even before the new Congress had convened and lawmakers were sworn in, was a powerful illustration of the sway Trump may hold over his party in a Washington that will be fully under Republican control for the first time in a decade. Lawmakers who've felt unfairly targeted by the ethics office had defied their own House GOP leaders with their initial vote to gut the body, but once Trump weighed in they backpedaled immediately.
With
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump
........may be, their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance! #DTS
