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GOP backed down on OCE after Trump criticism.

Posted: Jan 3, 2017

Yeah, Trump!! ;

Dumb question. sm - Anon

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What does OCE stand for?

Office of Congressional Ethics. It's actually just a - duplicare of another ethics

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committee, not necessary. But Trump though taxes and other things were more important to deal with first.

Yes, I heard the story on NPR this a.m. - Anon

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Actually, I believe the Office of Congressional Ethics is necessary. They are not members of Congress and are supposed to be impartial. They can screen anonymous ethics complaints and recommend to the Congressional Committee whether or not they think an investigation is necessary. Without them, Congress itself investigates, but the complaint cannot be anonymous, so it's like having the fox guarding the henhouse; and they can fail to act if they fear retribution from the member of Congress who is being investigated. I feel it provides a necessary check and balance to the ethics process.

Again, it's not a duplicate - OABO

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It is the only INDEPENDENT ethics watchdog. Other congressional ethics committee is run by congress so basically they are policing themselves.

Trump wins again! - Winning

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ww

yea...like Trump is a poster boy for... - LMT

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ethics or anything to do with ethics...LOL

He probably can't even spell "ethics", let - alone understand what that is.

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So cool! And he hasn't even been inaugurated yet. - Good job, Mr. T.

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:-)

I am impressed by him mostly - I hope the career politicians

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don't wear him down. I didn't vote for him, but I'm wishing him the best

You sound like a true Patriot. - sm

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It is very nice to hear. Thank you.

Seeing what kinds of people are calling themselves - "patriots" these days, its become derrog

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-atory. No longer a good thing to be in - this messed-up country.

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HE DID NOTHING. nm - don't fool yourself

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this was the PEOPLE who stopped this nonsense

Plus many, many calls - Hail Caesar

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from their outraged constituents.

The flood of thousands of calls to congressional offices was the real reason. nm - 844

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There was a huge concerted effort to coordinate this movement. Don't underestimate pissed-off intellectual women.

I don't think so - When has Washington (esp Republicans) ever

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listened to its constituents? I give this one to Trump.

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