House GOP Drops Bid to Undercut Ethics Board
Move follows a backlash to a proposal to leave lawmakers policing themselves
The first move by House Republicans to scrap a Democratic measure failed. They dropped their effort Tuesday to cut the independent ethics board after fierce backlash. Photo: EPA
WASHINGTON—House Republicans on Tuesday dropped their effort to curb the independence of a nonpartisan ethics board after a fierce backlash to it eclipsed other news on the first day of the new session of Congress.
Meeting behind closed doors on Tuesday, House Republicans unanimously decided to scrap their effort to place the independent Office of Congressional Ethics under the oversight of the House Ethics Committee, a move that would leave lawmakers policing themselves. That move, announced late Monday night, drew swift...