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House GOP Reverses Vote to Gut Ethics Committee
Updated Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, 1:08 p.m. EST: Even President-elect Donald Trump thought Republicans focused their attention on the wrong issues after they held a closed-door vote to weaken the independent ethics committee created to keep lawmakers honest. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted: According to Politico, GOP members heard the president-elect and public’s displeasure with their…