Republican lawmakers vote to gut ethics office on return to Congress #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

House Republicans on Monday voted to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawmakers after several bribery and corruption scandals sent members to prison.

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