[The Final Dakar]

Scaling back ethics oversight, removing independence, etc. Where did this come from? From the sounds of things this originated with the rank and file and GOP leadership was either against it or smart enough to see it was bad politics.

Cynically it felt like the House was putting itself on more even footing with the incoming administration which is even more worrying. Hillariously, Trump objected to the timing, not the act.

Then they got burned hard by their constituents and did an about face. What a way to start the year.

[OAW]

They have complete control of Congress and the WH. So the Dems were not in a position to stop it. The leadership was opposed but the Freedom Caucus et al have been smacking the leadership around for years. And these guys don't tend to think past the end of their nose so long as they are throwing red meat to their base and playing the "persecuted conservative" card. I think they just figured they could get away with it in a slow news cycle.

OAW