![]() Some of the defectors also happen to be among the lawmakers who stand to benefit the most from a castrated OCE. With the Republicans’ slim majority, the California legislator can only afford four defections. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, have vowed to vote against McCarthy for speaker. A handful of ultra-conservative lawmakers, including Reps. This time around, circumstances have changed. In 2017, the House Republican Conference took steps to curtail the power of the OCE, but the proposal was opposed by then-Speaker Paul Ryan and even McCarthy. This isn’t the first time Republicans have tried to dismantle the Congress’s independent ethics panel. “Because it looks as though the office still lives, but, in fact, it doesn’t.” “This is a very smart way to do it,” adds Payne, a former OCE deputy chief counsel.
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