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WASHINGTON — House Republicans, faced with a firestorm of public anger and presidential disapproval, abandoned a just-approved amendment Tuesday that would have gutted the independent House Office of Congressional Ethics.
House Republicans gutted the independent watchdog without any notice.
By: Kyle Scott Clauss
Without any notice or debate and just hours before the new Congress was set to be sworn in, House Republican gutted the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, formed in 2008 following a rash of corruption scandals.
Congressman Seth Moulton is no longer a freshman member of Congress.
The Salem Democrat was sworn in for his second term Tuesday, nearly two months after 6th District voters reelected him -- uncontested - in the Nov. 8 election to represent them in the 115th Congress.
(CNN) Democrats on the Hill -- including Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts -- are speaking out against Republicans' push to limit the powers of a watchdog panel that polices the ethics of Congress, saying it's "absolutely ridiculous."
SALEM — Soon-to-be sophomore Sixth District Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Salem, is not a person who likes to sit still for too long.
That’s not only because he has a standing desk in his Washington, D.C. office.
ESSEX — It’s just a bill on Capitol Hill, but President Obama’s signature would be a panacea for boaters who travel the Essex River.
GLOUCESTER — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton was well into his town meeting Monday with an overflow crowd of Cape Ann constituents when a military veteran in the audience described his own experiences with the Veterans Administration health system as largely positive.
BEVERLY — Nobody was offended, or even inconvenienced, when word spread that Mark Emmert would be a late arrival at the big party in honor of Pete Frates.
The 6th District Economic Development Federal Resource Forum will be held Tuesday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon at Peabody City Hall, 24 Lowell St.