I wonder if the libertarian "hands off" approach would apply to Pelosi's creation of the Office Of Congressional Ethics (an unnecessary bureaucracy that investigated 69 ethics complaints against House members and recommended action on 13 of them?).
Will the newly elected Tea Party Republicans, who are so adamant about cleaning up Washington, stand by quietly when Boehner dismantles the OCE?
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But behind closed doors, Boehner’s agenda clashes head-on with the populist rhetoric of many newly elected Republican House members. Even as they outline institutional reforms, GOP leaders are gearing up to kill the fledgling Office of Congressional Ethics, which helps police ethics complaints.
...Ornstein said at a recent briefing hosted by Common Cause, largely because party leaders have "made it very clear" that they plan to eliminate the Office of Congressional Ethics. "There is no pledge here to deal with ethics issues in a positive way, period," he said.
GOP leaders probably won't vote publicly to kill the OCE but will simply quietly defund it next year, said John Wonderlich, policy director of the Sunlight Foundation.
NationalJournal.com - House Ethics Tightrope - Monday, November 15, 2010
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Where is the outrage among our conservative colleagues?