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That’s One Approach

If you’re a politician and you get ripped by the Ethics Office, why not just shut down the Ethics Office?

That seems to be Rep. Marcia Fudge’s (D-OH) approach.

Having been admonished by the new Office of Congressional Ethics, Fudge, along with twenty other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, is sponsoring legislation strip the office of much of its power.

Josh Marshall

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