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The house republican and senate republican leadership want to replace obamacare, overhauling the tax code, trying to get rid of major regulations. and of course, conforming donald trump cabinet and also a ninth supreme court justice. how, that doesnt mean there wasnt controversy yesterday. in fact, there was a significant. of controversy after house republicans tried to move forward with a rules package that would have gutted a key ethics watchdog, that actually polices members of congress. a lo...

Offices to demand they do not vote for this when it became public. and then donald trump tweeted, said he did not think this was a good idea on the first day of the new congress. in the meanwhile, paul ryan calling an emergency meeting to get rid of that proposal is part of a broader rules package. and the members agreed. relenting, agreeing and moving forward on a rules package. now that bill also angered democrats because democratic members who staged protests without permission. so, a lot of ...

Broader rules package. and the members agreed, relenting, agreeing and moving forward on a rules package. now, that measure also angered democrats, however, because democratic members staged protests or sit-ins on the house floor without permission. a lot of controversy on the first day of the new congress. its just a sign of things to come to deal with things like obamacare and tax reform. john and christine. >> manu, thanks so much. chuck schumer, the newly minted senate democratic leader sa...

Change the ethics office so that its fairer to congress. he was absolutely right to come out as he did. i had marsha blackburn on today at 10:30. she had a hard time defending it on timing and messaging. she agreed that the republicans bungled these things time and again. trump reads the pulse of the people again better than the rank-and-file republican on capitol hill. paul ryan voted against this, we understand. but he wasnt able to turn enough votes. >> the leadership paul ryan and. the house...

Its fairer to congress. he was absolutely right to come out as he did. i had marsha blackburn on today at 10:30. she had a hard time defending it on timing and messaging. she agreed that the republicans bungled these things time and again. trump reads the pulse of the people again better than the rank-and-file republican on capitol hill. paul ryan voted against this, we understand. but he wasnt able to turn enough votes. >> the leadership paul ryan and. the house must have a rules package, ultim...

Years that has led to the removal or resignation of some lawmakers. theres a belief that they could have done a lot more. what republicans have done, lets be specific about this, had a closed door meeting, after the sun went down, yes, those things actually do happen, and decided amongst themselves that when the new house convenes tomorrow afternoon, theyre going to present a rules package that has to be voted on by republicans and democrats that will include close that go office and putting it ...

At noon today in and one of the first things they are going to bring up is a rules package that eliminates the office of congressional ethics. beyond belief. >> your timeline is very shortened and accelerated. i dont think that people are going to be able to contact their representatives and tell them they dont want this to happen. >> they may vote on it today. well see. there may be some folk who are against that, but even if they do, this is not over. were not going to just sort of say, oh, we...

Majority kevin mccarthy said theyre still going to move forward with the rules package, and that was really before that donald trump tweet really got a lot of attention, so as soon as they started to get a lot of attention, members started to realize that we cant be on the wrong page, an opposite page, as the incoming president of our own party, and thats one reason why they agreed to do this behind closed doors. knowing how bad it would look optically and nancy pelosi, wolf, the house democrati...

Breaking news we just got about the independent ethics office in congress. where did that come from and why is this an important change? >> so the office of congressional ethics was establisheback in 2008, essentlly in the wake of the abramoff scandal, the mark foley scandal, there was a public outcry and they realized they had to set up an independent watchdog to field complaints about campaign improprieties, personal behavior, other things. its existed for the last eight years, barely has a se...

Years, barely has a set of teeth, and has presented information over the last few years that has led to the removal or resignation of some lawmakers. theres a belief that they could have done a lot more. what republicans have done, lets be specific about this, had a closed door meeting, after the sun went down, yes, those things actually do happen, and decided amongst themselves that when the new house convenes tomorrow afternoon, theyre going to present a rules package that has to be voted on b...