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Stuffing cash in his campaign coffers, yeah, i have a problem with that. i hold both sides to the same standard. i don't like to see hypocrisy, especially within my own party. we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard. it was not easy to get into the majority and we have to show the american people that yes can work, that we can reach across the aisle where we have agreement. actually work and deliver results for the american people. i take that job seriously. >> neil: but he got what he wanted. a lot of people take a look at the rules changing and say it's good. do you agree? >> they did...

There's also congressional ethics office. there's a question about whether that office doesn't even exist in the new congress, or how much power it is going to have. do we know with that would look like, a professional investigation? >> so this is a really good question, it comes as part of the new rules packages that are being passed under the new leadership in the house. essentially, what sort happened is a number of -- according to the rules that govern his body, you need to have a certain number of board members. some of those need to be reinstated. they won't be able to reinstated for sev...

Rules packages typically get no attention in congress, but here we are. so why is this being mentioned and what's in this package? >> reporter: it is a lot different this time around, jose, in part because in order to win over the right wing of the republican party and the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy was forced to make a lot of concessions, many of which are going to be part of this rules package that's voted on later today. the most obvious example being this provision that would allow any member of congress to call for a vote to remove the speaker of the house and obviously with...

Have a long process ahead of us. >> of course, you've witnessed the experience that speakers boehner and ryan had with fighting the tea party and the freedom caucus. but as you've been pointing out, this is even a more disparate group of rebels, if you will, who all have different interests. >> that's right. it makes it really hard to negotiate with them. because there is not one clear thing they're all asking for. a lot of them, again, want some type of accommodation on the motion to vacate or other rules packages. bob good from virginia, for example, apparently feels slighted that kevin mcca...