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Now on to explain what happened. all the coverage as you know has been on the republicans trying to do away with a ethics watchdog effect. what is the other side of the story? >> this oversight ethics board really didn't do that much at all in the first place. the only official power it really has, it had no subpoena power, were highly limited was to make recommendations to the house ethics commission which remains in place. they did however have the ability to receive anonymous tips, investigate them in whatever way it could, and then publish them. that what you had was kind of half finished,...

Fox news senior analyst joins us now on to explain what happened. all the coverage as you know has been on the republicans trying to do away with a ethics watchdog effect. what is the other side of the story? >> this oversight ethics board really didn't do that much at all in the first place. the only official power it really has, it had no subpoena power, were highly limited was to make recommendations to the house ethics commission which remains in place. they did however have the ability to receive anonymous tips, investigate them in whatever way it could, and then publish them. that what y...

Defeat of potential bad news. there are still 17 days until donald trump becomes president but november's election kicked off today on capitol hill and the consequences with the 115th congress, they have the ceremony, pictures with family, it's supposed to be a layup for the new party to welcome into town before any fights or hard decisions have to begin. but it got gift right away for republican leaders. that's because they held a conference vote last night to dilute ethics investigations into members of congress. their plan was to quickly pass the diluted rule today. but they weren't quick e...

Room is basically lawmakers were complaining this independent entity was overzealous and going after lawmakers based on anonymous tips that is some lawmakers thought were politically motivated. it was kind of the exact description of what we heard from one of president-elect donald trump's close advisers. the same president-elect who talked about draining the swamp over and over and over. this seems to fly in the face of that. this is what kellyanne conway had to say. >> gutting it doesn't mean there won't be a mechanism. i don't want them to be given the impression there's no way for complain...

To investigate charges. but the biggest issue now is they want to make sure that there are no such thing as overzealous investigations. that there is due process in place. complaints that the oce was not necessarily living up to those standards before this point. that said, democrats, this is an issue that's more or less put on a tee. many trying to cover up their wounds in the wake of the election. they're already having a call to talk about their responsiveness. they believe this san issue they can win on. expect them to attack immediately. >> just to be clear, this other committee that supp...