While GOP runs from House ethics flap, Young argues watchdog needs tighter rules

Congressman Don Young (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)In the U.S. House, Republicans started the new year with an awkward lurch. First they proposed to weaken their ethics watchdog. Then, after a flood of angry phone calls and a tweet from Donald Trump questioning their priorities, they abandoned the plan. But not everyone agrees the House majority should have backed down. Alaska Congressman Don Young is among those who want the ethics office reined in.
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