Republican lawmakers in the United States Congress have suspended plans to weaken an office that investigates possible ethics violations. At a closed-door meeting Monday night, Republican members of the House of Representatives had voted 119 to 74 to approve the proposal. The vote came hours before all House members were sworn-in to two-year terms in the new Congress. The change would have put the Office of Congressional Ethics under the House Ethics Committee, which is controlled by lawmakers. In the 2016 election, Republicans kept control of both the House and Senate. The measure, proposed by Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte, was added to a larger number of rules for Congress. But it was later dropped. The Office of Congressional Ethics was created as a non-partisan, independent group in 2008. It came about after several corruption cases involving members of the House.
Title: US House Republicans Drop Plans to Weaken Ethics Office
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/GOP_ethics.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US House Republicans Drop Plans to Weaken Ethics Office' data-article-id='2119'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15458'>Republican lawmakers in the United States Congress have suspended plans to weaken an office that investigates possible ethics violations.</span> <span data-start-time='15458' data-end-time='32375'>At a closed-door meeting Monday night, Republican members of the House of Representatives had voted 119 to 74 to approve the proposal.</span> <span data-start-time='32375' data-end-time='43417'>The vote came hours before all House members were sworn-in to two-year terms in the new Congress.</span> <span data-start-time='43417' data-end-time='55042'>The change would have put the Office of Congressional Ethics under the House Ethics Committee, which is controlled by lawmakers.</span> <span data-start-time='55042' data-end-time='63417'>In the 2016 election, Republicans kept control of both the House and Senate.</span> <span data-start-time='63417' data-end-time='74063'>The measure, proposed by Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte, was added to a larger number of rules for Congress.</span> <span data-start-time='74063' data-end-time='77083'>But it was later dropped.</span> <span data-start-time='77083' data-end-time='86833'>The Office of Congressional Ethics was created as a non-partisan, independent group in 2008.</span> <span data-start-time='86833' data-end-time='94000'>It came about after several corruption cases involving members of the House.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/GOP_ethics.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7866 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/what_does_ethics_mean.m4a'>What does ethics mean?</div><div class='choices' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/when_did_republican_house_members_vote_on_the_proposal.m4a'>When did Republican House members vote on the proposal?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Monday night'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/2008.m4a'><span>2008</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/monday_night.m4a'><span>Monday night</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/after_being_sworn_in.m4a'><span>After being sworn in</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/tuesday_morning.m4a'><span>Tuesday morning</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7868 data-hint-location='55042' style='display:none;'><div 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