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<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' data-correct-choice='what is morally right and wrong'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/closed_door_meeting.m4a'><span>closed door meeting</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/members_of_congress.m4a'><span>members of Congress</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/what_is_morally_right_and_wrong.m4a'><span>what is morally right and wrong</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/a_two_year_term.m4a'><span>a two year term</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7867 data-hint-location='15458' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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 class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/in_the_2016_election_republicans_kept_control_of_both_the__blank__and_senate.m4a'>In the 2016 election, Republicans kept control of both the <span class='blank'>House</span> and Senate.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='House'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/meeting.m4a'><span>meeting</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/ethics_violations.m4a'><span>ethics violations</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/proposal.m4a'><span>proposal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1601/house.m4a'><span>House</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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