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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Nov 30, 2019, 03:07 PM Nov 2019

The job no GOP senator wants: Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee

A prime chairmanship is poised to come open in the Senate next year. The problem? No GOP senators seem to want it.

Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) is set to retire in approximately a month, creating an opening atop the Senate Ethics Committee, a behind-the-scenes panel responsible for enforcing standards of behavior for senators and their staff and investigating potential violations of federal law or the Senate's rules.

Isakson, who has chaired the committee for nearly five years, told The Hill that he doesn't know who his successor will be, but encouraged his colleagues to accept the chairmanship if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) asks them.

"It's an honor to do it, and if asked, they ought to," he said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-job-no-gop-senator-wants-id-rather-have-a-root-canal/ar-BBXxXRI?li=BBnb7Kz

This is simple. They have no ethics.

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The job no GOP senator wants: Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 OP
It would be an impossible job. "Augean stables" comes to mind. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #1
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