Ethics office accuses GOP of rushing Trump Cabinet confirmations

[Arkansas Granny]

The director of the federal Office of Government Ethics on Saturday accused Senate Republicans of rushing confirmations for nominees in President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

In a letter to leading Senate Democrats, Walter Shaub, Jr., the ethics office director, said the busy hearing schedule had overwhelmed his office. He said it had not completed ethics screening reviews on several nominees, which he described as a concern.

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Shaub’s letter to the senators comes just days before the Senate is set to hold a flurry of confirmation hearings beginning on Tuesday. In the letter, Shaub said that the schedule could leave some nominees with “potentially unknown or unresolved ethics issues.”

“I am not aware of any occasion in the four decades since OGE was established when the Senate held a confirmation hearing before the nominee had completed the ethics review process,” he said.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/313175-ethics-office-accuses-gop-of-rushing-trump-cabinet-confirmations

This is very troubling, especially in light of their recent efforts to eliminate the Office of Congressional Ethics.

[spanone]

1. ....and, can anything be done about it??????

[yeoman6987]

2. Yes. Democratic senators need just 2 GOP senators to vote down each offer

They don't need to be the same two GOP senators. For example McCain and graham will vote against the sos. Collins and flake can vote again devos and on and on. It will take coordination but democratic senators can easily do this.

[metroins]

4. 3 I thought?

Does vp get to do anything on confirmations if a tie?

[spanone]

5. thanks!

[democratisphere]

3. Rethugs act like criminals and a run away freight train.

Someone needs to derail this scum before they can act

[malaise]

6. No wonder they wanted the Ethics Office gutted

They really are ReTHUGs.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. No wonder, indeed.