The Trump Organization to him . Welcome to the lead, im jim in for jake. Any moment now the new congress will cast its first vote since being sworn in. But one thing law maker will no longer be voting on is a measure House Republicans had been pushing just this morning, to gut the independent office of congressional ethics. Republicans dumped that plan this afternoon under twitter pressure from president elect donald trump. Cnn is covering the story from all angles as we get our first glimpse of how the new president and congress could function together. We begin with cn senior political reporter. He is live on the hill. Manu, this is certainly not the way House Republicans wanted to kickoff this legislative session. No, its not, jim. In fact, they want to be talking about the things that unite them whether its obamacare or tax reform. But instead this proposal came out of thin air catching Republican Leaders off guard, and suddenly causing major internal tension on capitol hill. Louis
United states and wikileaks founder agrees. But as intelligence agencies wrap up a full review, Obama Administration says the evidence is rock solid. And new neighbors, close enough to borrow a cup of sugar, not far from the homes of the obamas and the clintons, could this be the swanky new house where ivanka trump and her family will be living here in washington . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. On the first day of the new gopcontrolled congress, donald trump may have let fellow republicans know who will be calling the shots. After a critical tweet from the president elect, the house gop quickly dropped a move to gut an independent ethics office. Newly sworn in republicans are eager to start working on trumps todo list, and undo key elements of president obamas legacy. While both sides say they hope for Common Ground, democrats warn they will hold their ground and hold trumps feet to the fire. In one bipartisan move, a group of senators is pushing for more sanctions agai
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