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donald trump, who said it was not a priority. laura trevelyan reports. the house will come to order. as the brand new congress convened on thursday, rather than celebrating the republicans‘ dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. it is over their behaviour is policed in the name of avoiding corruption. on monday night, republicans in the house of representatives tried to gut the independence of the office of congressional ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. despite the row, it looked like a done deal. until donald trump took to twitter, saying: so republicans had to decide so republicans had to decide whether they wanted to cross mr trump before he had even taken the oath of office. some had staked out their positions before the tweets. i voted against this particular amendment because of the oversight language that i thought was ambiguous and needed furthe ....
the plan, which outraged democrats, also drew criticism from the president elect, donald trump, who said it was not a priority. laura trevelyan reports. the house will come to order. as the brand new congress convened on thursday, rather than celebrating the republicans‘ dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. it is over their behaviour is policed in the name of avoiding corruption. on monday night, republicans in the house of representatives tried to gut the independence of the office of congressional ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. despite the row, it looked like a done deal. so republicans had to decide whether they wanted to cross mr trump before he had even taken the oath of office. some had staked out their positions before the tweets. i voted against this particular amendment because of the oversight language that i thought was ambiguous and need ....
congressional ethics watchdog of its powers. the plan, which outraged democrats, also drew criticism from the president elect, donald trump, who said it was not a priority. laura trevelyan reports. the house will come to order. as the brand new congress convened on tuesday, rather than celebrating the republicans‘ dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate over their behaviour is policed in the name of avoiding corruption. on monday night, republicans in the house of representatives tried to gut the independence of the office of congressional ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. despite the row, it looked like a done deal. until donald trump took to twitter, saying: so, republicans had to decide whether they wanted to cross mr trump before he d even taken the oath of office. some had staked out their positions before the tweets. i voted against this particular a ....
beginning to inflate? we ll find out in the next few hours if price rises in the block are now back on track. britain s top diplomat at the european union has resigned just a few months before the uk begins negotiations to leave the bloc. announcing his resignation, he s said there is muddled thinking about britain s departure from the eu, a comment believed to be directed at the government. it s not known exactly why ivan rogers has stepped down, but the country s ambassador to the eu had recently warned of the difficulties the uk would face in reaching a deal for its exit. tim allman reports. he was britain s man in brussels. the uk s ambassador to the european union. now sir ivan rogers has decided to quit his post. he is going, he says, to allow a new team to ta ke going, he says, to allow a new team to take over before brexit negotiations begin but, as he was metaphorically walking out the door, sir ivan appeared to criticise the government s preparations for that ....
iraqi city of mosul which government forces are trying to liberate from so called islamic state. there are government concerns about the proposed merger between sky and 20th century fox. the culture secretary says she is likely to propose the merger to the media regulator ofcom. and the hotel that claims it has the worst view in the world. the graffiti artist banksy designs and funds the new venture in the west bank next to the isreali built wall. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the first results are beginning to be declared in the northern ireland assembly election and turnout is up sharply compared to the last election. with 20 or so of 90 seats declared so far, early signs are that both sinn fein and the unionist dup are polling strongly. the election was called after sinn fein withdrew from the power sharing executive in january. let s join annita mcveigh who s in belfast. thank you very much. let me bring you up to date with a couple of interesting bits of ....