The problem with the Office of Congressional Ethics was that the Democrats had no “ethics” so they had nothing to investigate.
now if it had been called the Office of a Lack of Congressional Ethics, and really did their job, the Republicans would double their funding just because of the last 4 years of the Democrats in Congress would provide enough work for the next 4 years (Conflicts of interest, leaking classified information, blatantly lying to the public, interfering with a presidential campaign (Harry Reid lying about Romney’s taxes, for one); a total disrespect and violation of national security laws and protocols re the use of private computer servers etc; interfering in foreign elections (Kerry, some members of Congress, White House, etc); aiding and abetting our enemies (The Iran Agreement and payoffs); real estate deals using insider information; etc.
You need an Office of Congressional Ethics with real teeth, not a political agenda. We don’t want crooks, crazies and commies in our Congress (i.e. the Alan Graysons of this world; the racist Congressional Black Caucus; the Marxist Progressive Congressional Caucus; and the Soros-funded gang/fronts).
If you are going to clean house, don’t just use Lysol, use Lysol-coated ExLax. It does a better job of getting the crap out than just jabbering about something.
They never found ole Charlie Rangel to have any ethics violations.
Surprise!
Although the office does not have subpoena power, it has played a significant role in 2010 investigations concerning alleged ethics violations by Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), and former Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Congressional_Ethics
How did that work out?