They also wanted to block the small staff at the Office of Congressional Ethics from speaking to the news media.

他们还希望阻止国会道德办公室规模有限的工作人员向新闻媒体发声。

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Under the proposed change, lawmakers themselves would have had final say over activities of the Office of Congressional Ethics.

根据提出的修改，国会议员自身将对国会道德操守办公室的活动拥有最终决定权。

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Under the proposed rules, the Office of Congressional Ethics would have been barred from "accepting or considering any anonymous allegation."

根据提出的规则，道德操守办公室将被禁止“接受或考虑任何匿名指控”。

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Both cases had been referred to the House committee by the Office of Congressional Ethics, a separate, outside ethics office.

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