The two aides to the embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief left their posts this week, following two
congressional hearings last week where Pruitt was questioned over his
ethics scandals and deregulatory agenda.
A number of high - level Republican strategists have been quietly urging their party's
congressional leaders to pass a «real
ethics package» (in the words of one advocate) to counteract the potential negative political effects of the ongoing
scandal surrounding disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, whose name is once again dominating the news after he agreed to a plea deal earlier today.