Senate leaders are moving to tighten congressional ethics rules, though — with only a one-vote majority — they are treading more lightly and more slowly than their enthusiastic colleagues in the House.

Last week, newly minted House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., followed through on her campaign pledge to limit the influence of lobbyists, leading the House in adopting rule changes to ban gifts and meals paid for by lobbyists and the use of corporate jets.

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