Lobbyist Cash Changes Democratic Ethics Debate

Published May 24, 2007 2:55pm ET



Yesterday it seemed House Democrats would punt on ethics reform. But today the wind is shifting. Apparently Dems have decided not to go home this Memorial Day weekend without something to show their constituents (besides a much-delayed Iraq bill favored by the president). A major problem in organizing the debate is the fact that Democrats are taking in too much lobbyist-arranged cash to want to limit it:

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