Roll Call offers this breaking news report (paid subscription required), which begins: “The partisan clash in the Senate over port security threw prospects for lobbying reform legislation further into doubt Thursday, after lawmakers failed to muster a two-thirds majority vote to end debate on the bill. The 47-51 vote against invoking cloture takes lobbying reform in the chamber off the table for now. Already facing a crowded schedule of votes on the budget and an increase in the debt ceiling next week, it is unclear whether lawmakers will return to the issue before the St. Patrick’s Day recess.”