Roll Call offers this report ($), which begins: “If you’re wondering what has become of the Senate’s effort to bring up an ostensibly noncontroversial campaign finance bill, it’s best to remember that if you ask Senators no questions, they’ll tell you no lies. Case in point: When Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (Miss.) recently was asked whether he was the Republican lawmaker with an anonymous ‘hold’ on the measure requiring Senators to file their campaign finance reports electronically, he jokingly responded, ‘I cannot believe you would ask such a direct question. How can I obfuscate?'”