“Senate Passes Ethics Reform; Measure Moves to White House for Signature”

Roll Call offers this breaking news report ($). The vote was 83-14 (roll call vote here). The newspaper reports: “The real test came earlier in the day, when conservative Republican Senators — who said the bill fell short on limiting earmarks– tried to kill it on a procedural vote to end debate. Three GOP Senators– Wayne Allard (Colo.), Sam Brownback (Kan.) and Jim Bunning (Ky.) — voted against cloture but then voted for the bill. ” I have posted the text of the bill here [NOTE: This is a corrected link. My earlier link was to the version of the bill as first introduced in the Senate. Thanks to Ken Gross for pointing this out.].
A statement from the Campaign Legal Center is here
UPDATE: The Washington Post reports “the White House said President Bush had ‘serious concerns’ about the measure and had not decided whether to sign it.”

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