Democrats serious about ethics reform

Nancy Pelosi got off to a rough start last week, but her strategy for passing ethics reform is brilliant. Pelosi and the House leadership plan on breaking up the ethics package into distinct pieces, and each piece will be introduced by incoming freshmne and debated seperately on the House floor. The Democrats want to demonstrate that they will do business differently than their Republican predecessors by permitting more debate and amendments.

As a result, this reform agenda will get more coverage in the press as each piece, such as gift ban, earmark reform and the pay-as-you-go rules, will be debated separately.