Last night, President Bush named Susan Dudley a senior advisor in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), according the Wall Street Journal. This decision comes one day after the president renominated the anti-regulatory Dudley to be OIRA administrator.

The House adopted its earmarks and ethics rules last week. This week, the Senate is struggling with its own rules package, S. 1, based on a bill that the Senate passed easily last year, with the expectation of considering several amendments and completing it next week. Regardless of the outcome, S. 1, "will be a tremendously important piece of legislation in the annals of history of this country," Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) said yesterday, per CQ($$). Let's see how it turns out.

Today the Senate began the debate on lobbying legislation. As noted previously, S.1 will be based off S.2349 passed last March which includes a grassroots lobbying disclosure provision already causing controversy. The press has picked up on the likelihood of opposition and efforts to have the measure stripped from the bill. As reported in today's Roll Call; "As Senators take up the bill this week, public interest groups are preparing for fights over grass-roots lobbying disclosure and reimbursement rates for lawmakers taking rides on corporate jets."