House Republican leaders lobbying package today met with reservations from the rank and file Republican members. Reportedly, Members are concerned about the provisions on privately funded travel, earmarks and gift bans. The draft does not currently contain a grassroots lobby disclosure provision. But it should. Why? Check out our paper on grassroots lobbying. A draft will be available Thursday, but legislation will probably not be introduced until after the St. Patrick's Day recess. According to Congress Daily, the package:

As of 2:00 PM today the Senate had yet to vote on the Harkin-Specter amendment, which would provide an additional $7 billion over the President’s budget request — allowing Congress to fund the FY07 Labor-HHS bill at the level enacted two years ago, in FY05. A one-pager on the amendment, made available by Senator Harkin's office, is available here.Among many points made, the one-pager says:

After casting not one, but two votes last fall in favor or reinstating traditional two-sided PAYGO rules on the budget reconciliation bill (vote) and the tax reconciliation bill (vote), Sen. Tom Coburn caved to his Republican leadership and voted against the same exact PAYGO rules he supported last fall. Coburn's flip-flop on PAYGO was the crucial factor in the failure of the Conrad PAYGO amendment to the budget resolution yesterday.

Reportedly, House Republican Leaders are closer to introducing a lobby reform bill. What that bill will encompass is unclear. It is reported that it will include a ban on privately funded travel for the rest of the 109th Congress, new disclosure requirements on gifts, significant changes in disclosure requirements for registered lobbyists, and new disclosure and compliance laws for 527 groups. For the whole scoop.