This afternoon, the House Rules Committee released H. Res. 1000, providing for earmarking reform in the U.S. House of Representatives. It hasn’t gone through Committee yet. It won’t have the force of law even if ultimately passes. It will have a shelf life of maybe three months in any case. And it doesn’t inclujde a single of the lobbying restrictions passed by the House earlier this year and now withering in conference. Among its key provisions, for the first time, committee reports would be required to list all earmarks included, along with the names of Members requesting the earmark, in order to be considered on the floor. As noted by OMB Watch, any effort to clean House (or to name owners of dirty laundry) is bound to get immediate attention -- and this one is actually bound for a vote, perhaps as early as tomorrow.