The House passed "lobbying reform" tonight.

Chief among the reforms is a measure that requires lobbyists to disclose how much money they solicit from friends and business associates on behalf of a candidate. The so-called “bundling” bill was steeply resisted by pro-business Democrats and minority members who worried it would discourage lobbyists from helping to raise campaign cash.

In the end, the bundling measure passed 382-37, as House Democratic leaders managed to hold their own ranks and draw plenty of support from Republicans anxious to burnish their own good-government credentials after a spate of scandals helped oust the GOP from power last year. A broader companion bill requiring more frequent disclosures from lobbyists about their clients and contacts on Capitol Hill also passed with a wide margin, 396-22.

Yawn. I'm always for more disclosure rather than less. However, what good is all this disclosure when the House won't do squat when the rules are violated?

On related ethical issues, Politico reports that Rep. David Scott ... wait for it ... (D-Ga.) has some problems with his political finances.

A close look at his personal, campaign and business finances, however, reveals a tangled web of loans, debt, more than $182,000 in unpaid taxes and an intermingling of his political and private funds -- including more than $643,000 in campaign payments to his family, their company and its employees. All of that has campaign finance experts puzzled and Scott's team sifting through old records to reconstruct transactions it could not immediately explain to The Politico.

Of course, this hasn't gotten a lot of play across the country. I count three articles -- including Politico's -- on the story.