S. 1 Section 220 Struck Down!, page 1

Check into their "smack down" amendments, folks.

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 9. Mr. VITTER (for himself and
Mr. INHOFE) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment
SA 3 proposed by Mr. REID (for himself,
Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr.
BENNETT, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Ms. COLLINS,
Mr. OBAMA, Mr. SALAZAR, and Mr. DURBIN)
to the bill S. 1, to provide greater
transparency in the legislative process;
as follows.
On page 51, between lines 12 and 13, insert
the following:
SEC. 242. SPOUSE LOBBYING MEMBER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 207(e) of title 18,
United States Code, as amended by section
241, is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(5) SPOUSES.—Any person who is the
spouse of a Member of Congress and who was
not serving as a registered lobbyist at least
1 year prior to the election of that Member
of Congress to office and who, after the election
of such Member, knowingly lobbies on
behalf of a client for compensation any
Member of Congress or is associated with
any such lobbying activity by an employer of
that spouse shall be punished as provided in
section 216 of this title.’’.
(b) GRANDFATHER PROVISION.—The amendment
made by subsection (a) shall not apply
to any spouse of a Member of Congress serving
as a registered lobbyist on the date of enactment
of this Act.
SA 10. Mr. VITTER submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3 proposed by Mr. REID
(for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs.
FEINSTEIN, Mr. BENNETT, Mr.
LIEBERMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. OBAMA,
Mr. SALAZAR, and Mr. DURBIN) to the
bill S. 1, to provide greater transparency
in the legislative process; as
follows.
On page 34, line 5, strike ‘‘$100,000’’ and insert
‘‘$200,000’’.
SA 11. Mr. DEMINT (for himself and
Mr. CORNYN) proposed an amendment
to amendment SA 3 proposed by Mr.
REID (for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs.
FEINSTEIN, Mr. BENNETT, Mr.
LIEBERMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. OBAMA,
Mr. SALAZAR, and Mr. DURBIN) to the
bill S. 1, to provide greater transparency
in the legislative process; as
follows:
Strike section 103 and insert the following:
SEC. 103. CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK REFORM.
The Standing Rules of the Senate are
amended by adding at the end the following:
RULE XLIV
EARMARKS
‘‘1. It shall not be in order to consider—
‘‘(a) a bill or joint resolution reported by a
committee unless the report includes a list
of congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits,
and limited tariff benefits in the bill or
source

Doesn't sound like they made it much better to me. The text mentioned above is the amendments made to S. 1.

I don't know about you, but I fail to see where Section 220 has been stricken.

Anyone else?