David Vitter: “No, it doesn't. I will tell you exactly what it does. First of all, I appreciate the question. Certainly I am eager to…”

“No, it doesn't. I will tell you exactly what it does. First of all, I appreciate the question. Certainly I am eager to give the Senator and all Members a copy of it, which I will do immediately, and that will be well before any full debate and vote. But let me use the opportunity to explain what the modification does. The modification is very simple. It moves the provision to the Senate rules, and it makes it apply to lobbying Members of the Senate only. I did the modification for one reason and one reason only--not because I think that limitation excluding activity on the House side is better but because it makes it germane to the bill and therefore guarantees me a vote. So, to go to the question, the provision--it is only about lobbying the Senate. But in that context, there is an exclusion if the spouse lobbyist was an active lobbyist a year or more before the marriage or the first election. But there is no grandfathering clause other than that. I hope that answers the question of the Senator.”