We're not going to address the gift ban, and lobbying reform.

The fate of the gift ban was less clear.

Nine senators were absent when the vote to table the gift ban was taken today.

Last year the House passed a single measure including lobbying registration and a gift ban.

Senate passage of the gift ban is expected later this week.

But the gift ban does not cover events staged to raise money for campaigns.

That was the way the $75 gift ban worked in Albany.

It was only through outside pressure that you saw the gift ban enacted.

After all, the gift ban passed the Senate only because the public became enraged.

Still, he said he would support a gift ban because "I don't want to see any more of these stories about the top-10 list."