It's a new year, all right.

Dems take control of Congress and pledge a "new effort" at bipartisanship.

Also, here's an article on the new ethics rules that the Democrats have proposed:

Democrats, who campaigned relentlessly last year on the theme of a Republican culture of corruption, introduced the proposed ethics rules as part of a week of choreography designed to deliver the message that they did not intend to do business as usual in Washington. In some cases, like restrictions on the use of corporate jets, the rules on gifts and travel by lobbyists go further than what Democrats had pledged earlier.