From this morning's Earlybird:

• "Pressure is building on the Senate to ratify a treaty designed to bolster American and British military cooperation by removing red tape that critics say delays the transfer of defense technologies and products between the two countries," The Hill reports. "The Senate's inaction has frustrated leaders in the United Kingdom and spurred a strong lobbying push from the American defense and aerospace industry, which stands to benefit from the treaty."

• "Under the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, staffers earning at least 75 percent of their bosses' salaries for more than 60 days trigger the lobbying moratorium," Roll Call (subscription) reports. "But the rule has also ensnared at least one unwitting junior Senate staffer whose $8,000 bonus unexpectedly triggered the lobbying restrictions."