Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: “the Congress yesterday missed a great opportunity to reform the finance campaigning that we do in our country. I am…”

“the Congress yesterday missed a great opportunity to reform the finance campaigning that we do in our country. I am happy to report that on a vote of 337 to 74 this House turned down some atrocious campaign finance reform legislation that was a total sham, and we did it in a bipartisan way. Americans have said we want campaign finance reform, we want to take the money out, we want to participate in the process, and we want an open debate on it. I applaud my colleagues. Democrats have been strong in it. All 196 of us said ``no'' to the sham campaign finance reform legislation that was on the House floor last night, and I am happy that 74 of Republicans stood up to that challenge as well. Let us reform the laws. Let Americans participate in campaign finance reform. I commend my Democratic Caucus, Mr. Gephardt for his leadership. Let us continue the fight.”