Political Quotes

“I believe that the Presidential candidates are involved in a conflict of interest in New Hampshire, since that State has retroactively asked for same day election day registration. We have an amendment in this bill that would allow them to do that and break the word of what the leadership on the other side said the conference report calls an election day escape hatch. This would encourage States to adopt same day registration procedures as a means of escaping the bill's requirements. That came from the bill's manager on the other side. Mr. President, what is a Presidential candidate to do if he is on the record opposing an election provision that turns out to be supported by the State where the first primary is held? By the looks of the Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations bill, you hope like the dickens that nobody notices. But, Mr. President, I noticed. This appropriations bill includes a committee amendment to the National Voter Registration Act Of 1993--better known as motor-voter. This committee amendment benefits two States--New Hampshire and Idaho-- by changing the effective date of the exemption in the Act of States that had already enacted election day registration or had no registration requirement. That specific date--March 11, 1993--was included to prohibit any other State from avoiding the law. The committee amendment would undo that prohibition for these two States.”