Roy Blunt: “Let me also say that I think this is essentially the same kind of campaign reform that the House voted for on February…”

“Let me also say that I think this is essentially the same kind of campaign reform that the House voted for on February 12, a bill that the gentleman from California (Mr. Horn) introduced, a bill that the chief election official from California said he thought was an improvement and an important addition to the ability of States to be able to, once again, manage the election process. Until motor voter, with the exception of establishing age qualifications for voting for Federal office, which almost always, then, for reasons of practicality required the States to adopt that same age, we have left election administration to the States. This just simply allows the States to look at this to see if, in their State, this would work. A majority of Members of this body said just a few months ago, on February 12, that this kind of thing was a good idea. It was a good addition to campaign reform. I rise in support of the concept of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Peterson), that if we are going to reform campaigns, let us reach campaigns.”