21.   Congress began its recess this month without resolving the matter of election reform.

22.   Critics say they agree with the Justice Department that language assistance to nonnative English speakers is a high priority in election reform.

23.   Despite the less than rosy economic picture, Frost said Congress would continue working on election reform and a medical bill of rights.

24.   Decisive Senate action on election reform in the near term is needed to pressure the leadership in the House and the Bush administration.

25.   Election reform is as close at hand as is a Chicago Cubs or Boston Red Sox World Series victory.

26.   Election reform, obviously, means different things to different people.

27.   Election reform is necessary to preserve our system of democracy, and it is the foremost civil rights issue of our day.

28.   Fleischer said Bush favors a number of election reforms, including changes that would benefit Republicans, such as making it easier for military personnel to vote.

29.   For that matter, the best luck of all in getting all these many officially and self-appointed commissions to agree on election reform.

30.   Gans said that would all but kill election reform.