41.   McConnell said in an interview that he thought the shift in power in the Senate was actually slowing election reform.

42.   Nader may argue that he will force Gore and Bush to be more sensitive to election fund-raising reform and environmental issues.

43.   New voting systems are the most visible and costly products of election reform.

44.   Other groups besides Public Campaign also work for election reform.

45.   President Bush, meanwhile, did not ask for any funds for election reform in his budget.

46.   Republicans and Democrats alike agreed that Florida residents had demanded a deal on election reform during the current session to avoid ever again becoming a national embarrassment.

47.   Several bills on election reform are pending in Congress.

48.   She gave perhaps the gloomiest assessment on the future of election reform.

49.   Several Democratic legislators said the Republicans seemed to be softening their oratory about the need for election reform, particularly to spending money to upgrade the system.

50.   The agreement on election reform is especially welcome because it comes on the heels of bipartisan campaign finance reform approved last month.