101.   Senators on the committee probing campaign finance abuses said Friday they would shift course and turn to broader issues in anticipation of a vote on campaign finance reform legislation.

102.   So far, Clinton has been too busy helping the Democratic National Committee collect millions in soft money from wealthy contributors to provide leadership on the campaign financing legislation.

103.   Some minority House members say that if progress can be made toward electoral reform, they may be more willing to embrace campaign finance legislation.

104.   So, to some it may come as a relief if Congress accedes to public pressure on campaign finance legislation when it returns in January.

105.   Some lawmakers, including Florida Republican Rep. Sen. Connie Mack, say campaign finance reform legislation could wait until Republicans investigate DNC fundraising activities.

106.   Tempers had been fraying, for House Democrats were in full harangue about Republican unwillingness to schedule campaign finance legislation for action.

107.   That would get campaign finance legislation to a House-Senate conference committee that would reconcile the differences between the approaches of the two chambers.

108.   That issue is crucial since the U.S. Supreme Court has found parts of previous campaign finance legislation violated free speech rights under the First Amendment.

109.   The amendment to campaign spending legislation would require television stations to abide by current law that political ads be given the lowest rate offered throughout the year.

110.   The campaign finance legislation under consideration by the Senate would amount to the most comprehensive change to the campaign finance law since the Watergate era.