11.   Bush also produced his own campaign finance package which would ban soft money from corporations and labor unions but still allow such unlimited contributions from individual donors.

12.   Bush proposed banning soft money from labor unions and corporations, but not from individuals.

13.   But money would be banned for groups that lobby for abortion.

14.   But time and again the bid to ban soft money died in Senate filibusters or else stalled in the House, facing fierce resistance from Republican leaders.

15.   Clinton, who has waged his final campaign, recently petitioned the Federal Election Commission to ban soft money.

16.   Clinton responded that she was now more willing to discuss an agreement banning soft money from the contest.

17.   Democrats, too, have been at best ambivalent about campaign finance overhaul, although both President Clinton and Gore have endorsed legislation that would ban soft money.

18.   Democrats have long supported an overhaul that would ban soft money, but now some are leery of tinkering with success.

19.   Democrats like the idea of banning soft money because much of those funds come from corporations that support the Republican Party.

20.   Earlier this year, the Senate failed to enact campaign finance overhaul legislation that would have banned soft money.