11.   It is illegal for a company to make contributions through its employees.

12.   Men make political contributions through business networks and for access, he said.

13.   Nixon said the ruling opens a gaping loophole that will allow people who have made the maximum donation to funnel additional contributions through the party.

14.   Noticeably absent from its list of biggest contributors is Fidelity Investments, which is a member of the group but handles contributions through its own PAC.

15.   Overseas companies or individuals are barred from making campaign contributions to American political campaigns, or from making contributions through surrogates.

16.   Republicans plan to devote most of the hearings to actions that are already illegal, such as accepting foreign donations and funneling contributions through someone else.

17.   Rollins and McManus made the contributions through Reid, whom they hoped to influence to gain city business, according to court documents.

18.   Simon Fireman pleaded guilty last summer to channeling illegal contributions through his employees to the Dole campaign.

19.   The federal contribution through block grants would be limited.

20.   The officials said that the inquiry focused on an allegation that Segal had played a role in an improper contribution through a shell group to the Democrats.