21.   Disgusted with campaign finance abuses of Watergate, Proxmire resolved not to accept contributions in his final two campaigns.

22.   Even in private testimony, Chung would represent the closest that frustrated congressional investigators have come to tracking down one of the principals in the inquiry into campaign abuses.

23.   Feingold was one of just a few Democrats to join Republicans in calling for an independent counsel to investigate alleged Democratic campaign finance abuses.

24.   Foreshadowing the looming Senate battle on campaign finance reform, the committee probing campaign abuses and expert witnesses wrestled Wednesday with the nuances of reform legislation.

25.   GOP chairman Jim Nicholson sharply disagreed Tuesday with a fellow Republican, Sen. Fred Thompson, who is heading a probe into campaign finance abuses.

26.   Gephardt also said Democrats oppose widening the impeachment probe, as suggested by some Republicans, to include issues such as campaign finance abuses by the Democrats.

27.   He fled to China when the campaign abuses were first disclosed.

28.   He has repeatedly criticized Clinton for what he has described as campaign finance abuses, in particular, her use of committees that collect largely unregulated soft money.

29.   He has several times distanced himself from PRI leaders accused of committing campaign abuses on his behalf.

30.   He said the national party should be held responsible for any campaign finance abuses.