21.   FBI agents on Friday searched the home of a political donor who was implicated in a fund-raising scandal by a former county Republican official.

22.   Global Crossing was a major political donor.

23.   His presence at a coffee gathering of political donors with President Clinton last year raised suspicions that he had been involved in funneling Chinese money to U.S. politicians.

24.   McCain wrote a letter on behalf of the political donor.

25.   McCain used the forum to strongly defend his actions on behalf of a political donor who was seeking action from the Federal Communications Commission.

26.   Now, it is a huge political donor and frequent sponsor of Washington events.

27.   The debate topics ranged broadly, and touched briefly on a controversy surrounding letters that McCain wrote to federal regulatory agencies on behalf of political donors.

28.   The former aide to a major political donor pleaded guilty Tuesday to obstructing a Justice Department investigation into campaign contributions made by her boss, David Chang.

29.   The nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity released its quadrennial book recently on the ties between presidential hopefuls and their political donors.

30.   The practice of giving plum assignments to political donors is not new.