21.   On Sunday, White House chief of staff Leon Panetta took the response one step further, saying that both parties accept funds from noncitizens.

22.   Parties have accepted millions of additional dollars from those sponsors and their PACs.

23.   So if Congress passes the bill and all the parties accept it, is that the end?

24.   The party now accepts believers as members, and the government now grants visas to foreign missionaries.

25.   Will the two principal warring parties accept the plan?

26.   All three parties did accept a Socialist invitation to hold consulations, but they were not likely to change their minds.

27.   And even if the elections take place and produce a result that the three ruling parties accept, they could still agree to divide the country, Steiner said.

28.   Ariel Sharon, one of the most powerful figures in the opposition Likud Party, said Monday that his party must not accept the Israeli-Palestinian autonomy agreements.

29.   At issue is the degree of autonomy both parties will accept.

30.   But he admitted it was difficult for the larger political parties to accept the proposal.