61.   Volker Neumann, chairman of a parliamentary committee investigating the affair, threatened Kohl on Sunday with fines or even imprisonment if he refuses to identify the secret donors.

62.   Waigel later disavowed his remarks, which were made in a closed-door meeting of a German parliamentary committee.

63.   Orthodox lawmakers provide the votes that keep the governing coalition in power and were given control of powerful parliamentary committees and government ministries.

64.   Parliamentary committee meetings are held in Brussels, too.

65.   Parliamentary committees are scheduled to begin hearings of the proposed ministers later this week, with a vote scheduled within two weeks.

66.   Parliamentary committees met on the issue Saturday morning, but it was unclear what action they could take.

67.   Party chairman Wolfgang Gerhardt also demanded Wednesday that a parliamentary committee be called to examine the coalition agreement.

68.   Patrick Carter told a British parliamentary committee that a dedicated group needed to be set up to ensure future debacles did not happen.

69.   Parliamentary committees have the chance to extend the package this week, ahead of a likely vote next week.

70.   Parliamentary committees opposed moving ahead with corruption probes into both Yilmaz and Mrs. Ciller.