81.   Clinton said another legislative priority is revamping federal campaign finance laws.

82.   Clinton asserted that Republicans were making an issue of the videotapes to divert attention from their opposition on Tuesday to proposed legislation designed to overhaul campaign finance laws.

83.   Changes in the campaign law affect lawmakers personally, and emotions ran high Wednesday.

84.   Clinton repeated his calls for tighter campaign finance laws Tuesday.

85.   Coelho, the campaign chairman to Vice President Al Gore said in July that Gore too favored a change in the campaign finance law.

86.   Choate said that tightening campaign finance laws ought to be the first order of business for Clinton and the Congress.

87.   Common Cause and the California Public Interest Research Group had been working together to develop tough new campaign reform laws for California.

88.   Consequently, the committee was not required to comply with federal campaign disclosure laws.

89.   Congressional and federal investigators are examining whether Ms. Hsia arranged for temple donations to be funneled through the monks and nuns, a violation of campaign finance laws.

90.   Critics charge that such contributions allow political candidates to circumvent campaign finance laws.