1.   Asian Americans told the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Friday that recent campaign fund-raising probes have unfairly targeted them and harmed their image.

2.   But Michael Madigan, the Republican counsel for the Senate campaign finance probe, said the plea bargains look like an effort to end the investigation.

3.   But the plea underscores that Kennedy had close ties to many key players in the campaign finance probe, including Democratic fund-raiser John Huang.

4.   Chung also knew John Huang, who has been at the heart of the campaign fundraising probe since the beginning.

5.   He faces potential new embarrassments in campaign finance probes in Congress and in a sexual harrassment lawsuit that is going forward in the courts.

6.   His tendency to lash out has hurt his cause in the campaign fund-raising probe.

7.   It is not clear whether the Oversight Committee will take over responsibility for the campaign finance probe.

8.   Reno has been under fire from Republicans for her failure to appoint independent investigators in campaign finance probes of Vice President Al Gore and President Bill Clinton.

9.   The Democrats on the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee successfully blocked granting immunity to four witnesses Wednesday in the campaign probe.

10.   The GOP partisans who control the Senate campaign finance committee probe have targeted Vice President Al Gore and other Democrats.