31.  - Any contributions to local or state committees affiliated with national political parties.

32.  A Democrat, he regularly gives a small amount to the national party.

33.  A number of small national parties such as the Libertarians have appeared on ballots nationwide for years.

34.  All four national political parties represented in Congress participated freely and equally in determining the agenda for the political reforms.

35.  Both can depend on major support from their state and national parties.

36.  Brown won the top party job, becoming the first black chairman of either major national political party.

37.  Bush, who skipped his home state convention, wants the national party to have a more moderate platform while keeping its steadfast opposition to abortion.

38.  But big donors can now get around the rules by funneling contributions through the national party.

39.  But by May, the Dole campaign was running out of money and the national party was just beginning to pull together its campaign.

40.  But behind the scenes the national party is bitterly divided over the issue.