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Focuses on the senators of the United States Committee on Governmental Affairs who are investigating the campaign fund-raising corruption scandal at the White House and the Democratic National Committee. What Senator Fred Thompson did before he was elected to the Senate seat; How Senator Sam...
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- Up next: The casino case. Barnes, James A. // National Journal;12/13/97, Vol. 29 Issue 50, p2515
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- A Lott more. // International Economy;Nov/Dec96, Vol. 10 Issue 6, p4
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- The money pit. Fitzgerald, Nora // Adweek Midwest Edition;11/10/97, Vol. 38 Issue 45, p26
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- Seeing spills, ignoring ills. Trillin, Calvin; Adams, Kathleen // Time;11/3/1997, Vol. 150 Issue 18, p38
Opinion. Presents the author's view on the investigating committee's review of the videotapes showing hours of White House coffees to determine whether the President raised money on federal property. How the author would review the videotapes; Facts about campaign financing that have been...
- Mr. president, tear down this stone wall! Burton, Dan // Human Events;05/08/98, Vol. 54 Issue 18, p1
Presents an article adapted from speeches given by Indiana Republican Dan Burton, and chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, at his committee and on the floor of the House on April 23 and 28, 1997, on investigations into illegal foreign contributions during 1996...
- Plenty of trees, but no forest. // Newsweek;12/29/1997, Vol. 131 Issue 1, p8
Looks back at the campaign fund-raising scandal that impacted the United States government and President Clinton in 1997. Aspects of the incidences; How the story failed to really get the country's attention; Future of federal investigations into the matter.
