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The NewsHour's coverage of the Congressional Investigation.
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The investigation is big news in Washington, but how's it playing around the country.
A closer look at the issues really under scrutiny by the Congress.
According to critics, during the campaign to re-elect President Bill Clinton, many high-ranking members of the White House staff solicited money from visitors and organized fund-raising coffees. But problems do not lie within the walls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue alone. Undue and possibly illegal contributions appear to have come from the People's Republic of China and the large, international conglomerate the Lippo Group.
The first section of the Senate Government Affairs Committee's investigation will focus on the much-hyped "China Connection" and other possible campaign finance violations. Both Senator Thompson and Congressman Burton have asked the White House to help contact several donors and fund-raisers that have left the country.
Here is a look at the stories that have focused on the White House's fund-raising problems from the past year:
- Examining the possible China connection -- March 13, 1997
- The Senate expands its investigation into the White House fund-raising -- March 11, 1997
- The continuing furor over the White House's fund-raising techniques -- March 6, 1997
- The campaign finance clouds around the White House engulf Vice President Gore -- March 3, 1997
- Three regional commentators question former Clinton/Gore 96 official Ann Lewis -- February 27, 1997
- Dan Burton (R-IN), head of the House investigation, discuss the White House allowing donors to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom -- February 25, 1997
- White House Counsel Lanny Davis discusses the investigation into fund-raising practices -- February 25, 1997
- DNC chief Sen. Christopher Dodd and RNC head Haley Barbour discuss the money trail -- October 21, 1996
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