By law, such ads are not supposed to advocate a candidate's election. Similar charges have been leveled by Republicans at Clinton's campaign and the Democratic Party. This week, Senate Democrats produced documents turned over by Dole's campaign showing that GOP deputy finance director Jo-Anne Coe forwarded checks from big donors to special interest groups allied with Republican causes, such as the National Right to Life Committee and Americans for Tax Reform.
Federal law prohibits coordination between a political party and interest groups.
Clark said Dole's letter was hand-delivered to Thompson in the Senate's Republican cloakroom. Both donations came from businessman Carl Lindner, according to the memo.