Several weeks ago, the national party campaign committees returned soft-money donations which came directly from Enron's political action committee.

The NRCC has not decided whether or not to return donations made by Alishtari.

Most Western museums subsequently refused to return donations that wound up in their collections.

The Democrats finally got around to returning these and other tainted donations in June.

Further, he has had to return political donations raised by several lawyers who ran into legal problems.

It was not clear what the board would do if the Giuliani campaign returned donations cited by the Messinger campaign before the board's auditors could investigate them.

But his campaign also led all others in returning donations for ethical considerations.

The Democrats later termed the event inappropriate because of the temple's tax-exempt status, returned donations and reimbursed the temple for expenses.

She asked Mr. Ferrer to return tobacco-related donations, which her group and the mayor's camp said totaled $36,000.

In December 2005, Dorgan returned tribal donations totaling $67,000.