Senate Panel Widens Campaign Probe

Senate investigators have broadened their search for potential influence-peddling in the Clinton administration, issuing a subpoena for White House records on controversies ranging from a coal-rich national monument in Utah to a proposed Indian casino in Wisconsin. The chairman of the Senate committee investigating campaign finance abuses, Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), issued the subpoena late last month after Democrats and Republicans on the panel complained of White House stalling under a voluntary arrangement to provide documents. A copy of the subpoena, obtained by the Washington Post, suggests the committee intends to expand its scope considerably.