January 31, 2000
Web posted at: 7:56 p.m. EST (0056 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pictures were taken when Vice President Al Gore made a 1996 visit to a Buddhist temple near Los Angeles. That visit raised $140,000 for the Democratic National Committee -- nearly half of it illegal.

Gore repeatedly described the visit as "community outreach," but denied he knew at the time that it was a "fundraiser," even though he was accompanied by Maria Hsia, a woman he'd long known as a fundraiser with links to the Taiwanese community, and John Huang, a fundraiser for the DNC.

CNN's Charles Bierbauer takes an in-depth look at the roles played by Hsia, Huang and Gore in the incident, which Gore now says he should have known more about.

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Monday, January 31, 2000

• Final tracking poll shows McCain, Gore with solid leads
  
• New Hampshire voters get their turn
  
• Oklahoma GOP Rep. Watts to run again, despite earlier term limits pledge
  
• Bradley and Gore nearly even in fundraising efforts; Bush outpaces GOP field
  
• Video: Gore faces attacks on illegal fundraising
  
• Democratic rivals focus on voters for Tuesday's New Hampshire primary
  
• One day before the New Hampshire primary, candidates seek to sway voters
  
• GOP candidates on final swing through New Hampshire before Tuesday's primary
  
• Bauer vows to fight on despite long odds
  
• Mysterious group raking Bradley on campaign finance
  
• Bush fund raising hits record $68.7 million
  
• House GOP offers bigger 'marriage penalty' tax relief
  
• Ohio congressman says criminal investigation 'orchestrated around the political process'
  
• NHPrimary.com: Record turnout forecast for New Hampshire primary
  
• Bush, Gore cheer on same Super Bowl team - sort of
  
• Rebounding economy changes nature of presidential campaigning
  

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