Article: DEMOCRATS RETURN $1.5 MILLION NATIONAL COMMITTEE GIVES BACK GIFTS FROM 77 CONTRIBUTORS, BRINGING TOTAL TO $3 MILLION.(News/National/International)

Byline: Lance Gay Scripps Howard News Service

WASHINGTON -- The Democratic National Committee on Friday returned $1.5 million more in questionable campaign donations to 77 contributors, bringing to $3 million the amount of money the party has returned.

Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, general chairman of the committee, conceded that the party had accepted checks that weren't legal under federal election laws, or were otherwise inappropriate.

``Where I come from, when you make a mistake, you do three things: You admit it; you correct it; you change things so it doesn't happen again,'' Romer said. The party has adopted new procedures that require ...

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