Terry O'Brien, a spokesman for the New York Republican State Committee, noted that the machines had been fixed promptly, but declined to comment further.

Terry O'Brien, a spokesman for the Thruway Authority, said the proposal for a Tappan Tunnel "is on equal footing" with those for bridges.

A spokesman for the Thruway Authority, Terry O'Brien, said that state regulations allowed highway signs to be posted only for gas, lodging, food and other travel-related information.

Terry O'Brien, a spokesman for the state Republican Party, acknowledged that the party had received the subpoena, but declined to comment further.

On a busy day, about 165,000 cars pass through the tolls, according to Terry O'Brien, a spokesman for the New York State Thruway Authority.

"If it's a contest of skill, that is not prohibited," said a cautious Terry O'Brien, a spokesman.

The Republicans collected close to $10 million in 1997 for their various campaign funds, said Terry O'Brien, a party spokesman.

Terry O'Brien is responsible for this.

"We are doing everything we can to reach out to the voters who we think will vote Republican," said Terry O'Brien, a spokesman for the state Republican Party.

Terry O'Brien, 42, a psychiatric social worker who is white, interpreted the President's remarks as simply a political gambit.