Steinbrenner had been feuding with the star outfielder over contributions to Winfield's children's foundation.
This dispute was over contributions the Yankee slugger's contract required the owner and the Yankees to make to a foundation established by Winfield to help children.
And leaders of both national parties acknowledged that they were looking over contributions to see if they should be kept.
The only sign that Republicans have any concern over financial contributions is a new warning label - "contributions from foreign nationals are prohibited" - on their fundraising materials.
That blitz and the Democrats' embarrassment over foreign contributions persuaded many voters to back Republican candidates to check President Clinton, he said.
If ever there was an unlikely focus for a national to-do over contributions to a political figure, it is this other-worldly little cluster of trailers in cow country.
There is far less fanfare in Russia over contributions to needy social causes.
The Democratic Party is embroiled in controversy over contributions from Asians and Asian-Americans .
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Limits by the Candidates As a result of the investigations, the candidates have set up a smorgasbord of campaign devices to protect themselves from attacks over contributions.