Ms. Reno's decision not to seek independent prosecutors for the telephone solicitations has been expected for days.

The Republicans, meanwhile, are not so short of funds, or are concentrating more on direct mail and telephone solicitations.

Sometimes when she receives telephone solicitations in the evening, she said, "I tell them I'm deceased."

In addition, several federal investigations found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the few telephone solicitations made from the White House.

Registering does not necessarily mean telephone solicitations will end, however.

A recent informal survey found 24 states reporting increased complaints against charities and ranking telephone solicitation as the greatest problem.

Mrs. Stone said pledges of money from her organization's telephone solicitations had increased "as much as 200 percent."

This year, several states are focusing more attention on the growing use of telephone solicitations.

The company said it would use direct mail and telephone solicitation to reach customers.

Do you know how many telephone solicitations I get on this number?