Committee members complained that the deadline Senate leaders imposed on the investigation encouraged groups to evade the panel's subpoenas, knowing there was too little time for the committee to follow up with contempt of Congress citations.

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He said the group had also been "encouraged" by the Competition Commission investigation into the sale of extended warranties, which could hit the company's profits.

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So whatever happens to Jones' civil case on appeal, Clinton still has a larger worry: Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr's criminal investigation into the Monica Lewinsky affair, and whether Clinton lied under oath and encouraged the former White House intern to lie, too.

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