Ms. Bruce said an internal deadline of September has been in effect all along because of a five-year statute of limitations on many conflict-of-interest allegations under investigation.

It grew out of bitter experience, including the anguished 1969 confirmation fight over Supreme Court nominee Clement Haynsworth, whose active stock portfolio produced conflict-of-interest allegations.

Mr. Green said he is satisfied for now that he has persuaded the Senate to investigate conflict-of-interest allegations against Mr. D'Amato.

The conflict-of-interest allegations angered Lay; the funds had helped Enron.

And even as Mr. Giuliani offered his futile defense of Mr. Goldstein, city agencies were investigating conflict-of-interest allegations that had surfaced during a background check.

Two previous special prosecutors who investigated conflict-of-interest allegations against Mr. Meese found that no charges were justified.

To the panel's surprise, Dr. Taylor emerged last week as Roosevelt's interim superintendent, raising conflict-of-interest allegations that she denies.

On March 3, 2006, Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro announced that he was launching a preliminary inquiry into conflict-of-interest allegations against Emerson and Harper.

The conflict-of-interest allegation was sent to newspapers, television stations, Congress, the American Bar Association and the United States Attorney General, among others.

The Justice Department has decided not to seek a special prosecutor to review conflict-of-interest allegations against Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, a department official said today.