Inside the station, a $1,500-a-plate dinner is scheduled by the inauguration committee for President-elect Bush.

The inauguration committee has come up with an elaborate financing scheme to give donors a possible tax break.

He also sent $100,000 to Mr. Bush's presidential inauguration committee.

Jimmy Carter had put a $5,000 limit on corporate loans to his inauguration committee.

The lunch, along with week of festivities for the group, will cost more than $500,000 and is being paid for by the inauguration committee.

His inauguration committee came under fire for accepting contributions as high as $10,000 from individuals and $25,000 from partnerships.

In addition, the inauguration committee will be the host for three dinners tonight at exclusive restaurants, with a price to corporate donors of $25,000 a table.

The trip will cost more that $500,000 and is being paid by the inauguration committee.

But state law does not limit the inauguration committee from raising money from regulated companies or require the committee to disclose its contributors.

He said that the committee is now working on a list to determine what charitable organizations would benefit from the inauguration committee's activities.