1.   Because Forbes was using his own money, he was not restricted by federal limits on campaign spending.

2.   Political parties find themselves bumping up against the federal spending limits for election campaigning.

3.   Already, the administration is at odds with civil libertarians and the computer industry because of federal limits on the export of encryption software.

4.   Also last month, the court refused to hear a sweeping challenge to federal limits on abortion clinic protests.

5.   Although the level in stripers from the river near Albany also dropped, it was not low enough to bring them under the federal limit, he said.

6.   As a result, Forbes would not have to adhere to federal spending limits and would not be eligible for taxpayer-supplied matching funds.

7.   As he did last time, Forbes plans to forgo federal spending limits and dig deep into his family fortune to finance most of his campaign.

8.   As well, the levels of mercury in children in the new study were lower than expected and well below federal limits.

9.   As vice-presidential nominee, he would face no federal limits on spending his own money.

10.   At issue was the question of whether Clinton engaged in a scheme to get around the federal limit on campaign spending by coordinating ads with the Democratic National Committee.