1.   Among the other top spenders are Microsoft, the Bell Laboratories of Lucent Technologies, Motorola and Pfizer.

2.   Chapman and Johnston, the top spenders in the study, criticized the computerized analysis.

3.   Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn is among the top ten spenders in the U.S. Senate, a taxpayer advocacy group reported this week.

4.   Even in open seat races, the top spenders were the most likely to win.

5.   Other top spenders on issue ads included the AFL-CIO, the Sierra Club, Americans for Job Security and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

6.   Roll Call reviewed thousands of pages of disclosures, which are chock full of fascinating details, in order to rank the top ten spenders.

7.   The top spenders per-pupil -- New Jersey, New York, Alaska, Connecticut -- also draw some of the highest state tax revenues.