1. US West/QWest
Who: regional/long-distance phone company
What they gave: $103,700
What they want: Favor McCain bill to allow Baby Bells to provide high-speed Internet access. Want favorable resolution of disputes over Telecommunications Act of 1996
2. Bell South
Who: regional phone company
What they gave: $56,000
What they want: Favor McCain bill to allow Baby Bells to provide high-speed Internet access. Want favorable resolution of disputes over Telecommunications Act of 1996
3. Viacom/Paramount/Showtime/MTV/CBS
Who: media conglomerate
What they gave: $55,250
What they want: Favor McCain bill that would allow TV station groups to own stations that reach 50 percent of U.S. households, rather than the current 35 percent. Want favorable resolution of disputes over Telecommunications Act of 1996
4. AT&T/TCI/Media One
Who: media conglomerate
What they gave: $52,200
What they want: Oppose McCain's high-speed Internet bill. Want favorable resolution of disputes over Telecommunications Act of 1996
5. Anheuser Busch/Hensley & Co.
Who: international beer manufacturer/Arizona distributorship owned by John McCain's in-laws
What they gave: $51,563
What they want: Anheuser Busch does not want liquor to follow tobacco and guns as the next target of multibillion-dollar liability lawsuits. Jim Hensley wants his daughter to be first lady
6. Bell Atlantic
Who: regional phone company
What they gave: $41,500
What they want: Favor McCain bill to allow Baby Bells to provide high-speed Internet access. Want favorable resolution of disputes over Telecommunications Act of 1996
7. Goldman Sachs
Who: investment firm
What they gave: $39,755
What they want: Favor McCain's Trading Information Act, which would preserve rights of online stock traders
8. Del Webb
Who: Arizona/Nevada developer
What they gave: $39,250
What they want: Access to Arizona's senior senator
9. Union Pacific
Who: railroad
What they gave: $33,200
What they want: Favored 1998 bill that limited liability for private-rail firms that contract with Amtrak
10. Microsoft
Who: high-tech conglomerate
What they gave: $32,250
What they want: Favored McCain's Y2K liability bill and the Internet Tax Freedom Act. Involved in myriad media/broadcasting/Internet issues. Want favorable resolution of disputes over Telecommunications Act of 1996
11. Arizona Public Service: $28,800
12. Mashantucket Pequot Tribe: $28,400
13. Phelps Dodge: $24,500
14. American International Group: $24,250
15. Burlington Northern: $24,000
16. Banc One: $21,300
17. Winstar Communications: $20,250
18. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: $20,100
19. Motorola: $19,659
20. NBC/General Electric/CNBC/Paxson: $19,500
21. Ameritech: $19,250
22. Fox/News Corp.: $19,050
23. MGM Grand: $17,883
24. CSX Transportation: $17,250
25. Boeing: $16,750
26. America West Airlines: $16,500
27. Arthur Andersen: $16,050
28. American Airlines: $15,450
29. Charles Schwab &Co.: $15,000
30. State Street Corp.: $14,500
31. Sinclair Broadcasting: $14,350
32. Sanford Bernstein: $14,250
33. Robson Communities: $14,200
34. Monti's Restaurants: $13,750
35. Ford Motor Company: $13,500
36. Apollo Management: $13,500
37. Warburg Dillon Reed: $13,250
38. Snell and Wilmer: $13,200
39. Henderson Brothers: $13,000
40. Scruggs, Millette, Bozeman & Dent: $13,000
41. Boich Companies: $12,500
42. Global Crossing Ltd.: $12,000
43. Time Warner: $12,000
44. Univision Communications: $12,000
45. Arizona Cardinals: $11,740
46. Sea-Land: $11,625
47. Morgan Stanley: $11,500
48. United Airlines: $11,500
49. Viad Corp.: $11,000
50. EchoStar: $10,900
