This table is designed to show the amount of money spent by lobbyists as reported semi-annually to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House. The X-axis represents Lobbyist Sectors; the Y-axis represents the amount of money in millions of dollars. The chart shows that the Finance and Insurance sectors spent the largest amounts of money on lobbying in the year 2000 ($229 million), followed closely by Miscellaneous Business with $224 million, Health with $209 million, and Communications/Electronics with $204 million.