When Out Front Minnesota, a gay rights group, conducted lobbying days at the Statehouse, Mrs. Bachmann made clear she was opposed to its agenda, which included legal recognition of domestic partnerships and nondiscrimination initiatives.
In November he urged Roman Catholic voters to support candidates who "share our commitment to fundamental rights for the unborn," and he traveled to Albany in March to conduct some lobbying.
Manafort's work on behalf of the pro-Russian party, conducted with lobbying firm Podesta Group Inc., was actually carried out pretty covertly, the AP reports.
Manafort's work on behalf of the pro-Russian party, conducted with lobbying firm Podesta Group Inc., was actually carried out pretty covertly, the AP reports.
Mr. Gingrich is exploiting the weak definition of the term in federal law, which allows him to engage in lobbying conduct without actually registering as a lobbyist.
The showdown has prompted Swiss ministers and officials to conduct an lobbying campaign in recent weeks in the corridors of the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and K Street lobbying firms in Washington.
Some chief constables, including Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, are conducting a discreet Whitehall lobbying campaign to outflank the security services, MI5 and MI6, who still support the ban.Police say that the main beneficiaries of the ban are the hundred or so top criminals, known to the National Crime Squad as "core nominals".
Exxon conducted a PR campaign, lobbying to prevent US and international measures to limit greenhouse gases.
That's why the insurers have been conducting a PR and lobbying campaign to influence the commissioners that is every bit as intense, sophisticated, multipronged and deceptive as the one it conducted to influence members of Congress.
Some of the most detailed research on what lobbyists do has been conducted by the Collaborative Research Project on Lobbying and Policy Advocacy, financed by the National Science Foundation.
What isn't often taken into consideration, however, is that while there are lobbyists in dark suits roaming the halls of Congress funded by entities such as big oil and pharmaceutical companies, "lobbying" is also conducted by nonprofit groups funded by different kinds of special interests.
