Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, is facing lobbying from advocacy groups for people with disabilities, who object to the return of the old machines.
Such details will have to be worked out over the next two years, although antismoking groups worried openly whether consensus in Geneva might be eroded once officials faced lobbying by well-funded tobacco forces.
Federal regulators approved new rules on Thursday to shine a light on Wall Street trading, but they also softened a crucial aspect of the plan in the face of lobbying pressure from the nation's biggest banks.
NEW YORK TIMES Regulators Tighten Rules On Trading of Derivatives | The Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted in favor of new rules to shine a light on risky Wall Street trading, but the commissioners softened a crucial aspect of the plan in the face of lobbying pressure from banks.
The measure, if accepted by Europe, is expected to face fierce lobbying from American officials and technology companies.
In 2002 it tried to buy an ILC in California but failed in the face of lobbying from local banks.
Downing Street has dismissed pressure to slow the implementation of the "national living wage" in the face of lobbying from businesses concerned about rising salary bills.
WASHINGTON — As the battle over toughened financial restrictions moves to a new front, the regulatory agencies that will create hundreds of new rules for the nation's banks will face a lobbying blitz from companies intent on softening the blow.
If it can stick to this in the face of lobbying pressure from state firms and banks demanding cheap liquidity and fresh equity, the currency could stabilise.That pressure, however, will be immense, particularly if the economy starts to shrink.
In the face of lobbying from coal companies and utilities, Mr. Bush abandoned a campaign pledge last March to control the four plant emissions together and has shown no signs of reconsidering that idea.
