On the other hand, lobbying groups are already planning to run ads "targeting" specific members of Congress, saying the ruling is unclear enough to allow this.
At Wisconsin, the women's rowing coaches work the rooms used for freshman orientation and registration with sign-up sheets in hand, lobbying for tryouts.
It must support farmers and the environment and protect constituents rather than fold to the heavy handed lobbying tactics of the agroindustry.
We strive for the approval of the provincial party secretary and governor; with this material in our hands, lobbying the two general offices will be much easier.
Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles's mayor, has appointed Tom Sherak, an old industry hand, to lobby in Sacramento, the state capital.
All too often, multinationals say they respect workers' rights, yet "use their other hand to lobby for regulations that keep wages low", said Deborah Doane, an independent consultant.
"There's a lot of demand for imported soybeans in China and if we don't give them P.N.T.R. that demand will go to the Argentineans or the Brazilians," said Philip Laney, who represents the American Soybean Association in China and was on hand to lobby the congressmen.
Democrats also drew representatives of several big Washington law firms, including Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, which lobbies for scores of companies, and Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, which also has a big lobbying practice.
Big business, as highly charged as the matter in hand, is lobbying convulsively.
The Australian prime minister, John Howard, also took a direct hand in lobbying the Chinese.
