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Unions, lawmakers line up against Koch brothers.

Charters are Big Business in many a statehouse, as lawmakers line up by the dozens at the feeding trough.

Apparently chastened by that fight, he said that an immigration overhaul could not move forward without support from Republican lawmakers lined up ahead of time, participants said.

Dozens of lawmakers lined up to voice their displeasure, and to ask if there was any chance of reworking the plan, especially a provision setting a generous tax emption for wealthy estates.

The chamber has lately resembled a raucous bazaar, with lawmakers lined up like barkers, pushing scores of amendments to gratuitously make life easier for all manner of businesses, like dog tracks and cruise ships, bow-and-arrow makers and Nascar entrepreneurs.

"We fought the good fight," Republican House Speaker John Boehner said as lawmakers lined up to vote on the bill.

But the right-wing lawmakers lining their pockets with the NRA's blood money aren't listening anyway.

Mr. Sanford said the Cuban exile lobby has kept lawmakers in line with generous campaign contributions.

New York's ever-expanding gallery of rogue politicians makes one wonder what can be done to keep the remaining unindicted lawmakers in line.

But the N.R.A., with its lucrative campaign coffers and fear-mongering, has long been extremely effective at keeping lawmakers in line with its pernicious agenda.

Recall organizers on Thursday added three Democratic state senators and one Republican to the list of lawmakers in line for recall elections over their stands on the Republican Gov. Scott Walker's law curtailing union rights for public employees.