In fact, lobbying dates back to just after the American War of Independence when William Hull, a war veteran, was hired by those who fought alongside him to lobby those in Philadelphia, then the US capital, to compensate them for their service.
"The ideal Manhattan lobby dates from 1927 or 1928," he wrote in an e-mail message.
The term 'gay lobby' dates at least to February and a melodramatic round of speculative news stories in Rome about inner-sanctum power struggles featuring Vatican leaks that may or may not have wearied the previous Pope, Benedict XVI, into surprise retirement.
"The question is, will we replace them?" Administration officials, aircraft lobbyists and Congressional officials say the decision to buy the 30 Blackhawks was the culmination of lobbying efforts and political struggles dating from 1996.
Democrats concede that the network has not been a particularly effective legislative lobby to date.
Planetary Resources, a start-up hoping to use robots to mine asteroids, is lobbying to bring it up to date.
While Mr Dacic was closeted with Mr Thaci in Brussels, Mr Vucic was in Berlin lobbying the Germans to fix a date for EU negotiations.
At the time — both are fuzzy on the date — Mr. Williams was working in the lobbying wing of the National Association of Broadcasters.
To protect its monopoly on the drug, Schering-Plough is lobbying in Congress to extend the patent's expiration date.
Murtha Cullina, the same firm that was lobbying for Enron, advised the authority in a letter dated Dec. 28, 2000, that the transaction was proper.
Ms. Diether has been lobbying her fellow community board members in advance of Babbo's next date there, April 10.
