Tamasin Cave, a director of Spinwatch, an NGO that campaigns on lobbying, questioned the role of the committee in signing off this job.
Desmond Ryan, executive director of the Association for a Better Long Island, a developers' lobby, questioned the viability of a 60-story building.
Still, on Sunday, as spouses and other relatives gathered in coffee shops and church lobbies, questions about the Black Hawks incident persisted: Had anyone heard who the dead soldiers were?
But the smokers' rights lobby questions the research, saying another study indicates the vast majority of people would never light up with a child travelling alongside them anyway.
On the legislative front, the Western States Petroleum Association and allies are targeting moderate Democrats in the state assembly, lobbying them to question if the measures provide proper oversight, would negatively impact business in California, and unfairly target a single industry.
"Given that Mr. Gingrich aspires to be President, his ethanol lobbying raises larger questions about his convictions and judgment.
Though it did some lobbying, the question of influencing gun laws came low on its list of priorities.
On the questions of lobbying regulation, MPs' second jobs and revolving door appointments, urgent reform is required.
Both the Nature Conservancy and Environmental Defense, another large national environmental group that favors market mechanisms, are working to resolve those questions by lobbying federal fishery managers and regulators to adjust their permitting systems to allow for conservation easements.
"The question is, is that panic caused by McCain's campaign — or lack thereof in some respects — or is it the climate?" The string of departures from the campaign was prompted by questions about lobbying activities by aides and advisers to Mr. McCain and a new policy, which he dictated, that active lobbyists not be allowed to hold paying jobs in the campaign.
