The politically powerful hospitals clearly hope to persuade lawmakers that price controls are not needed.
One look at the details should persuade lawmakers that the task is urgent.
In Texas, Springleaf helped persuade lawmakers to allow for higher administrative fees.
Homeless advocates hope to persuade lawmakers to reverse the cuts Tuesday, the final day of this year's legislative session.
The company's decade-long effort to persuade lawmakers to deregulate electricity markets had succeeded from California to New York.
Lobbying From the Outside Soon, he was helping persuade lawmakers to block Congressional Democrats' efforts to combat predatory lending.
White House officials say they are not complacent about the need to persuade lawmakers of the wisdom of the deal.
They hope to persuade lawmakers to tweak the language to their advantage, even as they continue to aggressively lobby for the passage of the overall immigration package.
Getting an immigration overhaul through a reluctant Congress, especially the House, will require Mr. Obama to persuade lawmakers and voters beyond the Hispanic community.
About redistricting, on which he was unable to persuade lawmakers to allow an independent process this year, he said: "I failed.
But it remains unclear whether Mr. Cuomo will be able to persuade lawmakers to embrace public financing — and how such a system could be paid for.
