In recent years, Mr. Walker has stopped lobbying for clients.
He wants them to stop lobbying against emission policies in Washington.
In the past, courtiers indicated that he would stop lobbying ministers when he became king.
That, in turn, has led US business, anticipating ever more stringent controls, to stop lobbying for climate-change denial and start investing in alternative energy.
Asked if he wanted conservative groups to stop lobbying altogether, Boehner snapped: "I don't care what they do", adding: "I am conservative as anyone around this place".
Merck acknowledged that opinion yesterday, saying it would stop lobbying specifically for state mandates, many of which would require girls to be vaccinated before they entered sixth grade.
She said she would continue to press for the bill, but that it was a good idea on Merck's part to stop lobbying.
Neil Bond, whose uncle, corporal Reg Hillier, was killed in combat in 1965, said his mother never stopped lobbying for her youngest brother's return.
(True, Merck has promised to stop lobbying, but lawmakers and the public are still suffering under misconceptions that the drug company has done nothing to correct).
Mr. Obama's presidential campaign said Friday that Mr. Biden had stopped lobbying for nine clients shortly after his father was chosen last month as Mr. Obama's running mate.
