11.   Representatives of liberal advocacy groups expressed outrage over the selection and predicted a fight.

12.   Republican Party organizations and a liberal advocacy group Tuesday unveiled television advertising campaigns that seek to energize voters by emphasizing issues and not the White House scandal.

13.   Shays has already received a drubbing from liberal advocacy groups and editorial writers for not signing the petition.

14.   Speak Up America, a California-based liberal advocacy group, is running radio ads in her district that promote an independent counsel.

15.   The political subtext is that the rule will disproportionately affect some of the liberal advocacy groups simply because there are more of them.

16.   Elliot Mincberg, legal director of the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way, said the cost to taxpayers is increasing.

17.   Liberal advocacy group People for the American Way also has received a lot of interest since January.