11.   The city has also lobbied the state to pass legislation that would allow it to open a secure, locked facility for foster children.

12.   The Ohio Historical Society repeatedly lobbied the state Legislature to buy the site but never succeeded.

13.   At the time, the company was lobbying the state to repeal smoking restrictions in New York City and other localities.

14.   Further, it contends that as part of the deal, attorneys general agreed to lobby states to restrict discount sales.

15.   It also spent years lobbying NATO states, some of which appeared skeptical about the benefits of taking in new members.

16.   James similarly lobbied states individually to break from the group.

17.   Microsoft rival AOL Time Warner, which lobbied states over the weekend to turn down the agreement, said the settlement was bad.

18.   Representatives of many of them were in San Francisco on Friday to lobby the state Public Utilities Commission to let them out of those agreements.

19.   While he would not commit to signing an unlimited extension, Mubarak promised not to lobby other states against it.