21.   Over the next few years, the institute lobbied officials of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

22.   Perlmutter lobbied state officials on behalf of all three inmates, according to the interviews.

23.   Riordan, lobbying federal officials in Washington, D.C., said he had been considering the race very seriously.

24.   Recently, farmers from Chenglao and Wenlou villages have been detained in Zhumadian City, where they had gone to lobby local officials for more help.

25.   She lobbied housing officials until six of her grown children got rent-subsidized apartments.

26.   So they have signed petitions, lobbied elected officials and filed lawsuits in an effort to keep it from growing.

27.   The Schmidts have spent the last seven years lobbying state officials to create laws to deal with sexual predators.

28.   When Davis quit, the Hurricanes players lobbied university officials to hire Coker.

29.   Yet Ms. Sistrunk lobbied housing officials until six of her grown children got rent-subsidized apartments.

30.   Instead, they are competing for the affection of those in power and lobbying government officials, which takes up a great deal of their daily agendas.