1. Both of those cross-ownership situations are barred by the Federal Communications Commission, though media companies are lobbying to have the rules changed. 2. But if they were inclined to keep him, advertisers and affiliates would surely lobby to have him fired. 3. Deland had vainly lobbied to have Roosevelt sitting in a wheelchair. 4. Environmentalists are also lobbying to have trade-dispute panelists vetted for possible conflicts of interest. 5. Final details of the legislation are still being hammered out, and both groups may lobby to have their new tax treatment phased in over several years. 6. Greenspan became part of a committee that unsuccessfully lobbied to have the result overturned. 7. It was Gingrich, for example, who lobbied to have the tobacco tax increase shifted from the tax bill to the spending bill. 8. It was the American Medical Association that first lobbied to have the Medicare X-ray provision implemented and which helped keep it in place so long. 9. McCormack has pitched his case to the House Agricultural Committee, lobbying to have the subsidy either reduced or eliminated from the bill. 10. Rep. Susan Molinari, a Republican, lobbied to have the Coast Guard relocate on Staten Island. |