11.   The industry-backed Competitiveness Council, chaired by US Vice-President Dan Quayle, was reported to have played a key role in influencing Administration policy.

12.   And he urged that the administration allow economic engagement with China as the best way to influence its policies.

13.   And politicians and bureaucrats, not to mention corporate lobbyists and advocacy groups, thrive on their abilities to influence tax policies.

14.   Both politicians and lobbyists insist that campaign contributions do not influence policy.

15.   A current criticism leveled at the Clintonites is that they have permitted contributions from wealthy Chinese individuals and institutions to influence their policy toward China.

16.   A senior official at the ministry laments European inability to influence American policy.

17.   Allowing lobbyists to influence policy?

18.   But because past political conflicts had influenced US policy since the Cold War, Clinton pledged to work to develop more balanced rules for all Central Americans.

19.   But he can hold hearings and influence policy.

20.   But friends say McConnell bolted the panel for the Appropriations subcommittee when he concluded that the real opportunity to influence policy lay where the money was.