111.  Representatives of insurance companies, small-business and big-business lobbying groups and HMOs who had been anticipating this action for months responded immediately.

112.  Robinson is president of TransAfrica, the foremost lobbying group on African and Caribbean affairs inside the Beltway.

113.  Several of them are to be found in the Global Climate Coalition, a Washington-based lobbying group representing core energy and manufacturing industries.

114.  She is on the U.S. Council for NATO, a lobbying group.

115.  Seiden is the chairman of a lobbying group representing the major airlines, called the Coalition for Fair FAA Funding.

116.  Self-appointed lobbying groups weighed in on the health care issue with outrageous results.

117.  Simpson said he is considering legislation to prevent lobbying groups such as AARP and the National Rifle Association from being able to receive government grants.

118.  So bankers, brokers and insurers -- among the most powerful lobbying groups in Congress -- butt heads as they jockey for position to increase their respective profits.

119.  Similarly, the American Council for the Arts, another lobbying group, has been calling news organizations with figures on the economic impact of the arts.

120.  Some FreePAC backers come from other conservative lobbying groups, such as the Texas Eagle Forum or the Texas Christian Coalition.