51.  Given a choice between supporting their relatively new governor or a lobbying group that has been generous with its political contributions, the legislators followed the money.

52.  Gurmit Singh, who heads an environmental lobbying group here, said the current disaster is a reminder that unchecked development carries a cost.

53.  He appears to be carrying water for the Financial Executives Institute, a lobbying group.

54.  He blamed the low support level on greedy or fearful lobbying groups.

55.  He was warned by the House Ethics Committee after he tried to persuade a lobbying group not to hire a Democrat as its president.

56.  He was referring to the lobbying group for senior citizens.

57.  Henley, the co-founder of a lobbying group called the Recording Artists Coalition, said that was likely to change.

58.  However, John Kerry, executive director of the New York State Catholic Conference, countered that his lobbying group is not completely opposed to the bill.

59.  Hunter, for example, was fired from his job as the chief economist at the Chamber of Commerce, a business lobbying group.

60.  However, the National Association of Broadcasters, a radio industry lobbying group, asserts that the federally licensed stations are exempt from paying such fees.