The pending copyright legislation is supported by powerful lobbying groups including the MPAA and the Chamber of Commerce.
But it seems to be taking another approach to appeasing lawmakers by winning the support of key lobbying groups.
When the last Farm Bill was passed in 2002, a record 650 lobbying groups had their hands in the pot.
Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, two environmental-lobbying groups, have given warning that biofuels may not be as eco-friendly as they seem.
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It also shows yet again the teaming up of renewable energy and natural gas lobbying groups to grab the attention of policy makers and the public.
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Venture capitalists, and their lobbying groups, have claimed that upping their taxes will hurt job creation, decrease technology innovation and fast-track the U.S. to a complete economic collapse.
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Financial-industry lobbying groups voice concerns about the costs of complying.
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"There certainly will be life after Doha if it doesn't work, " says Pat Mears, director for international commercial affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers, one of industry's strongest lobbying groups.
Even if Obama and McCain steer clear of any future lobbying pratfalls, they and other politicians will have plenty of face time with business and lobbying groups in Denver and Minneapolis.
Yet despite the unusual agreement between the two powerful lobbying groups, lawmakers from both parties tried to curb expectations that the negotiations were finished and an immigration bill was heading for a vote.
He also received lobbying from groups including the BBC, the TUC, media firm Enders, the Guardian, BT and Capital Research Management.
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The lobbying of such groups against a waiver of the RFS is the most egregious, cynical sort of rent-seeking.
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Lobbying from both groups forced the government smartly into reverse.
But, as the date approached, the Ministry of Justice said the implementation of the law had been postponed to allow the guidelines to be tweaked, following intense lobbying from business groups such as the Confederation of British Industry.
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Rather than responding to the needs of consumers, elected officials who pass disclaimer requirements, and unelected officials who administer them, are subject to lobbying by interest groups, and can hardly be expected to faithfully represent the diverse desires of distant consumers.
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What I suggested was that lobbying by interest groups in order to either put people on a list or change an order of whatever a list might be to what they're looking for is ultimately not going to be advantageous for that particular interest group.
Several groups are lobbying the federal government to make a screening test for PAD more widely available.
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Wildlife groups are lobbying the government to press for international action to stop chemicals being discharged which affect seabirds.
The pathologists and other groups are lobbying Congress to end the exemption.
Gay rights groups are lobbying aggressively for the gay marriage language to be included and they dispute suggestions that it would jeopardize the bill.
Despite the delay, both sides still intend to start the public relations battle in earnest Tuesday morning with rallies, war rooms and a tremendous lobbying effort from interest groups on both sides of the issue.
Yet, when the hundreds of hours of legislative debate, on camera pleas, backroom negotiations and intense lobbying have ended, groups like the National Rifle Association may find that they have narrowed the scope of gun control legislation.
But despite the governor's change of heart and lobbying by hospitals and business groups, some Republican lawmakers disagreed.
The Washington Post reported that gun control groups are already lobbying to allow compilation of gun ownership data from medical records for research purposes.
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And for that reason, it's not just business groups that have started lobbying heavily for the rescue package.
Mr Davutoglu is again lobbying to ensure that all Iraqi groups take part in the parliamentary election in January 2010.
More typical today: small groups engaging in quiet lobbying.
But they are reminiscent of the very movement that brought about the green belt in the first place, with groups like the CPRE lobbying during the 1920s and 1930s for safeguards against urban sprawl and so-called "ribbon" development.
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