They began working to get control of Congress to pass their own program.
VOA: special.2010.01.21
In the most recent debate, Romney accused Gingrich of lobbying Congress on behalf of paying health care clients when working to pass a Medicare bill in 2003.
They are central to the legislation that has passed the House under the leadership of Chairman Barney Frank, and that we're working to pass in the Senate under the leadership of Chairman Chris Dodd.
In the campaign headquarters of Moulod Hamrouche, one of the leading ex-candidates, adrenaline-charged campaign staff manned the phones and faxes beneath blank result-charts, working desperately to pass word of the pull-out to all the campaign offices across Algeria's vast desert hinterland.