Congressional lobbyists for the industry said they would not address product-liability problems raised by the Cipollone verdict and would deal with other legislation case by case.

In this position, she was the first Congressional lobbyist explicitly representing nontheistic Americans.

The consumer advocate Ralph Nader described Chapin as a "whirlwind" who was a "first-class Congressional lobbyist and civic strategist."

A prolific speechmaker and Congressional lobbyist, he is the son of a rabbi who memorized the Torah as a youth.

It raised $765,329 in 1988, making it one of the 15 largest Congressional lobbyists that year.

Now that he has obtained a loan from a Congressional lobbyist of impeccable reputation, he is said to have exonerated himself by satisfying his penalty in exemplary fashion.

Congressional lobbyists are legally required to be registered in a central database.

"Random drug testing absolutely has to come out of the bill," Peggy Taylor, a Congressional lobbyist for the labor federation, said in an interview.

"Our worst-case scenario," said one Congressional lobbyist, "is that the agency will limp along on the $99 million it got for this year."

Nicholas E. Calio, President Bush's chief Congressional lobbyist, said he was gratified by cooperation.