Bankers from many of those states have lobbied Washington hard to ease up on regulations that would force them to write off bad loans.

An increasing number of Catholics hold crucial staff positions in some of the religious conservative groups that lobby Washington.

Others are putting pressure on mayors and governors to lobby Washington for them.

He spoke of his efforts to lobby Washington and Albany for more aid, to make urban America's case with the rest of the country.

Palmer spent several years lobbying Washington for funds to start the project and countering local business interests opposed to the project.

The auto companies also are lobbying Washington against the President's recent clean-air bill that mandates the production of 500,000 alternative-fuel vehicles by 1995.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been lobbying Washington and says he is hopeful that the federal government will come through.

He has been taking the right attitude toward lobbying Washington for federal aid to help the city's rebuilding effort.

Northpoint has been lobbying Washington since 1994 to gain a piece of spectrum.

Still, some industries have been lobbying Washington on the assumption that the election will make a great difference to them.