He also plans on sitting as an Independent in order to lobby senators from all parties.

Bush lobbied wavering senators by telephone.

Mr. Bush had spoken out on the issue, lobbied senators before the vote and encouraged conservative groups to mobilize grass-roots support.

He has warned the White House not to lobby senators for their vote.

After presenting the petition to the U.S. Senate and then lobbying senators, they were able to force the treaty's failure in 1897.

I spent the rest of the month and the early days of August lobbying individual representatives and senators on the economic plan.

In fact, Mr. Dinkins took to the phones to lobby wavering Democratic senators.

They are already heavily lobbying senators to countermand the House's move when the military spending bill comes to a House-Senate conference.

In coming days, he is expected to lobby skeptical senators, particularly conservatives, about the treaty's merits.