"This lobbying campaign is a very smart investment for them."
In the meantime, some former beneficiaries have started their own private lobbying campaign.
Microsoft, apparently, was paying close attention, because within a few weeks the company set out on a lobbying campaign.
"You see here the precursors of a pretty good lobbying campaign."
The two men have begun a lobbying campaign to try to stop passage of the Singer bill.
The lobbying campaign was to continue through the end of this month.
What made the difference this year was an extraordinary lobbying campaign by the students themselves.
The lobbying campaign is being aimed at state legislatures around the country.
All this is part of a not so subtle lobbying campaign.
The bill's supporters said yesterday that they would start a lobbying campaign today with a large meeting in Manhattan.