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Though it once enjoyed the reputation of being an invincible lobbyist, the N.R.A. has recently been forced to accept legislation that it instinctively resisted at first, including laws to ban "cop killer" handgun bullets that pierce protective vests and plastic guns that could elude metal detectors at airports and public buildings. Taking stands that made it easy for opponents to paint the group as wantonly indifferent to public safety, the N.R.A. has found itself repeatedly battling police organizations, whose leaders complain that they are being outgunned by gangs and drug dealers. In 1988 it suffered its first statewide referendum loss...
Harvard's near invisibility as a state lobbyist, Barrett says, is not the result of a lack of interests. Because of its size and the variety of programs it offers, Harvard often finds itself particularly suseptible to state regulation...
Advertisers favor O'Neill for his familiar face and grandfatherly voice. The pay is handsome: for a day's work he gets $100,000, equivalent to his annual salary as Speaker. Says he: "I always said I'd never be a lobbyist, and lo and behold, a new career fell upon me." Next on his agenda: ads for the Trump Shuttle...
...company experts do not dispute the environmentalists' interpretation of the "fleet-averaging" provision, but they insist that the bottom line will still be cleaner air. "Some cars may be below and some may be above, but they all have to meet the lower standard on average," says an industry lobbyist...
Despite the poisonous atmosphere on Capitol Hill as House Democrats lose their Speaker, the new attention to speaking fees, lobbyist-paid vacations and pac money is long overdue. -- Republican pit bull Newt Gingrich, whose accusations scuttled Wright, thirsts for more blood. Some Democrats hope it will...