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...clients. But the real value of effective lobbyists is the ability to make a member of Congress pay attention to the causes they promote. At a conference committee on highway legislation last fall, Shuster rankled some in the Senate by tying up talks for weeks with his demands to loosen the federal restriction that keeps billboards off scenic roadways. The billboard industry is both an Eppard client and a leading Shuster contributor. One question that Common Cause may ask the ethics committee to investigate is whether a lobbyist's providing free lodging to a Congress member violates the gift...
Even while proclaiming himself a champion of the great outdoors, Alexander called on the federal government to loosen its controls over the environment...
Forbes has the most distinctive campaign style of anyone in the field, which is to say none. It is all his handlers can do to get him to unclasp his hands. There's not a chance he'll loosen his tie. He is devoutly unglib, though a fluid speaker who uses no notes. However remote he may seem from their life and experiences, people say he seems honest and authentic, someone who doesn't stare over your shoulder when he's talking to see who has come into the room. "You ask him a question, and he doesn't build...
Still, Castro is so eager for Americans to loosen the embargo that he personally managed the details of our encounter with him--including a stand-up buffet after his press conference so he could stroll around and work his charisma on each of his guests. At the reception he drank martinis, ate oysters, praised the Pope's sincerity and talked motorcycles. But old habits die hard: the next day, one of the dissidents scheduled to have lunch with us received an anonymous death threat under her door. She joined us anyway...
...think they're impressive against the run," Murphy said. "Overall, they're not a tremendously strong defensive team. But if you look at them against the run, they have been tough. They take away the inside running game. We will need to throw the ball to loosen them...