Today, the league has five full-time lobbyists.

To monitor legislative activity in Washington, the association of theater owners this spring hired a full-time lobbyist, a position that was vacant for several years.

In 1972 he left JACL to become a full-time lobbyist.

In Washington, the company has two full-time lobbyists plus 13 outside agencies ready to help with everything from antitrust matters to public relations.

The big companies like Hewlett-Packard now have their own full-time lobbyists.

Microsoft's D.C. office, with three full-time lobbyists, has been in operation since early 1995.

He later became one of Colorado's first full-time lobbyists.

The 1947 law, under which no one has been prosecuted since the 1950's, requires registration of people who describe themselves as full-time lobbyists.

"The heart of any trade association is its ability to interface with the government," he said, noting that there are only about eight full-time lobbyists at the association.