The oil companies are lobbying with big money to ram this through.

I am now lobbying with friends about a trip we're planning in the summer.

The provision has been the subject of lobbying for months, with each side arguing fiercely over almost every word.

Drug companies had long lobbied for such changes, with little success.

He was one of the leading Army officers lobbying for war with the West.

At the same time, he began to lobby, sometimes with Democrats, on behalf of programs that his colleagues either opposed or had no interest in.

Yesterday he lobbied for the plan with Federal officials, who must approve any deal.

I didn't have to lobby hard with Bill, who knew he could not sign this one either.

"I lobbied long and hard with several organizations to give me a shot."

And they repeatedly lobbied for the plan with Federal officials.