These powers have been expanded over time by judicial rulings and successful provincial lobbying.

As a result of successful lobbying by the insurance industry, credit scoring is legal in nearly all states.

Translation: The government's antitrust case was a result of successful lobbying by Microsoft's rivals.

It may signal rough going for the proposal in Congress, where the utilities have a track record of successful lobbying.

Workshop topics range from coalition building techniques to the strategy of successful lobbying.

The picture, taken in February, showed smiling people fresh from successful lobbying of the legislators.

Among Powell's other successes as governor was his successful lobbying of the legislature to conduct a geological survey in 1854.

They have often framed issues succinctly and done the most successful lobbying for world attention to them.

"I never knew a player who bought a ticket," he said in defense of his successful lobbying for the tie breaker.

First of all, local farmers refused to sell their land after successful lobbying by nearby residents.