Large companies are actively lobbying to have the laws changed.

Many companies have lobbied against the rule, saying it is impractical.

In 2001, only 15 companies lobbied officials regarding domestic security.

The company, at the time, was lobbying on a trash-hauling bill before Congress.

Some companies, unhappy with elements of the plan, have important allies in Congress and are lobbying to change it.

At that meeting, the companies lobbied for the right to invest and own a share of what they find in new oil.

But officials who have met with American pharmaceutical executives said that the companies would not lobby against the agreement.

But some companies have been openly lobbying for new business.

But the House version would not, and companies that now screen passengers are lobbying to keep the work in their hands.

So far, the companies have lobbied effectively against such a law.