http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_Disclosure_Act_of_1995 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_Disclosure_Act_of_1995 "The term "lobbyist" means any indivi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_Disclosure_Act_of_1995 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_Disclosure_Act_of_1995 "The term "lobbyist" means any individual who is employed or retained by a client for financial or other compensation for services that include more than one lobbying contact, other than an individual whose lobbying activities constitute less than 20 percent of the time engaged in the services provided by such individual to that client over a six month period." 87 guys signed one letter and sent it to a committee (not all 100 senators). I know these 87 guys are awesome, but that is not how Senators are influenced. Now, if they took the Senators to lunch or dinner, flew them to exotic locales to play golf, and gave the senator's relatives cushy jobs in various tech companies, well, I would be more optimistic about the outcome and I would consider these 87 people lobbyists.