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year in 1979. There are sure to be even more registered by the end of the session March 10.
They are the ones who can be found huddling in hallways, perusing controversial bills; making presentations at legislative committee meetings, or grumbling as they watch televised sessions of the General Assembly in Capitol committee rooms.
The ratio of lobbyists to the 140 state legislators will probably be about six-to-one by the time this year’s totals are complete. Not only do they wield strength in numbers. but they carry the power of information.
They are “the experts,” the ones who have statistics.
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