Very brief, the difficulty has always been to define what lobbying is. That has always been the loophole that people have used. It was initially an attempt to influence, and, therefore, for the first 10 years we had lobbyists calling to just get information—they weren't attempting to influence a decision—and then they would advise their clients. They did not have to register at all for that activity.
When the attempt to influence was removed and it became just contacting a public official, that brought more people out to register. But it seems to me that the definition of lobbying, as Ms. Yates has said, has to be expanded to include the preparatory work, the strategizing, and everything else, which is what good people do.