Top lobbying stories from Earlybird, NationalJournal.com's daily news roundup:

• "Obama shunned contributions from political action committees during his campaign but the special-interest spigot remained wide open for Congress and could still influence his agenda. A USA Today analysis of campaign contributions identified 175 members of Congress who received half or more of their campaign cash from political action committees in 2007-08."

• "After the frenzied weeks of effort to shape the $787 billion stimulus package passed last month, lobbyists' work has shifted to combing through more than 1,000 pages of fine print in the measure to identify opportunities for business and government -- and then help clients tap those opportunities in state and federal agencies," Newsday reports.

• "The pharmaceutical industry that long has benefited from Sen. Orrin G. Hatch legislative efforts has directed large sums of money to a charity he helped found -- and still raises money for -- while also hiring the Republican lawmaker's son as a lobbyist," the Washington Times reports.

• New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg (R), Obama's former nominee for Commerce secretary, "won taxpayer money for redevelopment of a shuttered Air Force base where he and his brother had invested in commercial property, an Associated Press investigation found."

• "Conservative evangelical leader James Dobson has resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family but will continue to play a prominent role at the organization he founded more than three decades ago," AP reports. "Dobson's resignation as board chairman 'lessens his administrative burden' and is the latest step in a succession plan, the group said."