From this morning's Earlybird:

• "As most of Washington, D.C., spent Monday digging out from the weekend's blizzard," "lobbyists continued to press ahead even though some of their signature issues are hanging in limbo," Roll Call (subscription) reports.

• "With its global reach, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee attracts as wide a swath of special interests as any on Capitol Hill," Roll Call (subscription) reports.

• "A group advocating the rights of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are on the Hill this week to press lawmakers on issues ranging from disability care to high rates of unemployment," Politico reports.