Lobbyists

A big lobbying push was needed for a big Ask — the term lobbyists use to describe what they are pleading for from Congress. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If we can't stop the lobbyists is there anyway we can tax that money. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But if Strauss came clean, someone might call him an influence peddler - even worse than a lobbyist, though not quite so bad as a fixer, the term lobbyists really hate. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Those politicians are framing the debate in exactly the terms the lobbyists want them to. ❋ David Sirota (2011)

The ONLY way to solve the problems inherent in a centralized government ruled by lobbyists is to downsize the government. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Until the power of the lobbyists is diminished, the chance that anything benefiting the American people getting passed is slim. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Earlier this year, twelve Democratic senators spent a weekend fundraising at a private retreat in Miami Beach with lobbyists from the American Bankers Association, drug companies, and defense contractors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The inclusion of this provision was a huge victory for the lobbyists from the for-profit health insurance corporations. datingjesus ❋ Unknown (2009)

Or David Solway: "… now that we have elected a laureate, we can proceed to forget about poetry even more thoroughly than we already have since perhaps the most important function of the laureateship, at any rate from the perspective of its secular lobbyists, is to appease the national conscience as well as their own for the apathy and neglect with which they receive the art." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Second, the pressure from lobbyists is now even more intense because of their desire to have an impact on new legislators and their votes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sounds like all the 24/7 propaganda and deep pockets of Big Oil API lobbyists is paying off. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What was the point of banning lobbyists from a conference call? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oh yeah, I forgot, ban special interest groups and lobbyists from the political process. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The truly talented writers, or cleverest investigators, or most connected reporters will be able to support themselves as "professional" journalists, while the vast majority of English majors will find that their skill at rewriting canned stories from lobbyists is simply not very valuable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Because the lobbyists from the BIG business owners wine and dine them a lot better. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The problem for McCain being so closely associated with lobbyists is that he's the candidate most closely associated with attacking lobbyists." [snip] "The potential harm is that should Senator McCain become elected, those people will have a very close relationship with the McCain White House," Sloan said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Unless if one considers lobbyists from a specific industry swaying congress to their singular point of view to be a fair market. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The ban on lobbyists is silly, as the Cleland episode highlights. ❋ Unknown (2008)