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definition
A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.
Examples of lobbyists in a Sentence
Big business lobbyists want food to be treated like any other tradable commodity in the global market.
You cannot expect lobbyists to keep their different roles in watertight compartments.
Today's women are empowered, they have become lobbyists, peace activists - they are the movers and shakers of their communities.
To decrease the evil of lobbying a law was enacted in 1906 which requires that every person employed to promote or oppose the passage of any bill shall file in the office of the secretary of state a written statement showing who has employed him and describing the legislation in respect of which his services are to be rendered; the law also requires the employers of lobbyists to file in the same office within two months after the adjournment of the legislature an itemized statement of all their lobbying expenses, and forbids the employment of a lobbyist for a contingent fee.
Exploiting this interval, the US fishing industry hired lobbyists with access to top members of Congress.
I hear that most MPs refused even to meet these lobbyists.
Economic dependence upon TNCs forces them to adapt to the agenda proposed by corporate lobbyists.
As with all things when dealing with the powerful medical lobbyists, the government now has a real fight on its hands.
In fact, some environmental lobbyists have called for the trade in fat people to be increased.
In 1995, Boehner raised eyebrows by distributing campaign checks from tobacco lobbyists on the House floor.
Unfortunately most Senators seem to be listening to industry lobbyists more closely than to us.
Decide which voices matter ordinary people or business lobbyists.
Which is why WDM, with campaigning colleagues across Europe, is shining the spotlight on the business lobbyists.
However, aside from a smattering of applause from child protection lobbyists, the response to the launch has been critical.
Greens make common cause with smokestack industries, consumer activists with trade unions, development lobbyists with rich-country farmers.
Professional lobbyists representing the members of The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare fight to preserve both Medicare and Social Security systems for future generations.
The American Association of Retired Persons also sends professional lobbyists to be heard in Washington.
The professional lobbyists of this senior advocacy organization go to Congress and fight for the rights of all seniors.
As legislators and lobbyists continue to battle, people of all ages will continue to play video games.
Examples of people that are advocates and lobbyists include individuals working in workers compensation, Social Security disability, medical insurance boards or managers from car insurance companies.
However, the onslaught of criticism from the Republican Party, as well as insurance industry lobbyists, combined with the complexity of the plan itself, ultimately destroyed the plan within a year.
Lobbyists and other organized groups attacked health care proposals so thoroughly that every bill presented throughout the 1990s was eventually shot down.
Lobbyists - The lobbyists in Washington are abundant and include those fighting for pharmaceutical companies and the suppliers of medical equipment.
Prices for both of these health care elements are high but the lobbyists have had some success in keeping their clients safe by rallying congress and senate members to sway to their side.
The arguments against health care reform come from politicians, citizens, organized groups, and lobbyists.
It's time employer lobbyists put up or shut up.