lobbyist

noun

lob·by·ist ˈlä-bē-ist

plural lobbyists

: one who conducts activities aimed at influencing or swaying public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation : a person engaged in lobbying public officials

The new rule says that if you were a registered lobbyist in the past two years, you can't work for the administration on any issue you touched. After you leave government, you can't lobby the administration at all.—

Jacob Weisberg

Because so many lobbyists have past experience on Capitol Hill, they usually have personal ties both to members of congress and to their key staffers, who vet and prioritize the earmark requests.—

Ken Silverstein

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Nearly 30 years ago, Silicon Valley lobbyists got vast protections for the industry codified into federal law — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. —

Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024 But two and a half weeks before the end of the session, an email from a Mayo lobbyist landed in the inboxes of Walz’s most senior advisers and set off a panic. —

Max Nesterak, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024 Coinbase has been an active lobbyist for the crypto industry this year, spending millions backing pro-crypto political action committees. —

Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024 La Follette’s national accomplishments included regulation of railroads, other powerful utilities, and lobbyists, civil service and tax reform, resource conservation measures, laws protecting workers’ rights, and candidate nomination by primary election. —

Nancy C. Unger / Made By History, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lobbyist