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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Advertisement Among his donors are familiar names in L.A. civic life: $1,000 each from lobbyist Arnie Berghoff, public affairs consultant Kerman Maddox, radio host Tavis Smiley and prominent lawyer Patricia Glaser. —

Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is also a lobbyist with the firm. —

Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024 Centrally, lobbyists hoped for a bill that would turn over crypto regulation from the SEC to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a much smaller agency. —

Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024 For decades, lobbyists from the business community shaped immigration legislation and moderated the contours of the debate. —

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