How to Use interest group in a Sentence
interest group
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One main interest group opposed the bill, the CTA, and the bill died in committee.
— Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024 -
These have been the work of single interest groups usually from the far right.
— John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024 -
Free Press was one of the public interest groups that sued the commission.
— Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2019 -
For the past three decades, the N.R.A. has been one of the most influential special-interest groups in the country.
— Mike Spies, The New Yorker, 30 July 2019 -
Other plans look as though they were just written to get good grades from D.C. interest groups.
— Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2018 -
And outside groups more than doubled the amount in play for the race -- as super PACs and other interest groups have flooded the zone.
— Aaron Kessler, CNN, 20 Mar. 2018 -
Now, the interest groups are figuring out their next moves.
— Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024 -
With the first public hearing set for next week, interest groups are blasting away from all sides.
— Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2019 -
Ask for help from an outside interest group, and help soon arrives.
— Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2022 -
All of this has made Mr. Pruitt a target of the ruling iron triangle of bureaucrats, interest groups and the press.
— Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018 -
Spokesmen for the two interest groups called the reforms a good first step but want to see more stringent protections.
— Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 June 2018 -
That is by far the biggest tax credit the state gives to any particular interest group and is the most any state in the United States provides.
— Rodney Ho, ajc, 30 Mar. 2022 -
To her surprise, an interest group paid for mailers blasting her for those views.
— Washington Post, 19 June 2020 -
Indeed, there was lots of bed-wetting on the left and second-guessing from liberal interest groups in the run-up to the election.
— James Hohmann, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017 -
Several smaller interest groups, such as the crafters, have found new homes.
— Steve Dreyer, Pomerado News, 1 July 2019 -
At the time, ACA reform efforts teetered as interest groups feuded and Democrats struggled to settle on a plan.
— Phil Galewitz, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023 -
All these interest groups are ramping up the pressure on Congress.
— Matthew Cooper, Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2017 -
Before that, First Ladies may have arranged to have their own portraits done, or like-minded interest groups would pay for them.
— Time, 12 Feb. 2018 -
The start of Brett Kavanaugh’s tenure on the Supreme Court may look like a victory for one interest group or another.
— Elly Belle, Teen Vogue, 10 Oct. 2018 -
Business-interest groups sued the city over the voter threshold officials used to pass the measure.
— Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2019 -
The meeting is for members and friends to reconnect and consider joining one of the club’s 38 interest groups.
— Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2019 -
To try to dismantle the establishment, trying to avoid the big donor scene, not getting too close to interest groups.
— Washington Post, 11 June 2019 -
But several interest groups pushing ideas such as term limits for justices and expanding the size of the court have yet to make a splash.
— Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 19 June 2019 -
The bill’s supporters say the root of the problem is the influence of powerful interest groups who can buy their way onto the ballot.
— Nadia Lopez, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2023 -
Smaller interest groups that have invested less in Twitter ads have less to lose.
— Amrita Khalid, Quartz, 6 Nov. 2019 -
For instance, a coalition of media and public interest groups sued then-Gov.
— Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 1 Nov. 2017 -
But that hasn’t stopped one powerful interest group from hoping it can still strike a deal with lawmakers.
— Liam Dillon, latimes.com, 5 July 2018 -
In a process between party leaders, interest groups, and others, there can be much back and forth before a platform gets adopted by the party for the next four years.
— Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 June 2024 -
Never before have interest groups been given such free rein to operate so clearly as a de facto arm of the campaign.
— Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2024 -
Flexing one’s political muscle in this way might satisfy certain interest groups in the short run, but sends a terrible message about the city’s climate for business and investment.
— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
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