How to Use lobbyist in a Sentence
lobbyist
noun-
The health lobbyist said that's still being worked out.
— Victoria Knight, Axios, 31 July 2024 -
At his side for at least part of the trip was Ms. Tao, the lobbyist, who had risen to the post of vice president at Tesla.
— John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024 -
The company, which has 150 million users in the U.S., has encouraged users in the state to speak out against the bill and hired lobbyists to do so as well.
— Amy Beth Hanson and Haleluya Hadero, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023 -
Now, lobbyists for the milk industry are pushing to bring it back.
— Phil Galewitz, oregonlive, 13 July 2023 -
But that would take standing up to the Big Pharma lobbyists who cut an awful lot of campaign checks.
— Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024 -
The Las Vegas Sands, the company that hired an army of lobbyists to push the proposal, will continue to be all in for the effort.
— Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 16 May 2023 -
The union hired lobbyists to work the Capitol, encouraging lawmakers to strike down the bill.
— Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023 -
There was a frenzied push during the lame-duck period to get the bills over the line—and equally frenzied pushback from Big Tech lobbyists on the Hill.
— Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2023 -
The company, which has 150 million users in the U.S., has encouraged users in the state to speak out against the legislation and hired lobbyists to do so as well.
— CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023 -
And, of course, the lobbyists are fighting to water it down with each iteration.
— Alice Short, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024 -
The House Energy & Commerce Committee hasn’t yet announced the markup, and the lobbyists didn’t know the exact date.
— John Wilkerson, STAT, 7 July 2023 -
Gil Garcetti and Sukey Garcetti — hired lobbyists to help win his confirmation.
— Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Former lobbyist Neil Clark, who had pleaded not guilty, died by suicide in March 2021.
— Jessie Balmert, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023 -
Mattiello ended up losing his seat later in the year, and is now a lobbyist.
— Dan McGowan, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023 -
In that respect, the Supreme Court’s reversal of the 1984 Chevron doctrine could turn out to be a pyrrhic victory for business leaders and a boon for lobbyists and lawyers.
— Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 July 2024 -
The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision.
— Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2023 -
There are laws on the books barring spouses of lobbyists from treating city officials with gifts.
— Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024 -
Appointees cannot have been a lobbyist or have served in a partisan state or local office.
— Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 15 June 2023 -
The ban on lobbyists engaging in campaign fundraising has been in effect for decades.
— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024 -
TechNet, a Big Tech lobbyist group, had a large influence over the law's final wording.
— Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024 -
Within two months — and with the assistance of an army of Nevada lobbyists —the A’s had secured the public funding for a Las Vegas ballpark.
— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023 -
There’s a consummate lobbyist and a political consultant who was the face of the City Club of Chicago.
— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023 -
Given the roadblocks, privacy lobbyists and activists are concerned the FBI is preparing to go all the way to the president to seek help.
— Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 July 2024 -
If these practices are not forestalled soon, the least scrupulous actors will quickly accrue power and the fancy lobbyists and lawyers that come along with it.
— Adam Clair, Vox, 1 July 2024 -
But whether the opposition the company is mounting through lobbyists or influencers will be enough to derail the bill is yet to be seen.
— Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024 -
On July 19, Sanders appointed Cox, an attorney and a lobbyist, as a special justice in the case.
— Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2023 -
Some lobbyists said the PBM reforms are aimed at helping pharmacies.
— John Wilkerson and Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 27 Oct. 2023 -
Its stock is down more than 50%, and the company is on the back foot, hiring lobbyists and defending its reputation.
— Heather Somerville, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Current and former politicians, party officials, lobbyists and large political donors would be banned from serving on the commission.
— J.d. Davidson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Oct. 2024 -
Crypto has made headlines as the 2024 Presidential Election enters the final hectic stretch, but that has overshadowed the wide-ranging influence that crypto lobbyists and lobbying dollars will have on the next Congress.
— Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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