Lobbying in a sentence

He was elected on a campaign that included lobbying for better recycling services, food sustainability, community development, and lobbying the province for better rural health care.

Update: An earlier version of this article incorrectly suggested that agency heads are barred from all types of lobbying, not just lobbying their former agencies.

Lobbying is just lobbying.

It means full disclosure of corporate lobbying and a ban on any political spending or lobbying expenditures by companies that collect emergency assistance.

Lobbying firms often do not register all their advisers, arguing some are not actually engaged in lobbying work.

Trump Fund-Raiser Elliott Broidy Charged in Lobbying CaseFederal authorities accused him of violating lobbying laws in his unsuccessful efforts to resolve an investigation into the embezzlement of the Malaysian.

In May 2017, Mr. Lewandowski left the lobbying firm he helped start, Avenue Strategies, amid increasing questions about whether he was lobbying without having registered.

Because the case in DC deals with lobbying violations themselves — and not just financial decisions related to the lobbying work — prosecutors have told the defense team they may call several lobbyists to testify, the defense team said in court.

Earlier this year, Cambodia sent a lobbying mission to the EU led by lawyer and government adviser Sok Siphana, while there were rumors that China, Cambodia’s closest ally, was also lobbying European politicians on its behalf.

In New York, Mueller’s referral prompted a fresh look at the lobbying firms of Washington insiders Tony Podesta and Vin Weber, who have faced scrutiny for their decisions not to register as foreign agents for Ukrainian lobbying work directed by Manafort.

Such occasions are best described as low-budget community lobbying by relative outsiders to the government of the day in comparison to more high-powered lobbying by the big-end of town using its money and its status.

The distinction matters because unregistered foreign lobbying in the U.S. is a crime, while lobbying solely in Europe would be outside the special counsel's jurisdiction.

The online retail giant led by Jeff Bezos has the fastest-growing lobbying arm among tech companies and has spoken to the Pentagon about cloud or procurement since at least 2016, according to federal lobbying disclosures.

Commission conducts investigations into allegations of illegal lobbying and violations of lobbying regulation.

Jack Abramoff and Indian casino lobbying further Video capture from video of Senate Indian Affairs Committee Hearing on 'Lobbying Practices Involving Indian Tribes' on September 29, 2004 as found at indian.

Lobbying by country Australia Over the past twenty years lobbying in Australia has grown from a small industry of a few hundred employees to a multibillion-dollar per year industry.

Since the 1970s, lobbying activity has grown in terms of the numbers of lobbyists and the size of lobbying budgets, and has become the focus of criticism of American governance.

So while lobbying has always been practiced in France, organized lobbying made a significant appearance in France only in the early 1980s.

According to court documents filed by Hana's lawyer, prosecutors were looking into possible undisclosed foreign lobbying in the US and other potential violations of federal law.

Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June, some senators-elect have begun lobbying for the presidency of the upper chamber.