lobbyist

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His brother, two former aides, a former fundraiser and a lobbyist were also indicted.

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  1. One who frequents the lobby or the precincts of a legislature or other deliberative assembly, with the view of influencing the votes of members. [U. S.] But the arrangements of the committee system have produced and sustain the class of professional lobbyists, men, and women too, who make it their business to “see” members and procure, by persuasion, importunity, or the use of inducements, the passing of bills, public as well as private, which involve gain to their promoters. J. Bryce, American Commonwealth, I.156.

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  • His brother, two former aides, a former fundraiser and a lobbyist were also indicted. —  KTVB.com Local News
  • : If your decision of a lobbyist is a slickly dressed, smooth-talking hired arms, get ready for a surprise. most principale lobbyist is the engaged and tenacious volunteer armed with some simple facts about laws. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • If your oppinion of a lobbyist is a slickly dressed, smooth-talking hired arms, get ready for a surprise. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • "What people are buying when they hire a lobbyist is access," says Bill Allison, a senior fellow at the Sunlight Foundation, "and if you hire somebody who used to sit across the room from a member of Congress or committee staff of a powerful committee, you're going to get better access." —  MoJo Blogs and Articles
  • Randy Scheunemann is his chief foreign policy adviser, much less well known as a lobbyist than Charlie Black. —  Democracy Now!
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