Lobbying is something that is going on all the time. It depends how you define lobbying.

This caused considerable difficulties for American industry but at first their lobbying was largely ignored by government.

When I first entered Parliament in 1970, I would not say that lobbying was in its infancy because lobbying goes back to the 19th Century and before, but there was less organised lobbying.

Lobbying, to get what they want.

He started lobbying for equal rights.

They spent 440,000 a day lobbying congress.

It is lobbying the troika for further debt relief.

They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying.

One, they'd need to stop lobbying in Washington.

And so he started lobbying with several other,

Despite lobbying by proponents, in December 2012, the proposal was rejected.

He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm.

Its success depends on market demand, not political lobbying.

Connections are highlighted between Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the lobbying arm of the largest drug companies in the United States, lobbying groups in Washington D.C., and the Congress.

Only such changes including lobbying reforms can restore effective governance.

Lobbying on behalf of girls, for 0.5 billion in 2001.

Certainly the US Congress was clueless its members were still busy lobbying for the government backed housing mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, thereby digging the hole deeper.

Politics In April 2013, a lobbying group called FWD.us (aimed at lobbying for immigration reform and improvements to education) was launched, with Drew Houston listed as one of the founders.

This reduces the willingness of institutional investors to invest in counteracting insider lobbying.

In fact, it spends more money lobbying than the next five lobbies combined.

lobbying for mandated cap and trade in U.S. greenhouse gas reductions.

And lobbying to convince policymakers that more aggressive draconian copyright laws.

That must be it. Which girl was doing a little lobbying?

Following intensive government lobbying by the biofuel industry and the National Farmers' Union and through National Farmers' Union alliances with NGOs, the Government has accepted a clause in the energy bill that would give the Government the primary powers in respect of introducing a renewable transport fuel obligation.

Whereas in Nazi Germany the state dominated economic actors, in inverted totalitarianism, corporations through political contributions and lobbying, dominate the United States, with the government acting as the servant of large corporations.

A coalition of women's NGOs in Shaartuz Rayon got uninterrupted electrical power to its population centres by lobbying for it through local authorities and going all the way to the Government.

At the Centre apos s suggestion, the Secretariat has established a review and lobbying committee.

NGOs, too, have an indispensable part to play in monitoring and lobbying.

lobbying for these crummy governments to do what needs to be done.

One of the activities ETAN pursues is lobbying the Canadian Government and Members of Parliament to bring a greater emphasis concerning human rights into Canada apos s foreign policy relating to Indonesia.

Because insiders gain the full benefits that arise through lobbying for lax corporate governance rules, while their firms bear most of the costs of such lobbying, insiders have an advantage in the competition for influence over politicians.

The SDG framework has been the subject of a year of widespread consultation, lobbying, and debate.

Second, like the financial sector, the tech industry is enormously influential politically through contributions and lobbying.

A majority of the commissioners turned down the proposals after substantial lobbying from the mutual fund industry.

There are now dozens of companies that depend upon lobbying for their very existence.

Their lobbying efforts worked well, first to deregulate, and then to have taxpayers pay for the cleanup.

After prolonged lobbying by the financial services industry, US President Bill Clinton repealed Glass Steagall in 1999.

Their lobbying, which is carried out at the expense of their companies, is subsidized by their shareholders.

They spend their time lobbying to make sure the planet heats up as fast it possibly can.

Lobbying advocacy National Network of Women Ministers and Parliamentarians and the Association of Traditional Chiefs of the Niger.

At the moment Congress was considering amendments to the Penal Code, and lobbying efforts were naturally concentrated there.

When it comes to lobbying, money is not everything ideas play a big role, too.

UNMIL is conducting public awareness activities and lobbying to facilitate the passage of the legislation in the near future.

But institutional investors usually do not provide a sufficient counter weight to lobbying by corporate insiders.

It is also hoped that some lobbying could influence the legislation in defense of woman entrepreneur in the informal sector.