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Lobbying

The business, act, or practice of attempting to influence legislation or policy. For example, a lobbyist may call a legislator and urge him/her to vote for a bill that, if passed, would favor the industry or interests of lobbyist's client. Lobbying can be a lucrative business. However, a variety of rules exist in many jurisdictions to guard against the possibility that it can degenerate into bribery.
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lobby

To work for or against the passage of legislation.Currently,the two strongest lobbies in the real estate industry are the National Association of REALTORS® and the American Bankers Association.They are squared off on opposite sites of legislation that would give financial institutions the right to offer real estate brokerage services.

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Thus the Lobby is not merely about fact and its interpretation but also about gossip--the very lifeblood of politics and its media coverage--perception and entertainment.
The new Parliament administration's temporary rulings that took effect last Wednesday include creating a special space in the Dewan Rakyat lobby for journalists to conduct interviews or ask MPs questions, and a room for press conferences behind the MPs' lounge on the same floor.
[29.] Tanase, I., Dinamizarea activitatii de lobby in Romania (Dynamization of Lobbying Activity in Romania), Cluj-Napoca: Eikon, 2014.
The research shows the top spender is the Association for Financial Markets in Europe which forks out over e1/47 million per year to lobby in Brussels.
The lobby's inherent materials and its character can often be preserved through simple design and decorating solutions such as polished terrazzo floors, commercial wall covering, framed art, room identification signs, new lighting, or proper paint finishes.
The increased visibility from a strong lobby can result in:
Arriving nurses waiting for Lobby Day activities to begin.
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, authors of the bestseller 'The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy', discussed the views presented in their book with members of the media at the Dubai Press Club, on Sunday.
"This legislation will place onerous reporting requirements on individuals and organizations that lobby our national leaders on issues of importance to them.
to put the message together, to deliver it in a focused, consistent way every chance they get," says former Minnesota Congressman, Gerry Sikorski, JD, now a Washington lobbyist with Holland & Knight, a top lobby law firm on K Street, the lobbyists' main boulevard.
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