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lobby
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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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The Organization Lobbyist registration must include, among other things, the name and business address of the Designated Filer and the organization, a summary of the organization's business, the subject-matter of the lobbying activities and the name of any department or provincial public office holder that is being lobbied.
BoA has lobbied for flexibility in spending government rescue funds and against restrictions on executive compensation.
The largest increases apart from PNC were by Goldman, which spent 34 percent more on lobbying than it did at the end of last year; Wells Fargo, which spent about 21 percent more, and JPMorgan, which lobbied 19 percent more.
 
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