Sentence examples for competing lobbies from inspiring English sources

These days the search mostly resolves itself into a messy utilitarianism as competing lobbies argue over the greatest happiness of the greatest number, and governments do what they like claiming majority interest.

For one night at least, in the same high school auditorium where President Obama comforted the victims of Sandy Hook and issued his call for action on guns, the legislative muddle of competing lobbies and gun agendas was washed away by the grief of Sandy Hook and demands for measures to make sure something like it never happens again.

Although that is true to some extent, health-care politics is also driven by competing lobbies with little interest in comprehensive solutions.The Democrats, newly victorious, complain that Mr Bush and the Republicans care only about the profits of insurers and drugs companies.

Instead, he will leave his parliamentary colleagues to fight it out amongst themselves (and with competing lobby hacks).

Now the question is whether the intense focus on Meadowlands development will produce a helpful synergy of different projects or just turn into destructive logrolling with competing interests lobbying to get in on the action.

John Morse, who lost his seat in what became a heated battle between competing gun lobby groups, says the power of the NRA is often exaggerated, but said it played an important part in his defeat, particularly in paying for campaign leaflets during the gathering of petition signatures.

He began reorienting his firm, the Flynn Intel Group, so that it would be able to compete for lobbying clients after the election.

Virtually unrecognizable and with bodyguards leading the way, the couple seared a path through the manic lobby (competing Halloween parties were taking place), and were whisked to the penthouse where their costume drama was in full swing.

Mr. Nassirian said he expects an uphill battle competing with the sophisticated lobbying machine of the career colleges.

Here's how.

Often the best route to wealth isn't competing in the marketplace but lobbying Congress for a tax break.