Sentence examples for focused lobbying from inspiring English sources

AME instead borrows both from grassroots activism and high-powered, very focused lobbying.

That's been the center of the environmental fight these last eight years, with defeats (cap-and-trade) and victories (the Keystone XL pipeline) and constant, focused lobbying.

Speaking after the rally, Foster told the Guardian his delegation made it clear to Fifa that they felt the organisation had focused lobbying efforts anywhere but Bahrain because of political considerations.

One result is strongly focused lobbying efforts aimed at favorable treatment in the specific provisions of some law or regulation.

The right-to-die advocacy group Compassion and Choices focused lobbying efforts on Gomez and two other Democrats by touting what it calls broad public support for the legislation.

Partly it's moneyed, focused lobbies that swarm in defense of specific advantages written into the law; there is no comparable lobby for compromise, let alone sacrifice.

Several tech leaders, including Conway, backed the start of the Silicon Valley-focused lobbying firm FWD.us a few years back.

Rather than make such investments, farmers mostly focused on lobbying government for easier access to inexpensive labor.

Advocates had focused on lobbying the Coalition to loosen its stance, suggesting this was the best chance of a bill passing the parliament.

Except for all those lawyers, who are not overly focused on lobbying the legislature, they're in court -- federal court, state court, traffic court, whatever.

According to the statement announcing the alliance, Liberty Central expects to focus on lobbying Congress, while the Patrick Henry Center will have a more educational focus.