Sentence examples for key lobby from inspiring English sources

Global businesses were one of the key lobby groups pushing for an ambitious resolution of the so-called Doha round of international trade talks, which Pascal Lamy, the WTO's outgoing director general, has spent his eight-year term nagging, cajoling and bullying global politicians to try and complete.

A key lobbying group will bankroll and organise 20 "energy citizen" rallies in 20 states.

He is the organisation's lead campaigner and policy strategist, representing the charity with Government and other key lobbying contacts and leading its tactical response to the changing political and policy context.

Establishing where the international mechanism might "sit" was another core point of differentiation between key lobbying blocks.

But instead of simply resisting the measure, NADA, a key lobbying group, seized the idea and converted it to its own purposes.

But its efforts in New Jersey have been more low-key: lobbying sympathetic lawmakers for a pension-reform package labor can live with.

The Christian Coalition had done some low-key lobbying but had issued no public statements.

Adding to the fun is that a since-shuttered group de Blasio created is also under investigation for basically being a low-key lobbying shop.

Behind the scenes, the GRI had mounted an expert lobbying operation in support, while a key business lobby group – "CSR Europe"– signalled a change in mood among at least some companies to begin to question not whether but how?

Obama's sheer popularity will make it harder for members of Congress to water down regulations, but his willingness to play legislative hardball has already score a major victory over another key bank lobby priority: student loan subsidies.

Gutierrez now says Emanuel was key to lobbying for Obama's executive order behind closed doors late last year, which lifted the threat of deportation for millions of migrants.