Sentence examples for lobby press from inspiring English sources

I was the only reporter present who was not a member of the so-called lobby press in London, a group she knew well, even if she had scant affection for them.

Theresa May had somehow ended the year consolidating what little authority she still had, at least in the solipsistic eyes of the lobby press.

The agency asserts that the nation would need to spend between $124 billion and $146 billion each year to maintain and improve the highway system -- numbers that are sure to find their way immediately into Highway Lobby press releases and be repeatedly cited in congressional hearings.

Guards inside the lobby pressed up against the glass for a better look.

The pro-gun lobby pressed Congress to block the measure and the House of Representatives responded with a vote in favour of the NRA's position, although it had no legal effect.

Under the previous government, a coalition between Ms Merkel's Christian Democrats and the more business-friendly Free Democratic Party, a hoteliers' lobby pressed for cutting the value-added tax on hotel stays, around the same time as a firm with ties to Mövenpick, a hotel chain, made a big donation to the FDP.

Like a tidal wave, the people in the lobby pressed inside, the first lucky few sitting themselves at the massive oak table, the rest pressed against the wall.

Charter school lobbies press state governments for as little supervision as possible.

"Now this trade deal is getting the same full-court lobbying press from those same giant multinational corporations," she added.

But if it is lifted, the rest of the embargo might soon follow, as different business lobbies press for a piece of the action in Cuba, says Julia Sweig of the Council on Foreign Relations, a think-tank.

So did a full-court lobbying press by the president, congressional leaders and some of Washington's most powerful industry groups.