Sentence examples for lobby to win from inspiring English sources

Another struggle continues in Washington, as many plaintiffs also lobby to win passage of a federal bill providing for their health care.

Practically every newspaper publishes weekly Nielsen ratings and box-office grosses, as well as candid and arcane deconstructions of show-business machinations -- how movie studios successfully lobby to win Oscars, for instance.

Beyond executive actions, the White House has made a spate of nominations in the last week, after having left many jobs unfilled at the State Department and elsewhere, and continues to lobby to win approval of a nominee to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

"If Chicago wants to send a message that it is tech-friendly, regulating a company such as this in an arbitrary way and allowing traditional constituents like the taxi lobby to win the day can be read by outsiders as a climate hostile to technology entrepreneurship," she says.

[C2.] More Lobbying by Broadcasters Broadcasters have been spending more on lobbying to win more friends in Washington, a study shows.

Mr. Cuomo and Mr. Bloomberg both lobbied to win Republican votes for same-sex marriage last year — Mr. Cuomo through one-on-one meetings in the governor's office, Mr. Bloomberg with multiple trips to the State Capitol.

The EU plan, endorsed by ministers on Monday in Brussels, will see 90,000 diplomats in over 3,000 missions lobbying to win new pledges on carbon cuts from countries ahead of a crunch UN climate summit in Paris this December.

Emails from thousands of supporters of the protest group 38 Degrees flooded into MPs' inboxes yesterday, as intense lobbying to win a Commons vote tomorrow on wild animals in circuses entered the final few hours.

"The law doesn't say you can't have guns, but if you want a gun, it is going to require a little more effort than acquiring a toaster," said Ms. Cukier, who lobbied to win the law's passage.

According to the lobbying disclosure records, NetJets spent more than $1.5 million lobbying to win that specific provision alone.

As county traffic planners study the proposed 19th Street Bridge, Newport Beach city officials are lobbying to win street improvements, in case the bridge idea is permanently scrapped.