Sentence examples for lobby us from inspiring English sources

"These firms might try and lobby us to do things but that does not mean that we do them," one No 10 source said.

Rubio said, "All the pressure comes from American business interests that go to Cuba, see the opportunities, and then come back here and lobby us to lift the embargo.

We appease the Muslim heads of government who lobby us to censor our press, our universities, our history books, our school curricula.

The drone industry has lobbied US politicians to back commercial flights in the US, citing economic benefits.

IARC's findings on 2,4-D have been awaited by environmental and consumer groups that are lobbying US regulators to tightly restrict the use of 2,4-D.

"Arnold really wanted it," he said from his office in Washington, D.C. "He called us, very actively lobbying us.

At issue is the independence of a small but influential coalition that lobbies US officials and testifies before Congress.

Build momentum for fossil fuel divestment: The top five fossil fuel companies in the US Exxon, Shellll, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips – spend $440,000 a day lobbying US congressmen.

I wondered if they were lobbying us indirectly — We're here when you need us, so support us when you don't, seemed to be the message.

The long-running campaign by Scottish ministers to reverse the ban has been reinvigorated by Alex Salmond, the Scottish National party leader, since he became first minister, privately lobbying US officials during his visits there.

Though Osborne is often derided as too banker-friendly (witness this week's revelation that he lobbied US authorities for soft treatment of HSBC), the Financial Services Act of 2013 was a major piece of legislation.