Sentence examples for lobbying time from inspiring English sources

It's a battle amongst military contractors, health insurance companies, and other special interests buying lobbying time with the lawmakers and their senior staffers via campaign contributions.

It's notable that Risen describes the Obama administration as more aggressive, considering his experience with the Bush administration, which successfully lobbied Times senior editors in 2003 not to publish Risen's story on a bungled CIA plan to provide flawed nuclear blueprints to Iran -- a story that later appeared in his 2006 book.

The reprieve gives Hobby Lobby more time to argue in a lower court that commercial businesses, not just religious groups, should be allowed to seek an exception.

On one recent morning, they delivered eggs Benedict to his room when he could not make it to the gold floor lobby in time for breakfast.

But in a tone that is increasingly confident and decidedly aggressive, they have begun to argue that the business lobby's time is passing.

Robin McGehee, co-founder of the gay rights group Get Equal, also minced no words about the prospect of the congressman lobbying full-time for her cause.

Brown, flanked by the bills' authors and Democratic legislative leaders, said Wednesday afternoon that he will sign both measures, not giving the oil lobby any time to bombard him with bombast.

So, figuring I was in one of those fabled situations that justify running in high heels, I sprinted out the door, down the sidewalk, and into the west lobby in time to get a seat in the second row.

Mr. Wei, 50 years old, said he moved temporarily to Washington from New York so that he could lobby full-time to defeat permanent trade ties, one of the Clinton administration's top foreign policy priorities.

"I have made it clear, based on Sen. Sanders' own record, that he has voted with the National Rifle Association, the gun lobby, numerous times," she said.

Go easy on the lobbying Andy this time around.