Sentence examples for substantial lobby from inspiring English sources

David Remnick reports in the current edition of the New Yorker on the substantial lobby in the Israeli security and intelligence agencies who are opposed to unilateral Israeli action this year.

With those two new ways of treating patients, there are at least substantial lobbies rooting for them.

Their return on investment has been substantial: lobbying has been no small part of the 81% total increase in defense spending since 2001.

If there is evidence that the foundation engaged in substantial lobbying and failed to disclose it, it could face fines and lose its tax-exempt status under state and federal laws.

While the Scotch Whisky Association had waged a substantial lobbying campaign to get the duty cut by 2p, Osborne was also lobbied directly by retiring Lib Dem MP Sir Malcolm Bruce and his successor Christine Jardine, who is attempting to hold onto Bruce's seat of Gordon against a potent challenge from Salmond.

"Large, established businesses such as cable companies, broadcasters, and telcos have much at stake and are throwing substantial lobbying muscle toward protecting their interests.

The weakening of the rules came after an extensive yearlong battle in Washington waged by the for-profit college industry that included substantial lobbying and campaign finance money from the Apollo Group and Sperling himself.

"I think there's a really strong men's rights lobby in this area and I certainly know we get substantial attacks through media and social media, there's a really strong lobby that would like us to believe women and men experience domestic violence at equal rates and we just know that that's not true".

Seventy-five percent of 7,351 responses opposed the hunt, which has been supported by Minnesota's substantial deer hunting lobby.

The new measure requires groups that devote substantial resources to lobbying to disclose all of their donors who contribute more than $5,000.

Some interests that spent substantial sums on lobbying have been at odds with Mr. Cuomo on some issues but supported him on others.