lobby against

They tried to convince pubs that the smoke-free law would drive them out of business so they would lobby against the law.

Things turned so bad that Eni's partners quietly began to lobby against the Italian company.

The group is trying to lobby against higher taxes.

Oxfam is supporting coalitions of women's groups that campaign, educate and lobby against the violence.

Of course, the protected farmers in the rich countries lobby against trade liberalization in their sectors.

lobby against a bill that would put them out of business.

Nikki Araguz was at the Capitol last week to lobby against the legislation.

In the UK fuel taxes create increasing resentment, in fact there's a very strong popular lobby against them.

Believe me, it's very hard to lobby against these intelligence organizations, but we'll see what can be done there.

As many sex workers see it, another force bedevils them: the lobby against human trafficking.

Public pension funds have also joined together to lobby against a reduction in the SEC's power.

But the fierce lobby against gun control believes the battle is over for now.

Know that there are also a number of national gay organizations that lobby against discrimination and defamation.

On one side are companies like AT&T and Microsoft, which vociferously lobby against Google in the policy arena.

So why would the rich not lobby against it?