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Smith said his company spent more than a year lobbying for regional center status for Federal Way, the site of his project.

Much of that money was spent through entrenched Washington lobbying firms like the Podesta Group and the Franklin Square Group.

By the time the WTO rules, the American firms lobbying for protection from Chinese imports will doubtless have enjoyed several years of it.

McCain and Barack Obama have sparred over ties to lobbying firms and financial institutions caught up in the Wall Street turmoil.

And I thought, I'm buggered if I'm going to spend the rest of my life lobbying for these crumby governments to do what needs to be done.

And Wall Street banks are gearing up for a furious lobbying campaign, in an effort to water down some of the reform proposals.

It seems irrational to me, but he says it is all down to lobbying by the timber industry.

Fears over employment are one thing; more serious perhaps are exporters' lobbying and the will to see a "stronger" China among the populace.

The word "lobbying" as a name for these campaigns dates back at least to 18th-century Britain.

The deal was the result of a marathon weekend session of European leaders -- one that included lobbying calls from U.

It now has one of the largest media departments of any US company and spends millions on lobbying in Washington.

"The lobbying community is not done . . . We will be fighting any attempt to weaken the bill, " he said.

By the 1930s it had fallen into disrepute, and an intense lobbying campaign demonized "reefer madness. " In 1937 the U. S.

White House aides said a pair of trips next week will be followed by a stream of public and private lobbying.

American business, judged by attendance at the Indo-US Business Council at least, has also emerged as a lobbying force on India's behalf.

In 1992 the board, looking to forge a new image for the company, eased him out as chairman despite his lobbying to stay on a few more years.

If created, such a body would most likely become a taxpayer-funded lobbying group for higher taxes around the world.

On some estimates, Mr Thurber says, the total spent on lobbying in Washington is closer to $9 billion a year.

Despite short-sighted industry lobbying and occasional squeals of pain from voters, governments are beginning to favour cleaner cars.

Its primary victims are minority property owners and the poor, who lack the lobbying power of a retail giant or pharmaceutical company.

Lobbying from big accounting firms, that have been prime beneficiaries of Sarbanes-Oxley, is also likely to keep parts of the law in place.

Through a mix of strategic lobbying, oil exploration, direct action and reserve creation, one of you will triumph.

A Shanghai-based producer of edible oil said the increase followed lobbying by the nation's five big brands.

Hollywood is lobbying hard to stop them. It has launched a separate effort to have Congress ban box-office futures.

A former economics professor and electrical engineer, Mr. Ni has given his wife the company reins so he can focus more on industry lobbying.

Furious lobbying seems to have watered down that proposal.

Despite problems like lobbying and the excessive party loyalty that Brooks addressed, "it serves us pretty well, " he said.

To maintain that momentum, the company then joined eight other auto manufacturers lobbying Congress against higher fuel-economy standards.

The White House is shying away from an overt lobbying effort to thwart the Iraq resolutions, as it might do more harm than good.

Accused of NWO involvement is the highly secretive international think tank and influential lobbying group known as the Bilderberg Club.

A first effort, to rank firms on the amount they spend on lobbying, was no use: it just corresponded with the largest firms.

They should have been stopped by Congress and their regulator. Except that they spent some of their subsidy on a fierce lobbying machine.

The numbers are likely to revive complaints that the reforms have been softened too much in the face of lobbying by banks.

WPP is not the only company in Washington that has built up its arsenal in the US lobbying industry.

Banks do not make the list because their balance-sheets are so leveraged that lobbying expenditures are small as a percentage of assets.

As a leading member of the Committee of 100, a Chinese-American lobbying group, he helped to build bridges between the U. S. and China.

Their frustration was echoed by rights groups and others that have been lobbying heavily for the United Nations to approve the treaty.

After sustained lobbying and a public-relations effort that would be impressive today, an issue of bank notes followed in 1661.

Mr Tusk takes a tough line at the top (eg, in a lobbying scandal over a gambling law); but at the grassroots things are murkier.

But, thanks to uncharacteristically deft lobbying by the left, it has become a symbol of fiscal injustice, as the wealthy collect refunds.

If Detroit had spent less time lobbying for government protection and more on improving its products it might have fared better.

Many times in the past, that sort of lobbying worked and China chose to ignore the North's provocations.

The president is doing long-distance lobbying on this Africa trip by urging American taxpayers to encourage Congress to double AIDS funding.

Their decisions to stay away came after Chinese lobbying and with an awareness of their growing dependence on the Chinese market.

Students have been campaigning against any increase in fees and are lobbying to be represented on the review panel.

When they began lobbying him hard two years ago to get a dog, he put them off by saying "we'll get one when we move into the White House" .

He has been lobbying nonstop for the meeting since last summer, he said.

But Ms Li, 41, would not be expected to play a lobbying role for the company in the world's biggest tobacco market, Mr Butcher said.

The lobbying power of the banks will continue to be deployed to dilute the whole re-regulatory agenda.

Over the last several years, Chinese officials have learned the value of lobbying both U. S. lawmakers and executive branch policymakers.

Harper, she alleges, is resisting an FoI request asking for details of his meetings with lobbyists to discuss lobbying transparency.

Public anger at bankers is now so great that it threatens to overwhelm even their legendary lobbying capabilities.

Lobbying is a form of advocacy with the intention of influencing decisions made by other delegates during a conference.

It can take years of lobbying for a collector to get in her good graces.

Earmarks have become a symbol of a broken Washington, and an entire lobbying industry has been created around them.

Still, even the most vulnerable industries would not suffer the Armageddon that lobbying groups are predicting.

That announcement was preceded by years of intense lobbying by American officials.

With astounding insolence Gen. McChrystal began to conduct a public lobbying campaign for his appeal for 40, 000 more troops.

And it terminates future lobbying, which was one of the primary contributors to this great debacle.

That would matter less if people applied the same degree of scepticism to environmental lobbying as they do to lobby groups in other fields.

The Banking Committee testimony is part of a broader lobbying campaign that includes parts suppliers and dealers.

Much slower sales growth this year has prompted strong lobbying by the auto industry for a renewal of government incentives.

With that in mind, U. S. -based retailers are lobbying the State Department to ease the visa process for Chinese visitors.

This was due to a highly effective lobbying campaign by the armed forces.

NGOs based in Cambodia have played a crucial role so far in lobbying for the lakeside residents' rights.

When the United States lifted its sanctions against Libya in 2004, lobbying firms across the country began sizing up business opportunities.

Meanwhile, the new president announced a pay freeze for senior White House staff and stricter lobbying rules.

It has tainted the media too, with influential editors commonly lobbying pliant politicians to favour particular companies.

If they wanted me to attempt to buy positive coverage, or do parliamentary lobbying, however, that's a different question.

Similarly, antitrust lobbying is part of a broader "platform war" for IBM, which hopes thereby to keep Microsoft at bay.

You could join other leaders in mandating, lobbying for mandated cap and trade in U. S. greenhouse gas reductions.

But a lobbying campaign by the coal and power industries, as well as public officials in 13 states, blocked the effort.

Commissioned by Which? , a consumer lobbying group, and authored by a handful of worthies, most of its suggestions are not new.

Given its lobbying power, the financial industry may yet head off some of the restrictions on its activities.

Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions and lobbying expenditures by biotechnology interests more than doubled during this time.

He was elected by the unusual method of a secret ballot among the 15 board members to prevent lobbying by candidates.

Already there are signs of resistance, with state-owned oil and power companies lobbying against the idea of a powerful energy ministry.

He jointly founded a lobbying firm and turned it into a Washington powerhouse.

Behind the march of pro-gun laws across America is the NRA and its lobbying arm, the mildly-named Institute for Legislative Action.

The music industry has been lobbying for similar laws to be introduced around the world.

Sovereignty in tax policies and government spending also leads to lobbying and bribery on an international scale .

Pro-EU lobbying by the business community is understood to be intensifying.

Hiring a US lobbying firm could help Alibaba soften any potential political opposition to a Chinese company buying a US internet asset.

But after lobbying by the dairy industry and public-health pressure groups, he changed his mind.

Harry Truman decided to support Israel's founding after relentless lobbying.

Last night the US Senate voted to release the remaining $350bn of emergency funding after lobbying by the president-elect, Barack Obama.

Selling the American national interest short, countless other corporations abjectly do Beijing's lobbying in Congress.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is lobbying European countries that have large budget deficits to follow suit.

The IPO will generate several hundred million dollars worth of fees and investment banks have been lobbying furiously to bag advisory roles.

Word of the impending announcement came at Camp David where European leaders are lobbying Bush to hold a summit by year's end.

Seal-murdering foreigners are a soft target and animal-welfare groups have been lobbying MEPs for years.

The Ambani battle has often played out in the upper echelons of the government with both brothers lobbying their case from time to time.

Its triumphs an end to years of preparation and the constant rounds of lobbying.

For years, Mr Zhou and his colleagues have been quietly lobbying for reforms on currency and interest rates.

Deaver was convicted in 1987 on perjury charges concerning his lobbying activities while at the White House.

Moreover, large farmers are often well-connected and spend more time lobbying for special favours than doing the hard work.

But Lincoln's proposals still have to withstand hearings, lobbying, and Republican opposition before becoming law.

Other parts of New England are also lobbying for more coverage, for safety reasons.

Behind-the-scenes lobbying by Turkish, American and European Union diplomats may have persuaded Mr Erdogan to tone down his language.

Further protections for corporate and lobbying power can be fixed by national and state legislators in laws difficult to undo or dislodge.

Moscow has been lobbying for energy research to be given a higher profile within the UN agency.

The president arrived in Washington, DC, on June 6th for his second lobbying trip in a month.

Critics of lobbying say it represents a corruption of the democratic process, giving large contributors the strongest voice.

Instead, they have had to cultivate the rich, who have gained greatly in lobbying power.

Another good way to find people and information is to approach lobbying groups who might be experts in the field.

Major banks, whose profits and business structures could be hit by the Lincoln plan, are lobbying in Congress to kill it.

Act as a focal point for customer issues, and through lobbying of IBM Rational, pursue satisfactory conclusions.

In the US, influence comes as much from a system of beliefs as from lobbying (although the latter was not absent).

Muhongo, the sole scientist among the candidates, received just one vote despite energetic lobbying.

The registration is effective from December 1, but lobbying work is likely to have begun earlier in the northern autumn.

And despite AT&T's lobbying efforts, this issue has nothing to do with network neutrality or rural America.

But Mr Rudd has dismissed the idea of directly lobbying on behalf of Mr Hu in favour of working "methodically" through the issue with China.

The rising cost of health care is primarily the fault of big government politicians and lobbying groups.

These organizations generally provide similar roadside assistance, but without the lobbying activity.

But Germany, Austria and Malta later changed their positions amid heavy lobbying by the European Commission, the EU's executive arm.

Mack was on the offensive Thursday, lobbying for rules that would halt short selling of Morgan and other financial-industry shares.

The United Kingdom responded to the threat of Libyan commercial warfare and lobbying by BP with pressure on Scotland.

They recommend lobbying companies to find alternatives to plastic, especially environmentally safe, reusable packaging.

As research continues, a number of experts have already begun lobbying to ban entire classes of flame retardants altogether.

Memo to Google: do not get wrapped up with lobbying and the grand strategies.

Its officials hired a lobbying firm, gave media interviews voicing its suspicions, and appealed to the European Commission in Brussels.

These industries, it turned out much later, were behind the lobbying that led to the Red Flag Act.

But I am concerned by reports that industry-lobbying and splits within the UK government may delay reforms of Britain's banks.

The Department of Education has delayed action on the proposal, apparently in response to lobbying by the for-profit colleges.

Italy, which opposes a permanent seat for Germany, has dispatched a senior foreign ministry official to New York to lead a lobbying effort.

Maggie: I would have been testifying before congress and lobbying for consumer rights.

Politicians in New Mexico are lobbying for relaxed visa rules that would encourage visitors from Mexico to linger in Las Cruces .

In mid-July, the weekend before the crucial vote, the White House and Gates' team started lobbying.

Many large American companies rely heavily on imports from China and are lobbying against the legislative push.

The joint effort is a coalition aimed at lobbying the US Federal government to consider using open-source software over proprietary code.

Institutions are stepping up lobbying ahead of guidance from the US Treasury on implementation of the law.

Several groups are lobbying the federal government to make a screening test for PAD more widely available.

Yet Moseley and Michael Wynne, secretary of the Air Force, kept lobbying for more.

Some of my colleagues in the industry have already begun lobbying lawmakers to make the changes.

External lobbying strategy may cover interest groups' own actions and give people the illusion of spontaneous formation.

Businesses are lobbying the Bush administration to roll back rules that let employees take time off for family needs and medical problems.

The Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) is lobbying for another 78 executives to be pardoned in August.

But medical specialists are lobbying against any change that would cut their reimbursements .

But these days, even the magic of innovation comes with a lobbying price tag.

Giving direct subsidies to firms often also becomes a highly politicised process, leading to inefficient lobbying.

Because states still controlled voting, women began by lobbying state legislatures for the ballot.

The American Rifle Association's lobbying the congress is powerful and influential.

Some observers have blamed the volte-face on lobbying inside the senior echelons of the European Central Bank.

Planning has been replaced by lobbying and backroom deals in Congress that are nearly opaque to the public.

With the vote at the FCC close, there is still some serious lobbying going on behind closed doors.

The deal sparked a huge lobbying effort for a new banking regulation structure .

But while it keeps lobbying the top-tier carriers, Huawei has started selling gear for rural networks in the US.

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae both had long histories of aggressive lobbying to fend off government restrictions on their business.

Bankers on both sides of the Atlantic are lobbying furiously against stronger regulation.

expect plenty of discreet behind-the-scenes lobbying in the intervening months.

Yet intense backroom lobbying by China's exporters has limited appreciation against the US dollar to little more than 3 per cent this year.

Various laws have been proposed or enacted to curtail lobbying, with limited success.

Government officials have been heavily lobbying the city's 60 lawmakers in hopes of winning a handful of opposition votes.

As much as China's Communist Party leaders may claim otherwise, they really do respond to international lobbying sometimes.

In response, the US Chamber of Commerce has launched a lobbying blitz to persuade the administration to soften the provisions.

The ruling came after intense lobbying by Canada's "big three" operators, Bell Canada, Rogers Communications and Telus.

roscoe , this lobbying job of yours is as transparent as a fresh washed window.

The changed stance, which follows intense lobbying by the banks, will be criticised by hardline reformers.

Checking Influence is a database of campaign contributions and lobbying activity by companies.

Some local businessmen are now lobbying for an additional stop on the high-speed route.

Our electoral systems are corrupted by bribery disguised as campaign contributions and lobbying.

Clinton's top consultant, Mark Penn, whose lobbying firm also worked for the Colombian government.

Ms Moore should start lobbying for a promotion immediately.

Prohibition of the political lobbying may be not desirable because the political competition can reduce distortion of decision.

With few women in parliament, one source of lobbying for reforms that would encourage women to work is absent.

It also owns Timmons and Company, Quinn Gillespie, and Wexler & Walker, three other lobbying operations.

Lobbying The Forum pools its members opinions and concern and to present a united voice to Foreign and German government authorities.

Only following lobbying of key customers like McDonald's, for example, did Cargill sign up to a moratorium on Amazonian soya.

The recent policy retreat came after concerted lobbying by industry groups and foreign politicians.

But even some BHP supporters criticise the group for focusing its lobbying efforts for too long on Ottawa rather than the prairie province.

By the 1970s Cousteau was effectively a multinational CEO, dividing his time between lecturing, lobbying and raising money.

Instead, the bill did this only for the financial industry, after strenuous lobbying by Wall Street.

Record labels had been lobbying Apple to charge more for hit songs.

academic grades are side-lined by lobbying and hunting to scoop the best available talents.

After much scheming and lobbying, he got the upper hand over his opponent.

Lobbying by countries threatened by Islamist ideas and plots concocted in Britain could also shift the inertia.

The lobbying push by these other industries shows just how broadly the legislation could affect businesses.

Lobbying a bill through congress is a common practice in the U. S. A.

The US has been lobbying China for some time for economic policy changes aimed at stimulating domestic demand and open markets.

They are not lobbying for freedom from industrial injuries, exploitation, pollution or unscrupulous banking.

Volkswagen has a history of lobbying against the strong European standards that we need to kick our oil addiction.

In the campaign the DPJ was forced to abandon its plan to start free-trade talks with America, after lobbying from farmers.

It's called lobbying and public affairs, and Chinese companies could benefit from doing these themselves.

Mr. Obama promised an energetic lobbying effort to secure ratification of the pact.

I've heard a shocking news that China intensified lobbying activities to reject Korea at the 2006 Japan world championship wildcard race.

It ultimately prevailed after a campaign marked by allegations of intense lobbying and backroom dealing.

The successful outcome of the lobbying effort would prove monumental.

The WCRP panel has been lobbying world space and satellite agencies about fixing the observational shortcomings.

Their turnaround also came after heavy lobbying by Arab and Western diplomats after they held out all weekend.

Britain's row over MPs' expenses and America's scandals over congressional lobbying have their own specific origins.

"A law firm could not simultaneously represent two clients who were taking opposing positions in lobbying, " he says.

The US and UK had wanted the process done within five or six years, while others had been lobbying for 15 years.

A controversial new law which cuts off internet access for illegal downloaders demonstrates the established media's lobbying power.

Industries are a permanent lobbying presence.

A typical non-African day is spent in airplanes, lobbying like crazy, writing letters and sorting slides.

Big banks, however, still have enough lobbying power to ensure that not every decision goes against them.

The latest lobbying push comes from the oil ministry, via part-privatised Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.

Gillespie Road underground station was renamed 'Arsenal' in 1932 after lobbying by legendary manager Herbert Chapman.

Now there are reports that Russian carmakers are lobbying for Chery's licence to be revoked.

The BBC, Sky News and ITN are lobbying Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, to relax the filming embargo.

Miles said that an additional obstacle to breastfeeding is the lobbying practices of some companies that manufacture baby formulas.

ALEC's web site says the council is a lobbying group that advances free markets and limited government.

In spite of vigorous White House lobbying, the Chinese authorities refused to broadcast the event live on national television.

The process of writing laws and regulations has long attracted intense lobbying from companies whose prospects are at stake.

These companies have been lobbying against entry.

The move, which followed lobbying from America and Europe, lifts a veil on India's payments for Iranian oil.

Japan-based human rights groups also have started lobbying the industry to make changes.

There is no proof of explicit lobbying from London, however (and in the event Mr Megrahi was not transferred under the PTA).

For their part, legislators crafting policy must find ways to resist lobbying by the entrenched energy industries.

He is lobbying the Democratic-led Congress to approve three agreements signed with Panama, Colombia and South Korea.

The Italian company hired APCO Worldwide, the lobbying giant, and took its message to EU officials.

The Irish Business and Employers Confederation is lobbying the government to break the logjam.

Whether it's getting the G-8 nations to give more money, lobbying President Bush, partnering with Evangelical Christians.

The Labour government weakened the rules on lobbying transparency.

The Indian government has recently an-nounced that three new IIMs will be built, although their locations are subject to local lobbying.

Government officials say the central bank has quietly been lobbying for changes in the IPO rules.

The Taiwan Authorities have sent people lobbying everywhere.

They adopted the resolution despite lobbying and threats from Japan's right-wing forces.

Hunters and other sportsmen have been lobbying against intended changes in the gun laws.

Once there were students lobbying for democracy, but now they are content with economic freedom and opportunity.

The irony is, many multinationals are in the camp of lobbying against fast revaluation.

But listen more closely, and that may not be all they are lobbying for.

During the past decade, the four largest financial firms spent tens of millions of dollars on lobbying.

He is lobbying for funding to build a new hospital, which he figures will cost more than $50 million.

States and organizations began lobbying Congress to declare an annual Father's Day.

To win over U. S. officials, Amerilink has launched an extensive lobbying campaign.

The Big Three automakers are lobbying for federal loan guarantees.

Then there's the ugly "Chinese Professor" web ad from a conservative lobbying group.

FFO has been lobbying for improved living conditions, social security and social services for people with disabilities for almost 60 years.

And global companies (with lots of IP interests) are endlessly lobbying the Chinese government for more prosecution and tighter regulation.

Yuli da to win the heart, once again sending Aoxinuo Youli da Weiaola to the home of lobbying.

A decision is expected in2012; expect plenty of discreet behind-the-scenes lobbying in the interveningmonths.

A group of time-challenged Canadian women are lobbying for a 25-hour clock.

However, Chinese leaders have appeared unmoved by such lobbying.

The rebels are lobbying Tunisia's government to close its border and cut off another conduit.

But merchants of the status quo are lobbying to protect their profits.

Financial-industry lobbying groups voice concerns about the costs of complying.

In short, there are three. Firstly, fund-raising, secondly, publicity, and thirdly, political lobbying.

Political lobbying efforts, long a source of GSE clout on Capitol Hill, will cease. Charitable giving will be reviewed.

It also owns Public Strategies, a lobbying and consulting business based in Texas.

Of BP has alleged role and lobbying from has released, unlikely to feature in Mr Cameron's talks in the US.

Still, U. S. senators are lobbying against another potential big Huawei sale.

The sum is gratifying to biomedical lobbying groups, which have pushed hard to double the NIH budget over 5 years.

But after lobbying by News International and the Daily Mail ministers agreed not to bring it into force.

Lobbying began over who should succeed him at the helm of the fund.

On becoming independent in 2004, the college immediately began lobbying for university status.

Many local officials will be tempted to maintain their lobbying operations, even if they have to reorganise them as companies.

They are lobbying for a reduction in defence spending.

Workers, who live off-site and commute to their plants for shift work, have simply been lobbying for more pay.

one suggestion is that funds are being paid back for lobbying too hard against the original draft of the directive.