I just lobbied and lobbied and lobbied... Until they realized that one, the statute of limitation is not a consideration unless you killed somebody.
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Manafort allegedly lobbied for pro-Russian interests in Ukraine, and also lobbied in the United States.
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Just as it lobbied Congress for the rider, the Chamber lobbied the SEC against a political spending disclosure rule.
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I had the perfect argument to be put on TV. I lobbied and lobbied and did all the things.
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"I have never lobbied against sanctions, personally," and "To my knowledge, Exxon never lobbied directly against sanctions, not to my knowledge," Tillerson said.
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The investment adviser firms lobbied against the rule and delayed its implementation, and then when Donald Trump became president, they successfully lobbied to kill it.
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" Tillerson: Exxon never lobbied against sanctions "to my knowledge.
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In doing so, DOE officials improperly lobbied Congress against intervening to save the program and fired a scientist when her bosses thought she lobbied in support of the radiation research, committee staff concluded.
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He visited the White House and lobbied the state legislature.
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It did not explain how exactly the Bloomberg charity lobbied.
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And still, the things that Gorbachev lobbied for weren't defeatist.
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IRATE BANKERS Japan's banks have lobbied energetically against Kuroda's policies.
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It's a prospect Catholic dioceses have lobbied against for years.
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Wyden and Merkley lobbied Republican senators to oppose the nomination.
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Abiomed lobbied Medicare officials in July to blunt the cut.
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Exxon opposes all these proposals and has actively lobbied shareholders.
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Exxon opposed all these proposals and has actively lobbied shareholders.
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To my knowledge, Exxon Mobil never lobbied against the sanctions.
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Connie Mack visited Crane often and lobbied for his parole.
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We've lobbied and held press conferences to increase public pressure.
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Both men lobbied to get it taken off the list.
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Macron, meanwhile, unsuccessfully lobbied Trump to remain in the JCPOA.
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But the island's creditors have lobbied hard against that idea.
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Wynn's firm has lobbied on tax issues on Capitol Hill.
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I really lobbied with HBO to get someone very young.
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Meanwhile, Honduran political and business elites quietly lobbied Republican lawmakers.
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They lobbied for government reforms and informally negotiated with employers.
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ISPs successfully lobbied Congress to repeal those rules last year.
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Democrats then lobbied to whittle that number down to three.
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Democrats have aggressively lobbied the body in the past too.
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The health committee held hearings, and Alexander lobbied Trump directly.
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But it has also lobbied to weaken U.S. methane regulations.
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Planned Parenthood then lobbied the court to reconsider its decision.
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Nadal first lobbied to play doubles with Federer in 20173.
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Trump and his allies had heavily lobbied GOP Georgia Gov.
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For years Chagossians have lobbied London to let them return.
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She previously lobbied at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
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Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook had lobbied furiously for TPP.
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The Teamsters successfully lobbied to exclude vehicles over 10,000 pounds.
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They later lobbied the Pakistanis to allow me to return.
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The Democratic Party has lobbied to grant citizenship at birth.
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Amazon, Facebook, and Google have all lobbied against the plans.
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The offices lobbied UnitedHealthcare simultaneously with her husband and doctors.
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Senate Republicans have lobbied senior administration officials in recent days.
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He lobbied on behalf of Tara Unlimited and OG Inc.
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Wheeler also lobbied for Celanese Corporation, a chemical industry giant.
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One of those who lobbied on his behalf was Trump.
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Mr. Bernhardt has also lobbied for oil and gas companies.
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But airlines had heavily lobbied against new rules limiting fees.
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The Teamsters, though, successfully lobbied to exclude vehicles over 10,000 pounds.
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The organization has lobbied for marriage equality and endorsed presidential candidates.
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In recent years, Wheeler has lobbied for Energy Fuels Resources Inc.
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Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, and lobbied blockchain issues for Overstock.
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India has lobbied for an even later date, closer to 2030.
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The CFPB lobbied for the rules, which can be found here.
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Last year it successfully lobbied for the cancellation of standardised tests.
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Mr Trump lobbied hard for the cup, with promises and threats.
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Consumers of steel and aluminum have lobbied hard against the tariffs.
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All of the candidates have lobbied the federation for its backing.
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The drug industry lobbied heavily for the bill, the investigation found.
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And unsurprisingly, the beverage industry has aggressively lobbied against them, too.
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Behind the scenes, Nadler has lobbied Pelosi to open an inquiry.
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Activist investor Nelson Peltz had lobbied for the company to simplify.
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A male legislator lobbied me and never noticed the nursing baby.
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Not to mention Dubblya lobbied for Kavanaugh behind the scenes too.
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Top Republicans lobbied him hard in separate meetings Wednesday and Thursday.
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The publishing industry, which lobbied for the directive, celebrated the decision.
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So I lobbied hard to go through whatever that process entailed.
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Einhorn unsuccessfully lobbied the carmaker to split its stock in 2017.
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The trade group lobbied the agency as recently as this week.
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What they've lobbied with me over the last year was RFS.
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The company also previously lobbied for a revenue-neutral carbon tax.
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Our European allies lobbied you hard to stay in the deal.
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"I've never lobbied [Trump] on anything," Giuliani told The Washington Post.
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Ethiopia and the African Union lobbied extremely hard for Tedros' candidacy.
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Apple and other manufacturers lobbied against the bill and killed it.
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Ted Cruz, among others, personally lobbied him to consider doing so.
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James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, and has lobbied for coal interests.
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Cohn had aggressively lobbied Trump against rolling out the tariff plan.
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And Khator lobbied the presidents of the Big 217 universities relentlessly.
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Industry groups had originally lobbied for the cuts to be permanent.
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But Dr. Raj, who lobbied for the strategies, is not satisfied.
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Other family members also lobbied the father and eventually he relented.
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Volunteers organized into local chapters, held protests and lobbied for legislation.
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Customers lobbied Mr. Lin to add pho bo to the menu.
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He lobbied State Department officials against Marie Yovanovitch, the former ambassador.
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King lobbied the board on Gibson's behalf for over two decades.
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King lobbied the board on Gibson's behalf for over two decades.
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You don't have jurors called and lobbied and things like that.
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Background reading: FedEx's leadership lobbied unsuccessfully for tax reform for years.
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He wanted the job of NASA administrator and lobbied for it.
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Last summer, he lobbied hard to be Mr. Trump's running mate.
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And, particularly in California, many tech companies lobbied against the laws.
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In 2013, former drummer Matt Sorum lobbied lawmakers for arts funding.
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Mr. O'Rourke said Mr. Obama had not lobbied him to run.
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Groups like Planned Parenthood lobbied the White House to include it.
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Because you have lobbied against any federal privacy legislation for years.
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Since companies only need to list the issue or bill that's being lobbied on, and not their stance on it, it's difficult to confirm, based on disclosures alone, whether ExxonMobil lobbied against the STAND for Ukraine Act.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which lobbied against the bill, is predicting disaster.
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Trump publicly lobbied for the output increase ahead of the June meeting.
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Last year, she lobbied unsuccessfully to have Texas lawmakers halt campus carry.
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Even staunch feminists who lobbied hard for the ERA had this worry.
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She and her husband have lobbied for them and other nontraditional alternatives.
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What it lobbied on: Immigration, surveillance and connectivity, among many other issues.
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But Silicon Valley lobbied against the bill, viewing it as a burden.
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Dow has lobbied the Trump administration to keep chlorpyrifos available for crops.
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In particular, fans lobbied for "Pose" stars Billy Porter or Indya Moore.
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That December Russia successfully lobbied for the arms embargo to be lifted.
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Major Coles talked regularly on the BBC, advised vets and lobbied Parliament.
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She later lobbied for the release of the man who shot her.
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He had lobbied extensively for Washington to support coal-fired power plants.
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Background reading: Boeing successfully lobbied to reduce government oversight of airplane design.
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It represents other tech firms, like Qualcomm, and has lobbied against Apple.
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U.S. firms have lobbied hard against data localization rules around the world.
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The law was one of the most heavily lobbied in recent history.
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In 2005, she lobbied for more protection for individuals filing for bankruptcy.
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Chuck Schumer, lobbied Bayh hard to jump into the race for months.
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Israel has criminalized BDS and has lobbied Western powers to follow suit.
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French officials had lobbied heavily for 2180 after losing three earlier bids.
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Leahy lobbied Sheriff A.J. "Tim" Rodenberg and volunteered to lead the initiative.
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"We, and certainly I, never lobbied for the apartheid government," he said.
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The Saudi government, which strongly denies responsibility, has lobbied against the bill.
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The Los Angeles DSA has lobbied officials to adopt sanctuary city legislation.
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But Whirlpool later successfully lobbied for tariffs to keep out foreign rivals.
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The private sector has lobbied for the fee rises to be delayed.
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Braidy has never lobbied the House or Senate on any sanctions legislation.
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He was freed only after the Afghan government lobbied for his release.
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To connect the dots, McSlarrow lobbied Baker's FCC office for six years.
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The move was being closely watched and heavily lobbied on both sides.
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The company has lobbied against public health legislation targeting the obesity epidemic.
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"Of course he did," Alexander said when asked if he was lobbied.
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The Obama administration had previously lobbied Egypt for her release without success.
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Indeed, Delrahim even lobbied for Google, adding more poignancy to the fight.
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Netanyahu's office denied the Prime Minister lobbied on Orban's behalf in Washington.
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ExxonMobil has lobbied on Capitol Hill for a revenue neutral carbon tax.
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Activists had lobbied for months for an in-person town-hall meeting.
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American firms have lobbied hard against data localization rules around the world.
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Apple says that it lobbied against the new law, but ultimately complied.
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He lobbied Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.
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As for Thompson, he had lobbied hard to play in Game 3.
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Some white evangelicals have lobbied to move the community away from Trumpism.
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American companies have lobbied against the Trump administration's multiple actions against Huawei.
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And on Tuesday, British Prime Minister Theresa May lobbied Trump by phone.
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Pediatricians have been lobbied by parents to administer the measles vaccine early.
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But Dr. King's wife, Coretta Scott King, successfully lobbied against their destruction.
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In recent weeks, Mr. Ramaphosa's supporters lobbied for Mr. Zuma's early exit.
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Protestors picketed Falcons facilities and PETA lobbied the NFL to banish him.
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The Haitian ambassador and foreign minister had also lobbied for more time.
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Giuliani has also lobbied to get a place on the Senate floor.
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One appointee had previously lobbied the department on behalf of American Airlines.
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A group of first-term Democrats had lobbied to have Independent Rep.
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As a doctor in training, he lobbied her psychiatrist to try clozapine.
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The tech industry has lobbied the administration to require greater patient access.
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The president has also personally lobbied Republican senators to turn against Sessions.
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The New York mayor's office lobbied hard to bring the awards back.
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Members have successfully lobbied for laws restricting interfaith marriage and religious conversion.
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Despite saying that he had not lobbied for the hospital network while leading the M.T.A., disclosure records show Mr. Lhota in recent months has lobbied city officials for better traffic access and talked with state officials about regulations.
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It also noted that it has lobbied to raise the federal minimum wage.
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Kadolph has also lobbied Florida state lawmakers on legislation to fight human trafficking.
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Mylan has also lobbied in Washington to seek legislation favorable to its business.
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Kyle Busch, Hamlin's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, lobbied for curbing in the corner.
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Some analysts have lobbied for a breakup of the company to create value.
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But behind the scenes he lobbied North Dakota Republican brass one-on-one.
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Instead, Shalala prefers the Ways and Means proposal, which doctors have lobbied for.
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It's because private businesses successfully lobbied the state legislature to keep Opternative out.
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Mike Pence, despite having been lobbied on Trump's behalf by New Jersey Gov.
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The State Department and the Pentagon have long lobbied against a US withdrawal.
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But to pupils who lobbied for computers at their school he counselled patience.
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Governments in eight further countries are being lobbied to introduce a similar policy.
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Business groups lobbied for the cut, arguing that large wage rises hurt jobs.
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Governments in countries such as New Zealand are being lobbied to copy them.
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Lebedev Holdings and Independent Digital News and Media have lobbied against the inquiry.
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It's a victory for the chemical industry and farmers who lobbied for chlorpyrifos.
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In other states, utilities have lobbied for changes that may suffocate rooftop solar.
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Facebook has at times supported the bill, and at others lobbied against it.
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Wise lobbied for an exception to be made, but the program stayed firm.
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He wrote letters and lobbied Congress to withdraw military aid to the generals.
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Euronet also lobbied U.S lawmakers, saying Ant's proposal created a national security risk.
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The group lobbied for rules friendly to start-ups, like low capital requirements.
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Winners: Internet providers and wireless carriers that have heavily lobbied against the rules.
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Other holdouts who are being lobbied: Susan Collins (Maine) and Ron Johnson (Wis.).
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IBP lobbied the city to rezone, allowing the construction of mobile home parks.
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But after the freshman lawmaker lobbied against the project, the retailer changed plans.
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Cruz lobbied in person at the North Dakota event, unlike his two rivals.
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Rosenworcel is already being lobbied by industry about their concerns over the plan.
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Wheeler lobbied for the companies in his previous role at Faegre Baker Daniels.
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"He will be making decisions on the same things he lobbied for," Sen.
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Mr. Browder also successfully lobbied to extend Park Service protection to Biscayne Bay.
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It was the first full quarter in which the firms lobbied in Washington.
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The industry successfully lobbied four years ago for the current midterm review period.
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The Afghan government had lobbied privately to keep the troops, American officials said.
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Exxon lobbied to kill the Heartland-backed resolution and left ALEC shortly after.
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At the United Nations, its diplomats lobbied, unsuccessfully, to have the cases suspended.
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Paul had lobbied Trump to make that move and celebrated when Trump did.
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She recently lobbied Texas state legislators to categorize fertility fraud as sexual assault.
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Clinton lobbied Congress to support the agreement with Colombia, which passed in 11304.
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The likes of Facebook and Google already have lobbied extensively to stop it.
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"Hiring former lobbyists at the agencies they just lobbied is problematic," Gilbert said.
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The White House lobbied Republicans against signing the letter, CNN's Manu Raju reported.
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Kobach lobbied for, but didn't receive, an appointment as Secretary of Homeland Security.
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He had been furiously lobbied by Democrats to rule otherwise, and then-Sen.
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Mr. Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs president, had lobbied fiercely against the measures.
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Mr. Booth lobbied against President George W. Bush's proposal to privatize Social Security.
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Drug companies lobbied Congress to include the noninterference clause in the 2003 law.
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Woods had openly lobbied for the chance to play for the U.S. team.
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Close to 20 state chapters provided support to candidates and lobbied state legislatures.
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"We lobbied for it for a long time," said Meredith Snow, a violist.
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If only more visitors got off their loungers and lobbied for an invite.
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Washington has repeatedly lobbied Boris Johnson&aposs government heavily to reverse the decision.
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First he lobbied coach Mike White to let him re-enter the game.
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Before working for Inhofe, Sugiyama lobbied on behalf of the National Mining Association.
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They also lobbied aggressively to stave off regulatory oversight and tobacco control legislation.
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He was also an advocate for animals, and in 2012 he lobbied Gov.
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"We are getting lobbied by our families, our neighbors, our friends," Collins said.
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Together, they lobbied for the passage of Jessica's Law, in Florida and beyond.
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Throughout his Presidency, Martelly has lobbied heavily for international investment in Haitian tourism.
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The issues they lobbied on also included intellectual property, cybersecurity and tax reform.
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She got into medical school but lobbied her parents for a yearlong sabbatical.
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AT&T and other telecom giants had heavily lobbied for the new rule.
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General Motors, Alphabet, Ford Motor and others have lobbied for the landmark legislation.
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Altria declined to answer whether it has lobbied in favor of the language.
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Apple has reportedly lobbied against state-level right-to-repair bills in the past.
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Human rights group Amnesty International, which had lobbied for his release, welcomed Thailand's move.
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Facebook lobbied heavily in connection with the Honest Ads Act, according to public records.
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In private phone conversations, Obama himself has lobbied Trump to confront climate change aggressively.
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Politico reports that Miranda directly lobbied Lew earlier this year in favor of Hamilton.
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The company, along with Tesla, has lobbied U.S. lawmakers to lift the cap. Sen.
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Tillerson added that to his knowledge, Exxon Mobil never lobbied against sanctions on Russia.
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The company also noted that it has lobbied to raise the federal minimum wage.
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European governments lobbied to put an end to the Double Irish back in 2014.
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After Apollo's success he lobbied for America to execute it as a follow-up.
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AARP has lobbied for state-led retirement initiatives, which can take several different forms.
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Steelmakers have long blamed foreign rivals for their woes and lobbied hard for protection.
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Ms Veselnitskaya seems to have lobbied the Trump campaign to repeal the Magnitsky Act.
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Uber lobbied against the change, arguing it would present an invasion of riders' privacy.
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The Chinese government in Beijing has long lobbied foreign counterparts to stop recognising Taiwan.
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Both had harshly criticized President Trump in the past and lobbied for Wall Street.
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After ISIS killed Foley, his family lobbied for a better outcome for other families.
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This year, ABA has lobbied on all sorts of measures, both big and small.
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Go deeper: Blues plans lobbied heavily to get tax reform over the finish line.
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The proposals are open to comment, but banks have lobbied hard for the modifications.
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As more publishers put up paywalls online, they lobbied Google to limit free access.
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But France has since lobbied for the EU to focus on the Sahel instead.
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Band lobbied Clinton aides for a job for someone else in the State Department.
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Vice President Mike Pence intensely lobbied McCain, who was flanked by Collins and Murkowski.
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Democratic leaders allowed votes on a number of key amendments lobbied for by progressives.
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The Obama administration previously lobbied the Egyptian government for her release, but was unsuccessful.
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Chile's ministry of heritage, which has lobbied for the statue's return, declined to comment.
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The two men have denied charges that they unlawfully lobbied on behalf of Turkey.
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They've been advocates for ending net neutrality and had lobbied aggressively against the bill.
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Saudi Arabia denies any connection to the attacks and lobbied fiercely against the bill.
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Hotel and bar owners have lobbied against some of these conditions, calling them unreasonable.
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She lobbied for the White House to kill the Pentagon funding for medical treatments.
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Her father was also an activist, and lobbied for the rights of labor workers.
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Global Automakers, an industry group representing international automakers, has also lobbied on the plan.
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The administration had lobbied hard against the effort to stop the lifting of sanctions.
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The arms manufacturers lobbied the U.S. government, contending that arms sales were good policy.
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The executives lobbied the administration during the first of three days of planned hearings.
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In 2008, however, 91 percent of Democratic electors were lobbied to change their votes!
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And the editorial board said Sanders has always lobbied for the African-American community.
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For months, the couple had lobbied the president to stay in the climate deal.
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Bill Haslam after Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna, and other celebrities lobbied for her release.
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Delrahim also lobbied on behalf of Apple in 2006 and 2007 on patent reform.
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Mr. Najib had lobbied strenuously for Malaysia to be added to the Security Council.
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And that's partially because, you know, the big people lobbied and heavily influenced it.
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Though the comte wanted Claire dead, the duke lobbied to have her raped, instead.
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He had lobbied for the technicals to be rescinded after Thursday's 2148-22015 victory.
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The other side: The church has lobbied against these efforts, according to the Times.
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Trump has lobbied for Congress to pass an Obamacare replacement that he can sign.
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Together, they lobbied for more research funding and more dignity for women undergoing treatment.
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The president's chief economic adviser, who lobbied fiercely against the measures, threatened to quit.
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He and other activists lobbied to have their issues reflected in Mr. Lear's shows.
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The pharmaceutical industry has long lobbied against importation measures, including by citing safety concerns.
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The chamber had lobbied hard to quash previous attempts to raise the minimum wage.
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He also successfully lobbied Congress to pass the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.
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He also successfully lobbied Congress to pass the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.
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It had lobbied to limit the legal liability of these companies, among other issues.
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But the e-commerce behemoth lobbied hard against the tax — and now it's dead.
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The tourism authority, which is an independent, nongovernmental agency, publicly lobbied against the ban.
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The 1864 Yosemite Grant Act offered some protections, but Muir lobbied hard for more.
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Amazon lobbied on facial recognition technology, cloud computing and more in the fourth quarter.
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Parnas and Fruman also allegedly lobbied an unnamed former congressman to get Yovanovitch fired.
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The trust lobbied hard, in particular, for the expansion of Medicaid in the state.
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Flynn and his business partner, Bijan Kian, lobbied on behalf of the Turkish government.
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The move was welcomed by homeless leaders who had lobbied for it for years.
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Microsoft later withdrew its financial support for two groups that have lobbied against Google.
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So at 1003 I lobbied my congressional leaders in Kansas to save my sister.
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Apple also apparently successfully lobbied to postpone California's right-to-repair bill last year.
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The vote marks a victory for the administration, which lobbied hard against the resolution.
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His aunts and cousins lobbied him to stay and attend the Navajo Diné College.
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Each of the three lobbied the administration for pardons, leading to a congressional inquiry.
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Both Ullyot and Cashour denied they lobbied for assistance in getting rid of Shulkin.
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That spring, Leahy visited Gross in prison and lobbied the Cubans for his release.
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As a developer and reality show star, he lobbied the news media for coverage.
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I don't know if we lobbied against it, but I think ... I don't know.
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Since that massacre, student protesters have successfully lobbied for tighter gun controls in Florida.
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Miller directly lobbied Trump to pull the nomination, two White House officials told CNN.
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The vote marks a victory for the administration, which lobbied hard against the resolution.
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President Trump lobbied for a border wall in his nationally televised speech Tuesday night.
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He was befriended by Norman Mailer, who lobbied for Mr. Abbott to go free.
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In the months since then, Deripaska has lobbied furiously to have the sanctions lifted.
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With the hashtag #boycottgustavo, the Twitterverse successfully lobbied Remezcla to sever ties with him.
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But in states like Pennsylvania, the gas industry has lobbied hard against this idea.
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Many of these critics lobbied Trump to undo the action shortly after his election.
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Really they lobbied for the PUC in California to shut Lyft and Sidecar down.
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In recent years, some fertility advocates have lobbied the Defense Department to cover the cost.
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NERC has repeatedly and successfully lobbied Congress to prevent legislation that would require EMP-proofing.
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Y. – lobbied for and eventually won passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
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Wolf had lobbied the homeowners association to make the change for years -- but on Nov.
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Taiwan has bought weapons from the US and lobbied for even greater support from Washington.
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Such groups have traditionally lobbied for insurance coverage of newer HIV drugs regardless of expense.
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Students at Portland State University lobbied state lawmakers for the new college payment plan. (AP)
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Shahira Knight, who lobbied for Fidelity Investments, is now working on tax and retirement policy.
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That's what she and UltraViolet have lobbied for, in demanding his departure and pressuring advertisers.
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U.S. officials have lobbied their European allies to ban Huawei, the global networks market leader.
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Mr. Yuldashev's widow lives in the United States and lobbied for years for his release.
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The tech industry, which successfully lobbied for the light regulatory regime, welcomed the lawmakers' endorsement.
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U.S. officials have lobbied allies not to use Huawei network equipment in their 5G networks.
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Former campaign chairman Paul Manafort lobbied on behalf of Russian-backed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich.
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Bolloré père has reportedly lobbied the French state to keep its 3% stake in Vivendi.
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For years, China has lobbied MSCI to include its domestic equities into the company's indexes.
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The organization, representing manufacturers, has lobbied for states to prohibit plastic bans across the country.
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She lobbied on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and collected donations on Crowdfunder, an online platform.
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Since 2001 the company has lobbied vigorously to perform more of its own safety tests.
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They petitioned, marched, lobbied and donated to overturn Proposition 8 in California — and it worked.
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The group lobbied local politicians and promoted the concept of the park to the public.
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In 2014, the NFL also lobbied for the FCC to maintain its sports blackout rule.
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Indeed, hotels, which have long lobbied against Airbnb, are increasingly competing for the same customers.
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Some lobbied to charge the brothers with animal cruelty, but no charges were ultimately filed.
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Zurich's security authorities had unsuccessfully lobbied the federal government in Bern to ban Cavusoglu's appearance.
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His government has lobbied to change the constitution to allow Japan to strike overseas targets.
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Before Harvey made landfall, wireless carriers lobbied against upgrades to a national emergency alert system.
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Sandberg also lobbied members of the Senate, to varying degrees of success, to ease off.
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And he has lobbied to for concessions and tax breaks to benefit his personal business.
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In this latter role, Dunn had lobbied the Trump administration on digital taxes and copyright.
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Republicans have, in turn, have lobbied charges of voter fraud (with no proof so far).
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Nonetheless, Wheeler told Bloomberg News that he'd steer clear of clients he's lobbied for before.
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He lobbied the federal government for funds to create the world's largest inland desalination plant.
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Rather than renegotiating their contractual agreements, they instead lobbied Congress to get out of them.
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For years, groups like NAMI have lobbied against federal nutritional guidelines recommending eating less meat.
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The Accommodation Association of Australia (AAA) has lobbied for those contractual clauses to be removed.
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Exxon was also a member of USA Engage, a group that lobbied against the sanctions.
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The siren song lobbied at Congress proved too strong to ignore and even lead Rep.
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India has always accused me of terrorism; it lobbied and tried to convince the world.
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In 2018, Dicks lobbied for General Dynamics and Washington state companies Boeing and Kitsap Transit.
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Taft lobbied Congress to pass the Judiciary Act of 1925, which reduced the court's caseload.
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Ms. Toney lobbied on Ms. Francis's behalf, and the seller agreed to accept her offer.
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Jeffrey Epstein lobbied extremely hard to get a meeting with Bill Gates, and it worked.
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In 2017, nobody lobbied harder for Trump's tax cuts than Fed-Ex Chairman Fred Smith.
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The George W. Bush administration considered cluster bombs useful weapons and lobbied against the treaty.
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Gale McGee lobbied for a summer break while veterans wanted to push through the heat.
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Former FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker subsequently lobbied for both the wireless sector and Comcast.
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Other European governments lobbied to put an end to the Double Irish back in 2014.
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The telcoms industry lobbied fiercely to keep the lucrative charges for as long as possible.
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Inspired by Kendra's Law, the Wilcoxes lobbied for the creation of Laura's Law in California.
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The company lobbied successfully to pass legislation that encourages schools to keep EpiPens on hand.
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Comcast, the country's largest ISP, has actively lobbied in favor of changing the current regulations.
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She also lobbied the government to remove a ban on gas as a boiler fuel.
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Uber and Lyft lobbied hard against the legislation, arguing that it could wreck their businesses.
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Koch Industries, for example, lobbied hard for sweeping criminal justice changes, including more lenient sentencing.
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The industry also successfully lobbied in 2006 to bar Medicare from negotiating over drug prices.
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A few months ago I interviewed one woman, for example, who successfully lobbied former Sen.
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Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the agriculture committee, was also lobbied.
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This was supposed to happen by 2015, but the freight railroads lobbied for more time.
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Mr. Browder successfully lobbied the United States and other countries to impose sanctions on Russia.
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Mr. Skarich, a Republican, has lobbied Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, for help.
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It has lobbied against policies that could rein in the emissions of planet-warming gases.
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Unions have also lobbied for higher minimum wages and pushed to hold down executive salaries.
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He also lobbied the city to build an arena to spur redevelopment in the area.
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Steiner and other industry executives lobbied for a state tax credit and it paid off.
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What inspired the sketch in which you lobbied for the chance to play Mr. Trump?
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President Trump, lobbied by celebrities, called the prime minister to try to get him released.
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Indian merchants have lobbied Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take tougher action against the companies.
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What changed was the Trump administration's tax cut — for which the company had lobbied hard.
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Walsh lobbied for the most sweeping set of changes to date: the Adam Walsh Act.
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Before he joined the Trump administration's EPA, Wheeler lobbied for energy, mining and coal companies.
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Top executives from some of the largest companies in Texas lobbied hard against the bill.
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Parnas and Fruman also allegedly lobbied to get Yovanovitch removed from her post in Ukraine.
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The Cuba Study Group and its allies sponsored events, released white papers, and lobbied politicians.
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The deputy White House counsel previously lobbied for Anthem in its attempted merger with Cigna.
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Those included criticisms Lewis has lobbied about a recent "Back to School Night" for parents.
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Major broadband companies, including AT&T and Comcast, have lobbied heavily against the California bill.
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General Motors Co, Alphabet Inc, Ford Motor Co and others have lobbied for the legislation.
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It lobbied a few years later to declare Fat Tuesday a legal holiday in Mobile.
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As a Senate aide, he lobbied for the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore.
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Isa and fellow Uighurs have lobbied governments in Europe, Asia and North America for support.
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He reportedly lobbied for the firing of James Comey, which didn't turn out so well.
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The church has lobbied fiercely against changing the statute or opening a window for lawsuits.
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Privately, it has heavily lobbied politicians at all levels of government and in all parties.
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More than 85003 separate interests lobbied on the bill, reflecting its broad scope and impact.
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President Obama lobbied Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellAre Democrats turning Trump-like?
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MRAs saw this as giving women too much power and lobbied to change the law.
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You lobbied for certain laws in order to get charters or monopolize a certain industry.
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Since the Parkland massacre, student protesters have successfully lobbied for tighter gun controls in Florida.
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In that role, he lobbied for the coal mining company Murray Energy Corporation on environmental regulations.
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" Another lobbied for a "original" script for the talented pair, writing, "This would be a hit.
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Behind the scenes, Nadler has lobbied Pelosi to do so, while Schiff has argued against it.
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It has made its preference for Carrie Lam very clear and has lobbied support behind her.
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Wildlife groups have welcomed the trend and have lobbied against killing the wolves, a protected species.
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Automakers, governments, miners and other have increasingly lobbied officials here for access to Chile's coveted resources.
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State lawmakers who lobbied for the pardon had called those old laws unjust tools of oppression.
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Party leaders lobbied Abrams to enter one of the two races herself, but she ultimately declined.
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In 2016, the Atlantic's Peter Beinart reports, Bolton lobbied to get Gaffney back in — and won.
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Companies got ahold of a dangerous, addictive product, marketed it irresponsibly, and lobbied for lax rules.
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Last year he lobbied Indiana's Republican Governor Mike Pence over a similar bill he had signed.
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I say that because I know a lot of folks who [lobbied] and are great Democrats.
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Take NAFTA, which she lobbied for and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, signed in 1993.
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General Motors Co, Alphabet Inc, Ford Motor Co and others have lobbied for the landmark legislation.
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For years, Republicans have lobbied aggressively and strategically to get conservative jurists appointed throughout the country.
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Another bill ABA lobbied on is one diametrically opposed by the banks: the Subsidy Reserve Act.
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Brockbank's group advocates for federal funding of beach nourishment and lobbied on Hurricane Sandy recovery legislation.
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Workers striking in Germany lobbied for two days for living wages and bargaining power for employees.
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The companies had opposed the restriction on storing data overseas and had lobbied for its removal.
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China is North Korea's only real ally, and has long publicly lobbied against Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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So Dr. Kellermann, who was on the academy's governing board, and colleagues, lobbied for the change.
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For years, police and law enforcement have lobbied against encryption because they say it hinders investigations.
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Where GMA lobbied heavily against labeling of GMO, Nestle has publicly supported disclosure of those ingredients.
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His Club for Growth lobbied actively for George W. Bush's tax cuts in the early 2000s.
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Sports leagues fiercely lobbied for PASPA and have been vocally opposed to any kind of legalization.
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Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have lobbied the Senate to support the First Step Act.
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French company Suez Environment lobbied the local government last year to take over its water system.
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GM, which has previously lobbied Congress to extend the tax-credit, declined to comment to Reuters.
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His mother, Laura, lobbied Indiana lawmakers to advance a "right-to-try" measure in the state.
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Torshin hired Butina in 2011 and together they lobbied the Federation Council to expand gun rights.
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But they've lobbied successfully to get an additional break as C-corps see their taxes slashed.
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He changed his mind on the spot and lobbied his fellow Republicans to support the measure.
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Beijing lobbied to temper references to its territorial clashes with neighbors in the South China Sea.
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In the interim, many well-intentioned advocates and service organizations lobbied Congress to change the law.
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Lawmakers are being lobbied by former congressional staff members, who want to see action this year.
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Miller, the CEO of Miller Strategies, has lobbied on behalf of a host of energy companies.
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Fall and Silver lobbied to bring an NBA exhibition game to Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2015.
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They lobbied for legislation to dismantle multi-disciplinary groups and advocated the "fee-for-service" model.
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Republicans are nervous that it does not do enough for creditors, who lobbied vigorously against it.
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In the years that followed, Browder strenuously lobbied for a law that would punish those responsible.
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He has been in Washington for years and has lobbied on behalf of Arch Coal Inc.
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Philip Morris has lobbied against the passing of stricter tobacco control rules by the Indian government.
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During a recent state visit to Washington, Macron lobbied Trump to stay in the Iran deal.
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The same Twitter that lobbied for net neutrality and to keep Twitter alive around the world.
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The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, along with other industry groups, lobbied against it.
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Regulations on the practice have been heavily lobbied by the industry in the EU for years.
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The gun industry's trade group and the NRA have both lobbied in support of the bill.
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As for Banks, disclosure records state he recently lobbied on environmental issues for a business group.
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Ed Yarbrough, a Nashville attorney on Brown's legal team, said many people lobbied for Brown's release.
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Another 85 lobbyists representing 15 different firms disclosed that they had lobbied on behalf of Novartis.
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That only lets our corporate hospital employers, who surely lobbied for this decision, off the hook.
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Even when the CBO isn't lobbied directly, it plays a huge role in framing congressional debates.
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Johnson held West Wing strategy sessions and lobbied members of Congress on behalf of highway beautification.
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In 1987, Mr. Code unsuccessfully lobbied the Whiffenpoofs to admit women, decades after Yale went coed.
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South Korea, meanwhile, lobbied for an exemption to the tariffs, citing the importance of the alliance.
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"That makes it sounds like I lobbied the U.S. government, which I never did," he said.
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Mr. Howe, who had lobbied in Albany and Washington, has longstanding ties to the Cuomo family.
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Ahmad had previously lobbied for Thomas Bach to secure the International Olympic Committee presidency in 2013.
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Others who lobbied for the bill included former prisoners and those who have relatives behind bars.
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Democrats called for recounts, researchers questioned voting systems, and activists lobbied electors to change their votes.
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He lobbied church officials, nongovernmental groups and reporters to speak out against the government's extraordinary measures.
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Automakers originally lobbied Trump to relax the Obama-era rule, both before and after his inauguration.
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Large companies have forever lobbied governments around the world—think Big Pharma or the oil majors.
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Many technology companies opposed the legislation and lobbied to kill it, while President Trump supported it.
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Many of the politicians, federal officials and wealthy residents he lobbied greeted the idea with derision.
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CNN confirmed on Monday that Giuliani has lobbied Trump for a place on the Senate floor.
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In 2445, a new movie house, Nitehawk, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, successfully lobbied for the law's repeal.
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The companies lobbied on some of the same issues last year, including privacy, immigration and trade.
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William Lynn, who lobbied for Raytheon, was appointed deputy secretary of defense under President Barack Obama.
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The International Franchise Association lobbied to get an exclusion from the law, but it wasn't granted.
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It would be 1099s and these heavily lobbied issues, and then we'll be stuck with Obamacare.
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Before Dodd-Frank became law, Wall Street lobbied furiously to emasculate it, but the attempt failed.
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According to Cook, that has now been changed after the Trump administration lobbied the Indian government.
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They lobbied members of Congress and members of the executive branch in the US around 2013.
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Tobacco and vaping companies have lobbied lawmakers and the White House against banning flavors, including menthol.
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Trump's longtime personal attorney lobbied the other side of the conflict, according to The Washington Post.
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Collins, a four-term Republican from northern Georgia, had lobbied hard for the position when Sen.
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Brian Kemp against President Trump and his allies, who had lobbied for a different candidate. Gov.
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Carlyle also used Ogilvy, along with McKenna, Long & Aldridge, a smaller firm that generally lobbied Democrats.
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Multiple deadlines came and went as supporters lobbied, unsuccessfully, for decades to secure the needed supermajority.
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Exelon lobbied for the credits, which will benefit some of its nuclear plants in those states.
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The telecom industry, however, has successfully lobbied against all such attempts to interfere with their business.
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This, of course, is exactly what ISPs were counting on when they lobbied for this change.
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An official for Durbin added that the senator "never lobbied any President" to commute Blagojevich's sentence.
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Swedish industry groups — heavy electricity users like Volvo or steelmaker SSAB — lobbied to save the reactors.
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He remains a heroic figure in Israel, and Mr. Netanyahu lobbied for his release from prison.
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Mr. de Blasio doesn't appear to have lobbied the Legislature seriously for even his limited proposal.
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But they've lobbied successfully to get an additional break as C corps see their taxes slashed.
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The people displaced from the Chagos Islands have lobbied for years to be able to return.
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Together, they have lobbied extensively — if sometimes unsuccessfully — to fix the 1986 law known as ECPA.
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When asked if he or Exxon Mobil had lobbied against Russia sanctions, he said no, categorically.
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Since then, he's heavily lobbied countries to the cause of cyberweapon regulation, similar to the Paris call.
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The big accounting firms have lobbied strongly against the proposals, arguing they won't necessarily raise audit standards.
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The National Rifle Association and other groups attacked the plan and lobbied to kill the reporting requirement.
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The league that lobbied into existence a law that allows billionaires to deny minor leaguers minimum wage?
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Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu unexpectedly stopped by ITB on Wednesday and lobbied for German tourists to return.
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Indeed, one Pelosi opponent, Kathleen Rice of New York, has already been lobbied hard to support her.
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Sanders and organizations like Fight for $15 have successfully lobbied some companies to raise their minimum wage.
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Organizers from the #ToyLikeMe campaign, which lobbied Lego to include more figures with disabilities, were particularly thrilled.
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Amazon and Walmart, as well as the U.S. government, had lobbied against the move, Reuters reported earlier.
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In the early 2000s, Republican politicians from border states lobbied the federal government to build a fence.
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Brady said leading companies that rely on imports lobbied aggressively, eroding Republican support for the border tax.
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So in the past few weeks, Republican Party bigwigs have heavily lobbied Rubio to change his mind.
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She also lobbied for no-fault divorce laws and for lawyers to be held to higher standards.
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Russia lobbied strenuously against the impending membership, using diplomatic and non-governmental resources including the Orthodox Church.
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David Axelrod says that Justice Scalia personally lobbied for President Obama to appoint her to the court.
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Among the fixes on the table is one corporations, including Target and Best Buy, have lobbied for.
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The following day Mr Gentiloni lobbied the leaders of France and Germany at a summit in Trieste.
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In the early 2000s Republican politicians from border states lobbied the federal government to build a fence.
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They helped pay for better police training and lobbied for higher wages and benefits for new recruits.
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The Western States Petroleum Association, whose membership includes ExxonMobil and Shell, also lobbied to defeat that tax.
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Congress already has such a limit, and government watchdogs have long lobbied Albany to adopt similar rules.
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The legislation was lobbied for by local, smaller online and brick-and-mortar retailers like Harvey Norman.
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Concerned about the impact of three decades of rapid development, he lobbied for social and political reform.
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Manafort lobbied locally for Trump in the 1980s and 1990s to help him develop casinos and residences.
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The moment was a stinging defeat for Ryan and President Trump, who lobbied extensively for the measure.
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Law enforcement agencies — despite protests from privacy advocates — have long lobbied to get access to your smartphone.
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Ye says he lobbied Trump during lunch on prison reform, manufacturing and other issues toward that end.
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Other lobbying can be reported to Congress and requires disclosure only of agencies lobbied and issues discussed.
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In the '70s, Gittings successfully lobbied the American Psychiatric Association to stop labeling homosexuality a mental disorder.
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In 2014, for example, activists lobbied the U.S. Postal Service to stop selling stamps honoring the circus.
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While agriculture minister, Gordeyev periodically lobbied for the creation of a grain-based equivalent with Russia's neighbors.
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Alibaba — criticized for helping the Chinese government crackdown on internet freedom — lobbied State on intellectual property rights.
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The president lobbied them repeatedly to get on board with the proposal, but the effort was unsuccessful.
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Institutions such as churches and the Boy Scouts of America have lobbied pretty hard against the bill.
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Antitrust concerns also loom large: regulators would certainly be lobbied by farmers wary of rising input costs.
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It'd be a big defeat for major oil and gas companies that lobbied hard against the penalties.
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EU exchange groups have lobbied on the issue, noting wider concerns associated with misalignment of tick sizes.
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And Iranians and other Middle Eastern Americans have lobbied over the years for their own Census category.
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The retailers then switched tactics and lobbied for legislation to get them out of their contractual obligations.
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According to their filings, the companies lobbied on issues like trade, data privacy, immigration and copyright issues.
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In three cases, the transition officials lobbied for the same firms in the first quarter of 2017.
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This applies to both former registered lobbyists and others from the private sector who have not lobbied.
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He lobbied to get rid of at least some superdelegates, starting with members of the national committee.
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Harry Reid retires, heavily lobbied Bayh to get in the race, said a senior Democratic leadership aide.
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Insurers and hospitals have lobbied against straight repeal, saying the limbo would increase uncertainty and their costs.
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John's brother, Tony, also lobbied for Ukrainian interests (reportedly in partnership with Trump associates Manafort and Gates).
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Antidoping officials and some athletes had publicly lobbied for a blanket ban on the entire Russian delegation.
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Local business groups in Australia had lobbied for a more welcoming approach to the bids from China.
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Both have been in the news again recently because Trump apparently successfully lobbied Israel to bar Rep.
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"I never lobbied or contracted lobbyist on behalf of the Turkish Government," he tweeted in March 2017.
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The Obama administration has lobbied against the bill, saying it would put Americans at legal risk overseas.
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Bill Haslam granted Brown clemency, after Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna, and other celebrities lobbied for her release.
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The plans were scrapped in 1946 after journalist and activist Jane Jacobs lobbied to stop the construction.
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The Trump administration, including Health Secretary Tom Price had lobbied her hard in recent days, Collins said.
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Student loan companies have lobbied the government to shield them from the states' actions in recent months.
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This story has been updated to accurately name one of the companies for which Wheeler has lobbied.
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Upon entering the private sector, Luján lobbied for a development company that owned land filled with petroglyphs.
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Decrim NY launched in February and lobbied in Albany in May for the decriminalization of sex work.
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Harley has also long lobbied against retaliatory tariffs, saying they put the company at a competitive disadvantage.
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City and state officials that lobbied for the offer to Amazon did a great job — in part.
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The alliance successfully lobbied to delay the effective date of the tax to 2020 under current law.
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Historically, private insurers have effectively lobbied for special subsidies for private plans that are offered within Medicare.
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Hilariously, Icahn's bid for personal enrichment failed only because more powerful oil company CEOs lobbied against it.
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Major telecoms lobbied heavily for the regulatory body to adopt a more relaxed interpretation of the rules.
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While they lobbied their colleagues vigorously, other Democrats didn't want to risk even a temporary government shutdown.
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Trump, Vice President Pence and other U.S. officials have lobbied Turkish officials for months to release Brunson.
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A Presbyterian railroad contractor in private life, he lobbied and preached against profanity, drinking, prostitution and gambling.
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But big telecom lobbied Congress to kill those rules before they could even take effect in 2017.
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Several people who currently work in the administration have lobbied the president to get rid of Kelly.
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Take the US Chamber of Commerce, for example, which has traditionally lobbied for more liberal immigration laws.
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He lobbied on trade laws on behalf of U.S. Steel as recently as 2015, federal records show.
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Each lobbied Perlman, who has struggled with the question of whether to mother for nearly a decade.
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Norway's influential energy unions have long lobbied against private cables, which were legalised under the previous government.
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Manafort resigned from the campaign after news his firm had lobbied covertly for Ukraine's ruling political party.
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"I had strong feelings about that," said Ms. Livingston, who lobbied for a larger kitchen pantry instead.
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These companies aren't getting everything they've lobbied for, but many have made it into the final bills.
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Mr. Trump's re-election campaign also lobbied television networks to blackball Democrats who advanced the collusion theory.
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Last week, the president successfully lobbied Israel to prevent two Democratic members of Congress from entering Israel.
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He has ratcheted up American sanctions and lobbied the United Nations to increase punitive measures, as well.
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In some states where bills were seriously considered, bar associations and business groups have lobbied against them.
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That support has cooled under the Trump administration, which has been lobbied heavily by the Morales government.
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American financial titans like the Blackstone Group's Steve Schwarzman often lobbied presidents to go easy on China.
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Williams, for her part, has lobbied for returning mothers to have protected seedings, not just protected rankings.
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Thomas has also opposed the deal, while Acho has openly lobbied for players to ratify the agreement.
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After the Dynamex court ruling, those companies had lobbied lawmakers to include them in exemptions, but failed.
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Apple is, after all, the same company that for years has lobbied against right to repair efforts.
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The medical device tax has powerful opponents in both parties and manufacturers have lobbied heavily against it.
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The tourism authority, which lobbied against the ban, predicts visitor losses in the wake of recent restrictions.
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After Congress established the park in 1890, Muir further lobbied President Theodore Roosevelt, taking him camping there.
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But there is perhaps no federal law that has been lobbied as assiduously as the tax code.
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There's just one catch: the companies, many of which lobbied against the law, don't make it easy.
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Survivors of the shooting and parents of victims have lobbied lawmakers to pass stricter gun control measures.
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In the fourth quarter, it lobbied on mobile location privacy, online child safety, encryption standards and more.
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In the fourth quarter, it lobbied the government on issues including encryption, election integrity and content policy.
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Parnas and Fruman also allegedly lobbied an unnamed congressman to push for the firing of then-U.
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Over the July Fourth weekend the president was reportedly lobbied by the likes of Kentucky Republican Sen.
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The pharmaceutical industry heavily lobbied for the bill and showered Marino and other lawmakers with campaign contributions.
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The pharmaceutical industry heavily lobbied for the bill and showered Marino and other lawmakers with campaign contributions.
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Other internet interests have lobbied on net neutrality issues in recent months, including Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft.
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Cipollone, his former speechwriter and fellow board member at the Catholic Information Center, lobbied on his behalf.
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Some inside the company have lobbied Mr. Kalanick to change his stance, but he has long resisted.
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Federal records indicate that, in 2018, Amazon lobbied more government bodies than any other U.S. tech company.
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The move put the governor at odds with President Trump, who had lobbied for a different candidate.
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The world's top energy firms have lobbied for decades for access to Mexico's oil and gas reserves.
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House Republicans lobbied the Justice Department for access to the infamous musings and then promptly released them.
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Berry's organization has worked alongside grassroots groups to push for local declarations and has lobbied Congress, too.
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The Federal Railroad Administration has lobbied technology companies for 18 months to add alerts for grade crossings.
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Rather, the U.S. ended up co-opting allies, many of whom lobbied for exemptions at the gathering.
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" He added: "It was Thomas Starzl who lobbied hard and generated the enthusiasm for using FK-506.
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — a staunch Trump ally — has publicly lobbied for the position.
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New York City officials had reportedly lobbied hard to get the show to return from Los Angeles.
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SAN DIEGO — For decades, politicians lobbied to bring military bases to their districts for one reason: jobs.
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Trump's decision to keep it open was immediately condemned by groups that have lobbied for its closure.
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The company lobbied the USTR on trade matters related to "domestic charcoal grill manufacturers," per public filings.
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Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, lobbied Mr. Bentley to consider naming a woman to the seat.
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In Thailand, where military dictatorships have dominated under a constitutional monarchy, Mr. Surin lobbied to restore democracy.
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Funeral-industry groups had lobbied state legislatures to create laws about who could prepare and bury bodies.
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DeSantis donors in Florida also contacted the Trump campaign and lobbied for her ouster, a source said.
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She has lobbied a number of federations and organizations for greater access on behalf of Muslim women.
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Tesla had been part of a group of domestic manufacturers that lobbied against tariffs on solar products.
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Kim Kardashian West on Tuesday revealed she recently lobbied Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for a tweet-editing feature.
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Cruise companies have lobbied for an expansion of facilities at Sydney Harbour for years, but to little end.
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I was not paid for this assistance and any suggestion that I lobbied for Smithfield Foods is inaccurate.
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Tillerson also denied that ExxonMobil had ever lobbied against sanctions placed on Russia, despite lobbying records stating otherwise.
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On Tuesday, the lawmakers who had lobbied the administration to keep the centers open celebrated the administration's turnaround.
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Tulsi Gabbard, who has openly lobbied for his support, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire.
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In the years that followed Magnitsky's death, Browder lobbied the US Congress to punish the Russian officials responsible.
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Groups representing accused students have lobbied on Title IX as well, writing letters and arranging meetings with Jackson.
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Unions lobbied for VW to lead development of emerging-market cars, but Skoda was allowed to take charge.
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Why it matters: Netanyahu has lobbied Trump very hard in the past not to pull out U.S. troops.
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He successfully lobbied for a statewide referendum on the new bridge, only to see Michigan voters support it.
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"For decades, big multinational corporations have bought and lobbied their way into dictating Americas trade policy," Warren said.
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As Nilay Patel remarked Monday, Netflix actually lobbied against a law intended to protect consumer privacy in 2013.
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Earlier this summer, Kardashian West successfully lobbied President Donald Trump for the sentence commutation of Alice Marie Johnson.
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It has lobbied against the court ruling since day one, and fought to limit how it is implemented.
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I am certain members of the 2016 assemblage will also be lobbied -- especially if Trump manages to win.
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Elizabeth Warren, who lobbied for Chopra to get a regulatory position in New York a couple years back.
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Alkermes, for one, has lobbied policymakers to make naltrexone the medication of choice in the criminal justice system.
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When asked by a reporter if Britain had lobbied for his asylum to be revoked, she said: "No".
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Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia lean towards 220, and India has lobbied for a later date, closer to 2100.
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A legal adviser in Widodo's campaign team, Yusril Mahendra, said he had lobbied the president for Bashir's release.
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Associates of John Kasich and Chris Christie have lobbied Romney to support their respective candidates in recent days.
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Thomas says he's lobbied the doctors, asking if he can get out Wednesday, but they have been noncommittal.
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The exchange has lobbied regulators for permission to self-list or be regulated by the country's securities regulator.
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Verizon has lobbied the FCC on t the item, as has the wireless industry's trade group in Washington.
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Andrew Wheeler, who lobbied for the coal industry, is now at the top of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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A major beneficiary would be Germany's Axel Springer , Europe's biggest publisher, which has lobbied hard on this issue.
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Even though Exxon has publicly supported a carbon tax for years, it hasn't actively lobbied Congress on it.
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Apple, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc and medical device maker Medtronic Plc have lobbied against New York's bill.
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"If I lobbied on something, I don't think it's appropriate for me to participate," he said in June.
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Teachers have lobbied against these bills in state legislatures, effectively killing lawmakers' appetite for the measures, Kusler said.
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Planned Parenthood lobbied against the safety regulations, putting itself quite literally, on the other side of women's health.
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The financial services and insurance industries have aggressively lobbied against the rule, and they could take legal action.
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Both Amazon and Walmart unsuccessfully lobbied against the latest rules and pushed for a delay in their implementation.
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Such concerns have been particularly prevalent in the technology sector, which lobbied U.S. President Barack Obama last year.
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Cunningham has lobbied for reducing the costs of healthcare, battling climate change, equality for women and other issues.
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The administration has hired dozens of former lobbyists, most of them working on issues they previously lobbied on.
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The move is striking, particularly as the NRA lobbied against similar gun control legislation after the Newtown shooting.
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The AFL-CIO lobbied hard for the legislation and successfully beat back resistance from the American Medical Association.
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Industry groups, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which lobbied aggressively for the proposals, praised the SEC's moves.
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Chief executives from the Business Roundtable have lobbied for more stringent regulation on "modernizing" the shareholder resolution process.
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News — Stephen Miller directly lobbied President Trump to withdraw Ron Vitiello's nomination to lead ICE, multiple sources say.
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In 2016, she successfully lobbied to acquire an Etruscan urn that still has much of its original color.
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Amazon has lobbied to be able to accept food stamps online and is participating in a pilot program.
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The United Nations, Amnesty International and Mexican human rights organizations all lobbied lawmakers not to pass the bill.
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The American Gaming Association also lobbied on daily fantasy sports issues late last year, according to its filing.
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Drawing strength from the civil rights activism of the era, Attica's prisoners lobbied to improve their living conditions.
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In March, Kirk successfully lobbied Trump to sign an executive order to protect "free speech" at college campuses.
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He had long sought to bring Johnson's case to Trump's attention and lobbied for the act of clemency.
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Eisenach, previously a visiting fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI), has long lobbied against the rule.
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And he vocally endorsed and lobbied for the prison and sentencing reform components of the First Step Act.
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Zhang personally lobbied the online marketplaces' merchants to participate in the first Singles' Day in 2009, Bloomberg reported.
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Parents of both Austin Tice and Majd Kamalmaz have lobbied the Trump administration to intervene on their behalf.
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Briefel serves as chief lobbyist for the Senior Executives Association and has lobbied Congress significantly on this issue.
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Like many tech companies, Google pays very little tax in European countries, something France has actively lobbied against.
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Activists lobbied state legislators to add amendments allowing for an initiative and popular referendum process in the states.
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The U.S. lobbied Peña Nieto, successfully, to harden Mexico's southern border against the flow of Central American migrants.
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Exxon Mobil, for instance, has financed research into carbon capture and sequestration and lobbied for a carbon tax.
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Before leaving, though, Brooks and university officials successfully lobbied the State Legislature to fund a campus hockey arena.
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There have also been several reports about areas being designated as opportunity zones after developers lobbied government officials.
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Many customers have long lobbied for Chipotle to expand its offerings, and now Niccol seems to be listening.
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Obama this week has personally lobbied Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellAre Democrats turning Trump-like?
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In 2012, Obama officials lobbied scores of finance ministers for Mr. Kim, and dispatched him to meet some.
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Auto dealers have lobbied states for several years to bar Tesla from operating or to limit its operations.
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Many of them lobbied in the same areas that are regulated by the agencies they have now joined.
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He currently works at the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, where he previously lobbied for numerous energy companies.
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The Russian companies, along with some European governments, also lobbied for months for the sanctions to be eased.
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That's why state hospital associations have aggressively lobbied for Medicaid expansion in Republican states that haven't embraced it.
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At Murray Energy, Wheeler lobbied the Department of Energy to provide government subsidies for coal plants, per CNN.
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Instead, he talked about tearing up America's nuclear deal with Iran, an issue Netanyahu has lobbied hard for.
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Cancer hospitals and the drug makers had lobbied for some kind of enhanced payment for the new treatment.
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Saudi Arabia lobbied major US sporting bodies as part of a plan to expand their domestic sports industry.
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Kathleen Blanco appointed me to serve on the Louisiana Recovery Board, and I immediately lobbied members of Congress.
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At worst, she lobbied to limit the amount of debates and to influence the times they took place.
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He also runs a consulting firm that has lobbied for a company with connections to Turkey's authoritarian president.
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They lobbied members of their state legislatures, men they knew personally, to provide Confederate veterans with military pensions.
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Facebook had also lobbied for the hearing to include a Google emissary of similar rank to Ms. Sandberg.
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Rubio voted for the proposal even though he had lobbied party leaders for a larger child tax credit.
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Ron DeSantis, a three-time congressman who personally lobbied Trump for an endorsement, is running to replace him.
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Many tech companies lobbied for corporate tax reform for years before Mr. Trump signed the new tax bill.
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Some of the proposals reflect wish lists that for-profit and career schools have lobbied for in Congress.
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They lobbied for a 21-year-old minimum legal drinking age, and President Ronald Reagan supported the cause.
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The postponement was no doubt good news to Arkema, a chemical company that had lobbied against the rule.
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John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, lobbied members in a House cloakroom before the vote.
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In February, a coalition of businesses that hire H-2B workers lobbied Congress to lift the cap again.
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Art Handlers Alliance of New York (AHA-NY) has lobbied the industry to adopt better practices for years.
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Culture Unstained has lobbied museums like the Science Museum and British Museum to end oil sponsorship for years.
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The campaign said that his firm has not lobbied Ms. Blackburn, who sits on a health care subcommittee.
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They lobbied for the creation of Mother's Day and in the 1920s began pushing for state pension programs.
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And of course, the incumbents lobbied extremely hard to prevent the regulators from giving the license to them.
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But the Koch-backed CVA has lobbied hard against it, because they think it doesn't loosen regulations enough.
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At the same time, he has lobbied on behalf of major American corporations to pry open foreign markets.
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Mr. Obama railed against Saudi Arabia, which had lobbied Washington to arm the rebels, as a free rider.
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His wife Abigail has lobbied for Altria, which recently bought a major stake in e-cigarette maker Juul.
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The tobacco and vaping industries and conservative allies intensively lobbied against a ban on popular flavored e-cigarettes.
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Business groups, including the Chamber, lobbied against the bill, which is not expected to pass the GOP Senate.
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Mr. Perkins opposed the bill over spending on transgender medical costs and lobbied lawmakers to do the same.
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Altria, one of the tobacco companies that aggressively lobbied the White House, eventually bought 35 percent of Juul.
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French banks have lobbied against the tax, which costs them about 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) each year.
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She previously worked on Capitol Hill and advocated and lobbied for democracy reforms for more than 30 years.
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Mr. Sisi has lobbied Washington to designate the brotherhood a terrorist organization, which Mr. Obama refused to do.
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Since early in Trump's term, Israel has lobbied for formal U.S. endorsement of its control of the Golan.
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The GMA effectively lobbied its way to irrelevancy because consumers had already found a better way to eat.
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But border adjustment has run into widespread opposition on Capitol Hill, where retailers have lobbied hard against it.
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The Obama administration has lobbied vehemently against the bill, fearing a diplomatic fallout with its Middle East ally.
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At the same time, oil companies lobbied to oppose further restrictions, and thus the fundamental danger has remained.
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At the same time, oil companies lobbied to oppose further restrictions, and thus the fundamental danger has remained.
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The health committee held hearings, and Alexander — keenly aware of how Washington works these days — lobbied Trump directly.
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Some bishops at the conference lobbied for the system to include mandatory lay participation, but they were unsuccessful.
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Mr. Kelly was the Trump administration's first homeland security secretary and lobbied for Ms. Nielsen to replace him.
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So they've lobbied for the TPP to include rules delaying the introduction of generic drugs into the market.
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Records, he successfully lobbied to remove the clause stipulating the label can have any say in his styling.
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Taiwan has lobbied Washington to sell it more advanced equipment, including new fighter jets, to bolster its defenses.
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Sisley reportedly spoke at several American Legion events and lobbied for the group to approve the weed resolution.
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Tillerson's dubious claim that neither he nor Exxon ever lobbied against sanctions began to unravel almost immediately. Sen.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, lobbied hard for his program, even writing a guest piece in an Indian newspaper.
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Since that fateful November day, Orfanos, her husband Marc and their youngest son have lobbied for stronger gun laws.
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Throughout his decades-long career, Wheeler has reportedly lobbied for at least 20 different companies, including Sargento Foods Inc.
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But some of the biggest tech brands still lobbied vigorously against the new bipartisan bill led by Republican Sen.
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And I have lobbied for in-state tuition for undocumented students in Florida, an effort that earned Florida Gov.
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Pennsylvania mother Cara Salemme was one of the parents who lobbied the state Legislature in support of the bill.
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Lawmakers in Congress are being lobbied - and attacked - by investor groups that are trying to protect their bottom lines.
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As the largest beneficiary of Ex-Im-backed financing, the company has openly lobbied for the agency for years.
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Then, claiming fake losses, the companies lobbied corrupt government officials for tax refunds to the tune of $22014 million.
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Impatient as well as impassioned, she tirelessly lobbied her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), to embrace her projects too.
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When Robert Moses was parks commissioner, he wanted to get rid of it, but residents lobbied to protect it.
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Kuenast has lobbied Facebook to pull offensive posts from her site, but is worried the law goes too far.
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In the meantime they continue to wait and hope that Trump can be successfully lobbied to change his mind.
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Trump, at the prodding of Israeli officials, lobbied hard against the abstention, then denounced it after it took place.
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The U.S., one of Poland's closest allies, has for months lobbied Warsaw and other European governments to ban Huawei.
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Many American universities initially blamed the tightening of visa rules after September 11th 2001 and lobbied furiously for reform.
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Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook last month personally lobbied Vestager on the tax case involving Apple and Irish authorities.
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At the same time, he has aggressively lobbied the Trump administration for an extension of the protected status guarantees.
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During a 1987 visit to Beijing, Edward I. Koch, then New York's mayor, lobbied strenuously for a panda loan.
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Since then, Zuckerberg has personally lobbied executives like New York Times CEO Mark Thompson to join up, sources say.
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Her office then drafted and lobbied for a bill granting her that authority that became law on October 1.
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More recently, AT&T has lobbied against the FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules and sued to get them overturned.
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ABA has also lobbied to reform the Volcker and Fiduciary rules – two important consumer protections passed in recent years.
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Additionally, the new paper suggests that the sponsorships occurred while the soda companies lobbied against 29 public health bills.
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He also lobbied the federal government on patent issues on behalf of Apple in 2006 and 2007, Warren writes.
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The Trump administration had unsuccessfully lobbied the Chinese government earlier this year to give its blessing to the deal.
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He advertised the idea among Koreans living in Germany, and lobbied the German and Korean governments to support it.
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Sikh Americans had lobbied for years for such documentation, arguing it was a key step in combating such crimes.
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Without access, law enforcement has extensively lobbied against companies using end-to-end encryption, claiming it hinders criminal investigations.
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Maldonado actively lobbied for the position and had ties to a member of Trump's transition team, according to Politico.
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Alyssa Milano, who has lobbied against HB 481 since April, assembled a list of 100 signers protesting the bill.
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Some critics worry it would give airlines — which have lobbied for the move — too much control over the process.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was a fierce opponent of the SEC rule and personally lobbied to repeal it.
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Other efforts lobbied against include advertising regulations, labeling regulations and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program regulations, according to the report.
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Human rights groups had lobbied U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry against upgrading Myanmar, saying it would be unearned.
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By contrast, in 22013 the Podesta Group disclosed on reports that it lobbied the State Department and the NSC.
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ISPs find this so threatening, they've lobbied for protectionist laws in 21 states that effectively outlaw such community engagement.
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The White House has lobbied fiercely against the bill, and several top Democrats this week began to express reservations.
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R-Florida, who has lobbied the White House to reverse the Obama policy, told the National Journal in May.
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Neither has lobbied on the border adjustment, but their clients may be benefited or harmed by the following proposals.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) says countless lawmakers have lobbied him over the years for roles in some of his movies.
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Chris Christie (R), a close Donald Trump ally, has lobbied repeatedly for Trump to make changes to his campaign.
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Another law firm Giuliani joined in 2005 lobbied for Citgo, a U.S. subsidiary of the Venezuelan state oil company.
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That man, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, reportedly lobbied hard for "Big Luther" to take his place in the Senate.
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Since that ruling, big Western pharmaceutical companies have criticized India's patent law and lobbied for it to be changed.
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In recent weeks, AT&T, Verizon and their allies specifically lobbied the agency for this prohibition, federal records show.
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The NBA came to its decision after several individuals and groups lobbied it to move its major annual event.
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Rex Tillerson on Wednesday denied that he or his former company, Exxon Mobil, lobbied against imposing sanctions on Russia.
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N) lobbied aggressively and expressed concerns about the award process for the contract, but along with IBM Corp (IBM.
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They also must agree not to accept employment from any agency they had lobbied in the last two years.
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The White House has lobbied fiercely against the bill and several key Democrats this week began to express reservations.
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Tom Steyer, a leader of the Save Lives Campaign, which had lobbied for the bill, hailed Mr. Brown's decision.
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Others successfully lobbied drug companies and investment firms to pay attention to the opportunities for developing an NPC therapy.
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Trump tweeted on Thursday about the bid, saying it "would be a shame" if nations lobbied against its efforts.
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Videgaray purportedly lobbied Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto to invite Trump, despite the businessman's frequent criticism of their nation.
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Amazon and Walmart Inc had unsuccessfully lobbied against the latest rules and pushed for a delay in their implementation.
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She studied gun control, told her story within her community and on TV and lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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Civil society groups lobbied for a delay of the vote on the text, which was drafted behind closed doors.
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Earlier this year Trump lobbied for a Republican health-care bill that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act.
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Chris Christie, has not only endorsed Donald Trump, but consistently defended Trump and lobbied to be his vice president.
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Before the vote, the Israeli government lobbied the Obama administration to kill the resolution, but its efforts fell flat.
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She said her grandmother had lobbied Congress in the 1970s to win limited status as veterans for the WASPs.
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A hired former lobbyist would also be prohibited from working on any issue on which they had previously lobbied.
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John Breaux (D-La.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.) lobbied for Russia's banking giant, Gazprombank, owned by Putin's government.
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They have also lobbied politicians and gained the sympathy of a significant share of the town's growing expatriate population.
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At no point was that more clear than when Trump aggressively lobbied to have Russia readmitted to the G7.
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President Obama this week has personally lobbied leaders in Congress over funding for the fight against the Zika virus.
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Many of these goodies have been lobbied for over years and narrowly appeal to specific states or interest groups.
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Andrew Bogut, the team's starting center, said he had no doubt that the Cavaliers had lobbied for Green's suspension.
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In 1991, he lobbied federal lawmakers to relax tax rules that he claimed had strangled the real estate industry.
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Apple lobbied on issues including government requests for data, the regulation of mobile health apps, and self-driving cars.
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This new notice is just the latest in a flurry of accusations that have been lobbied at Theranos recently.
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In July 1922, the NAACP lobbied for a federal anti-lynching bill that was ultimately filibustered by the Senate.
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And many more of Trump's interlocutors outside the White House have lobbied him to get rid of Kelly, too.
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Wheeler previously worked at the EPA in the toxic chemicals office and lobbied for several companies, including Murray Energy.
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Before the vote, the Israeli government lobbied the Obama administration to kill the resolution, but the efforts fell flat.
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Cevian, which had lobbied for years for a move that would sharpen the group's focus, also expressed its support.
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And employees at a number of tech firms have lobbied their employers not to do business with the agency.
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Mr. Pollan had, in a 2008 letter, lobbied for Mr. Obama to use his presidency to challenge Big Food.
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He lobbied Congress, which made it America's third national park on the October 1, 1890, after Yellowstone and Sequoia.
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Magnitsky's name, Browder successfully lobbied Congress to pass the Magnitsky Act, which sanctions individuals linked with human rights abuses.
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In the days since the announcement, opponents have fiercely lobbied the administration to abandon or scale back the measure.
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While FIFA has lobbied for greater government funding of women's teams, private benefactors are often needed to bankroll them.
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Dry cleaners have also lobbied against a tightening of protections, arguing among other things that substitutes could harm clothing.
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Even some in the Anti-Defamation League, which as an organization has lobbied for the proposal, seems to agree.
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Those changes represent a victory for farmers and rural landowners, who lobbied the Trump administration aggressively to make them.
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Farmers have lobbied the president in recent months to preserve free trade agreements with Canada, Mexico and South Korea.
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He lobbied against it in the United States Congress and encouraged Mr. Trump to try to renegotiate its terms.
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The organization, which describes the East African tariffs as "taking advantage of U.S. generosity," lobbied for the American response.
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In recent months, Lord Barker has lobbied Ireland's business minister to press the Treasury Department to relent on sanctions.
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He lobbied and raised funds for the task, and was named by the Legislature to the Board of Regents.
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Prolonged ultra-low rates have also strained financial institutions which have lobbied heavily against a deepening of negative rates.
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The ministry has for several years lobbied for Russia to build a modern microchip plant, but to no avail.
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Since early in Donald Trump's presidency, Israel has lobbied for formal U.S. endorsement of its control of the Golan.
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Meanwhile, law enforcement in the US and around the world have increasingly lobbied to undermine end-to-end encryption.
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Mr. Trump personally, and successfully, lobbied some team owners, who earlier this month created a new anti-kneeling rule.
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The group, which represents colleges and universities in Washington, has lobbied heavily against the tax on all university endowments.
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She lobbied radio stations and advertisers, staged events across the world to extend country's reach, and organized publicity stunts.
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A group led by Ginni Thomas has targeted officials in the administration, and lobbied for its own preferred choices.
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In July the Senate confirmed Defense Secretary Mark Esper, the secretary of the Army who previously lobbied for Raytheon.
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Industry chambers have lobbied for a fiscal stimulus including a cut in corporate tax rates and lower interest rates.
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Sechin has repeatedly lobbied the Kremlin to curb Gazprom's export rights, including in a letter to Putin in 68.
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Washington has lobbied Gulf states including the UAE to hold off restoring ties, sources told Reuters earlier this year.
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The coal industry sued, protested and lobbied to block a rule increasing royalties for mining coal on federal land.
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For two years, advocates have lobbied the parks board, which oversees the city's boulevard system, to change the name.
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James lobbied for the streak-shooting Smith, while Griffin believed Shumpert and Mozgov would help shore up the defense.
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He added that the US doesn't even collect broadband pricing data, something the telecom sector has long lobbied against.
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I've lobbied for Instagram DMs on the web, mostly because I'm a reporter who occasionally reaches sources through Instagram.
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Her work caught the attention of Rufus Bowen, however, at Berkeley, and he lobbied the university to hire her.
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He also lobbied on behalf of a coal-power utility accused of dumping toxic ash in southern Puerto Rico.
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Mr. Rockefeller then personally lobbied the incoming administration to ensure that its Iran policies protected the bank's financial interests.
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Though his prison record was exemplary, parole boards repeatedly ruled against his release as police organizations lobbied against it.
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Background reading: Boeing successfully lobbied to reduce government oversight of airplane designs, allowing it to regulate faulty engineering internally.
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Black consistently aligned herself with Trump and lobbied for his support during her campaign, but the endorsement never came.
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Oil and gas companies have lobbied for looser methane regulations, including at the sites where we measured high emissions.
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Supporters argue the rule will safeguard media pluralism in Europe, but major tech companies have lobbied heavily against it.
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Even with mass shootings a daily occurrence, the gun industry has lobbied its way out of any meaningful oversight.
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Drug companies like Amgen, Genentech, Bayer, Sanofi and Eli Lilly also lobbied on drug importation in the third quarter.
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In 1967, Michael James "Jim" Delligatti lobbied the company to let him test the burger at his Pittsburgh restaurants.
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Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott have also lobbied the White House to back a Gowdy nomination, the source said.
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Zuma has been lobbied by the Black Business Council not to sign the bill, citing that it is unconstitutional.
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In 2012 and 2013, Mylan successfully lobbied on legislation that encouraged schools to keep EpiPens on hand for students.
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But American dairy industry groups lobbied to make sure a rewrite of NAFTA would address Canada's protectionist dairy policies.
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According to public records, Salesforce increased its lobbying expenditures in 2017 and lobbied directly on the Trump tax bill.
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She told me that Salesforce had indeed lobbied on the tax bill, but only for two relatively minor items.
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Broadband providers lobbied against the California law, but were also for the repeal of the most recent federal regulations.
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Uber — which lobbied against the bill, saying it threatened the future of ride-hailing in Hawaii — praised Caldwell's decision.
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Jewish organizations had long lobbied for the medal on his behalf, contending that his feats had been wrongly overlooked.
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You lobbied him on the American position, or at least his position, on migration in to the United States.
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Livingston has also lobbied in recent years for the governments of Iraq and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, has repeatedly lobbied President Trump to loosen his administration's restrictions on trade with China.
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Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, has repeatedly lobbied President Trump to loosen his administration's restrictions on trade with China.
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He also lobbied on behalf of a coal-power utility accused of dumping toxic ash in southern Puerto Rico.
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As we previously reported, Perez was not cooperative with prosecutors and lobbied the district attorney to let Vasquez slide.
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Before joining the Interior Department in 20163 as the second in command, he lobbied for oil and gas companies.
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Ricketts and other state executive officials lobbied for a referendum on the death penalty with hopes of reinstating it.
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According to the police report, Wolf had lobbied the homeowners association to drop it for months -- but on Nov.
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In recent years, they've been featured on network news debates, lobbied judges, demonstrated at marathons, and delivered TED talks.
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The Internet Association, a trade group that represents YouTube owner Google, has lobbied in support of the net neutrality rules.
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Agricultural interests have lobbied for the sales after the Trump administration gave breaks on ethanol requirements to some oil refiners.
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Companies have long lobbied for profit-based taxation, saying it will spur production and better reflect exploration costs and risks.
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In November, he lobbied for a Starbucks Corp boycott because the coffee chain's red holiday cups lacked Christmas-related decorations.
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Podesta and Mercury, who lobbied members of Congress and arranged U.S. visits for Ukrainian political figures, have denied any wrongdoing.
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The powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) group has long lobbied for no restrictions to the constitutional right to bear arms.
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And others, like News Corp and Yelp, have explicitly lobbied governments around the world to penalize Google for threatening competition.
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CNN previously reported that House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, lobbied Pelosi to support an impeachment inquiry.
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The U.S. energy industry, which U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to support, had lobbied the agency to keep the waivers.
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It then lobbied local authorities to secure the routes and give pastoralists and their herds the right to pass through.
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Facebook also lobbied on a number of the more heated technology policy debates that have taken place on Capitol Hill.
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Meantime, after initial calls to replace all of Campbell's board, it lobbied to add only five directors to its board.
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South Korea lobbied hard for the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un planned Tuesday.
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Local governments already committed to funding new projects—like a $292 million football stadium in Nashville—lobbied against the bill.
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Brazilian evangelical groups have lobbied to repeal its ban, and a legal challenge is going through the courts, ILGA said.
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CNN previously reported House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, lobbied Pelosi to support an impeachment inquiry.
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Hookers for Jesus is run by Annie Lobert, a born-again Christian trafficking survivor who has lobbied against decriminalizing prostitution.
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The leaders of America's biggest companies lobbied furiously for Mr Trump not to tear up the deal, to no avail.
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France's Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire first lobbied other European countries to create that new tax at the European level.
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Caritas, which looks after refugees on arrival, has produced an extensive study of the caporali and lobbied for legislative change.
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Politicians from both of its major parties lobbied members of America's Congress and state governors, and courted businesses and unions.
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In the 1990s nationalist politicians lobbied against visa-free entry for Chinese citizens, thundering about Chinese men taking Russian wives.
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Richardson had lobbied for a league team since the late 1980s, and he was finally granted a franchise in 1993.
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In fact, he lobbied hard to get Iraq moved off the banned list because of America's current military operations there.
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China has lobbied on the other side for support for its position that the court lacks jurisdiction in the case.
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Wheeler has steadily lobbied on behalf of the private coal producer since at least 2009, according to lobbying disclosure data.
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As for Delrahim's ties to Apple, Warren notes he also lobbied on behalf of the Cupertino giant regarding patent reforms.
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He lobbied and corralled Republicans to get behind the legislation as he navigated the various factions within the GOP conference.
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But the excoriation was one of the reasons Shrkeli's lawyer lobbied unsuccessfully to bar press from the proceedings last week.
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At the time a minister, Pimentel lobbied with BNDES president Luciano Coutinho to block a BNDES loan, the report said.
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Cook has blasted President Trump's move to exit Paris and had lobbied the president to stick with the environmental accord.
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Public health advocates have long said the state's tobacco monopoly has lobbied to slow the pace of anti-smoking measures.
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America's Health Insurance Plans, Anthem and Cigna have lobbied on Medicare Advantage risk adjustment and encounter data for several months.
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And Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign manager, had lobbied on behalf of the kingdom in the U.S. in the 1980s.
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Disclosures show the industry lobbied last year not only in those states but also others that could become legal battlegrounds.
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The companies have lobbied Beijing for the tax changes to supply VLSFO for the so-called bonded marine fuel market.
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Many are lobbied by the fossil fuel industry, which stands to benefit from the privatization and deregulation of public lands.
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The EPA also lobbied the American people to support a rule that was scientifically unsound in violation of federal laws.
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They have lobbied state lawmakers for legislation that would impose regulations and consumer protections while allowing them to operate freely.
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But Saudi officials who had lobbied against the bill stopped short of threatening any retaliation if the law was passed.
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The move to edit the scene drew praise from PTC which has also lobbied Netflix to drop the show entirely.
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The FBI successfully lobbied the IG to hold release of the report for a month while they prepared a response.
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Administration officials have lobbied against the bill, a view that the White House spokesman Josh Earnest reiterated after the vote.
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Milliat's stance was that five events weren't enough—men competed in 22 at the time—and lobbied unsuccessfully for more.
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Less formally, they and allies have lobbied against warnings and plain packaging in places ranging from Namibia to New Zealand.
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Jordan lobbied hard for the drafting of Joe Wolf, a star from his alma mater, the University of North Carolina.
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Rail supporters, who lobbied to have the tracks upgraded all the way to Lake Placid, vowed to fight the plan.
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The White House has lobbied fiercely against the legislation, which it warns would undermine long-standing principles of sovereign immunity.
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He has lobbied for the Trump Organization in Florida for many years and raised money for the president in 2016.
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"I don't think this was very heavily lobbied at all compared with the other issues we deal with," he said.
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He actually lobbied for Elena Kagan; if he couldn't get a conservative justice, he wanted the smartest liberal justice possible.
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Turkey's business institutions have also lobbied for the same in an effort to ease the strain on the country's economy.
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My research on the Electoral College reveals that 8 in 10 electors were lobbied to change their votes in 2008.
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A source familiar said he has lobbied senators and pushed for favorable coverage on Breitbart News, the website he runs.
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A85033A, which represents United, listed the FAA reauthorization as one of the issues it lobbied on in the second quarter.
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Given his attachment to the Garden, Anthony should also consider the last Knicks franchise player who lobbied his way out.
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He said BPI lobbied for years to get its LFTB added to ground beef without labels indicating it was there.
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Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka has lobbied for the house to be torn down and replaced with an entirely new structure.
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Both have long lobbied for the right to export gas by pipeline but for now are limited to LNG sales.
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Trump also spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has long lobbied for the embassy to move to Jerusalem.
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He admitted earlier this year he lobbied on behalf of the Turkish government — and received payment of more than $500,000.
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The trial lawyers, smelling new claims and paydays, aggressively lobbied President Obama to keep tort reform out of the ACA.
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Nadeam Elshami is policy director at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a lobbying law firm that has lobbied on appropriation measures.
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President Obama will sign the measure, which his Treasury secretary, Jacob J. Lew, had negotiated and lobbied for since December.
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Trump has ended up at the centre of Rocky's case after pledging to intervene after being lobbied by Kanye West.
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Menstural products are now also reportedly available to female inmates for free after Meng lobbied the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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For that he blames the big tech companies, who, he says, lobbied to make the law as complex as possible.
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Ukraine has lobbied for the Council to visit the contested area in the east, but Russia has blocked that, too.
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Icahn had lobbied for the EPA to shift the obligation to buy credits away from refiners and onto fuel blenders.
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The press syndicate had lobbied for a single media law encompassing all issues but parliament decided on two separate laws.
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President Trump has lobbied against AT&T's purchase of Time Warner, which owns CNN, a frequent target of his attacks.
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Georgian leaders lobbied Francis over their efforts to reclaim territory now under the control of separatist groups supported by Russia.
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Advocacy groups that have lobbied for restrictions on e-cigarettes applauded the announcement but said more needs to be done.
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Private plans lobbied aggressively against the public option in 2009 on the grounds that it would amount to unfair competition.
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The Internet Association, an internet lobbying group representing companies such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon, initially lobbied against FOSTA-SESTA.
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President Obama yearned to make justice reform part of his legacy and lobbied for it in public and in private.
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For example, Facebook, Google, and Verizon collectively lobbied the GOP to kill modest but meaningful FCC privacy rules last year.
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But the industry has lobbied heavily to maintain the current system, and larger-scale reforms are not on the table.
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As part of a coalition of feminist groups, Nazra lobbied for women's rights to be included in Egypt's 2014 Constitution.
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AIPAC was decidedly at odds with the Obama administration over the 2628 Iran nuclear deal, which it lobbied hard against.
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That would surely upset House Republicans and Trump who had lobbied aggressively to drop the corporate tax rate to 15%.
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Dianne Feinstein, D-California, also failed to gain traction among lawmakers after the National Rifle Association lobbied aggressively against it.
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The big Internet and cable providers, who lobbied hard for repeal, say they won't stop or slow any legal content.
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Since launching the campaign, women all over the island have lobbied their local MHKs (the Manx equivalent of an MP).
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In addition to autonomous vehicles, Lyft has lobbied on tax, labor, environmental and consumer safety issues, according to disclosure forms.
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So the school has lobbied to close the street it is on during school hours to use as a playground.
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His firm has lobbied on behalf of nursing homes in his home state, Florida, for years, according to public records.
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The Kushner company also successfully lobbied the Qatari government to invest in 2000 Fifth Avenue, a financially troubled luxury building.
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They lobbied Washington, used their Pan-Arab news media and gave financial support to old-school authoritarians around the region.
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" The report discussed how the disinformation campaign utilized social media: "The black-targeted pages ... lobbied for votes for Jill Stein.
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Among other things, they fought against the 2009 cap-and-trade bill and lobbied against Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan.
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"It was nothing that David and I lobbied for," Mr. Granik said, referring to Mr. Stern, who died in January.
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Wall Street had lobbied hard to preserve the tax break, and cheered the House Republicans' decision to leave it untouched.
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He was pardoned by the Emirati government last week and returned to Britain after British officials lobbied for his release.
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The Newman's Own Foundation has lobbied for years for a provision to save it from a 200 percent tax bill.
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The commander-in-chief lobbied Beijing to meet Xi when the world's top-20 economies gather in Japan this Friday.
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He had lobbied for a budget of hundreds of millions of euros to be overseen by a European finance minister.
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He has strategized with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, met with European officials and lobbied members of Congress.
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Gardendale lobbied Jefferson County to build a new multimillion-dollar high school, which opened in 2010, within the town's limits.
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Amazon, Google, DJI, Intel and Hollywood lobbied the Obama administration to ease rules on commercial unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones.
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Western arms makers lobbied hard for the expansion of NATO into former Soviet satellite countries after the collapse of Communism.
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He lobbied NASA to release a photograph of the whole earth, which became an iconic image for the environmental movement.
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Gary D. Cohn, then the chairman of Mr. Trump's National Economic Council, lobbied for Mr. Mulvaney, his sometimes golf partner.
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One of those lawyers, Jay Lefkowitz, also lobbied Mr. Vance's office to have Mr. Epstein's sex-offender status knocked down.
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China has lobbied the United States and the European Union for "market economy" status, improving Chinese access to those markets.
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Those are major wins for the health insurance and medical device industries, which had long lobbied to lift those taxes.
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However, U.S. companies have fiercely lobbied for — and won — several rounds of countervailing duties on Canadian imports on many occasions.
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And soda giants have lobbied against the tax through various industry groups, like ConMéxico, which represents Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.
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Apple will no longer have to find a partner as, according to Cook, the Trump administration lobbied on Apple's behalf.
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This summer, Trump lobbied Ukraine's president to investigate the Bidens, which critics have called an untenable abuse of presidential power.
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When Chinese representatives lobbied for this change once again at the most recent Cites meeting, the proposal was turned down.
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Giuliani also took issue with the Post's November article, strongly denying "the false charge" that he lobbied the Justice Department.
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