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lobbyist ['lɑbɪɪst]

n. 说客

[法] 院外活动集团成员

lobbyist

[ noun ]
someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer
<noun.person>

Lobbyist \Lob"by*ist\, n.
A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a
legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation.
[U.S.]

Federal prosecutors said that in 1984 McCormick told John Vandergrift, a lobbyist for the doctors, that his reelection campaign was expensive and that he had not "heard from" the physicians.
Gifts such as those from government entities and from a person who isn't a lobbyist would have to be reported quarterly if over $100.
"This has really sent a shock wave through the business community," said Renee Reymond, the NAM's chief lobbyist on the issue.
You're buying enormous lifetime protection," says Judy Schub, a lobbyist for the AARP.
Quayle had just begun to shed some of the questioning about his military record and relations with a former lobbyist.
"I'm really pleased to see things are further advanced than I thought they would be even a month ago," said Lee Peckarsky, a lobbyist for the National Council of Savings Institutions.
Q. Senator Quayle, since this is a family values campaign, I'm sure you're eager to clear up questions about your relationship with Paula Parkinson, the former lobbyist and Playboy model.
Mr. Thompson became a lobbyist after working in the early 1980s for Mr. Bush, who was then vice president, and President Reagan.
The lobbyist, Joe Brennan, declined to comment on his reported statements but did not deny having made them.
Miss Principal, who plays Pam Ewing on the CBS TV show, appeared before Senate committees Thursday in her role as spokeswoman and lobbyist for the National Arthritis Foundation.
"It's a political deal," NAB lobbyist James May said of the committee's action on the proposal to transmit American news and entertainment programs to Cuba from a blimp over the Florida Keys.
Lee had pleaded guilty to accepting a $2,000 bribe from lobbyist Ron Cobb for his work on behalf of the pari-mutuel betting bill.
National Rifle Association lobbyist Wayne LaPierre met with Bush's chief of staff, John Sununu, on Thursday.
Cuomo said the task force would be headed by Vincent Tese, the state's economic development director, and Brad Johnson, the governor's Washington lobbyist.
"We are getting a more severe budget crunch at the municipal level," says James Sankovitz, a lobbyist for Marquette University.
Brad Johnson, New York Gov. Mario Cuomo's Washington lobbyist, said Tuesday he takes the challenge seriously but does not think the bill has much chance of passing.
But Charls Walker, a Washington lobbyist who favors the idea, believes sentiment on Capitol Hill is moving in his direction.
The unsecured-creditors committee in LTV Corp.'s bankruptcy-law reorganization was defeated in an unusual bid to hire a Washington lobbyist.
After a few weeks in seclusion, Mr. Mack opened a consulting firm, but not to enable him to directly lobby; that would require him to disclose his clients by registering as a lobbyist.
"The market won't be allowed to work by those with a stake in high interest rates," says Alan Fox, a lobbyist for the Consumer Federation of America.
"They've really taken over," says one savings and loan association lobbyist.
A lobbyist who attended the meeting says Mr. Sweet "fabricated" that idea.
TOP GUNS: Former Democratic Chairman Robert Strauss, former deputy CIA director Bobby Inman, top Washington lobbyist Charls Walker and Dallas businessman Howard Beasley will team up to teach a course at the University of Texas at Austin this fall.
Beneath blazing skies, state teacher lobbyist Paul Hubbert and Attorney General Don Siegelman have exchanged rhetorical blows since the June 5 primary when Hubbert led Siegelman by 49,000 votes.
One oil industry lobbyist said, however, he thinks Bush will keep his proposal free from tampering.
His vice chairman, Jack Albertine, the onetime lobbyist and Bentsen speechwriter, quietly resigned two weeks ago.
Small-business employment numbers are critical "as an indicator to where the economy is going," notes Mr. Motley, the NFIB lobbyist.
As part of its Korean litigation, Northrop has been allowed by the Seoul court to place liens on various properties owned by Mr. Park's family members and associates, including two pieces of property owned by the late lobbyist's family.
"What is of grave concern is that the wrong image about the industry's financial strength is being promoted by unwarranted inquiries," said Henri Bersoux, a lobbyist for the American Council of Life Insurance.
"If you raise the top rate again, you go after one of the fundamental policies of the tax-reform act," says tax lobbyist James Rock of Concord Associates.

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