I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok. — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
While Hillary Clinton meets only with donors and lobbyists, my plan was crafted with the input from Federal Immigration offices, very great… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Here's a guy [Marco Rubio] - here's a guy that buys a house for $179,000, he sells it to a lobbyist who's… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“In the 1970s, 3 percent of retiring members became lobbyists. Thirty years later, that number has increased by an order of magnitude.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The lobbyists, the special interests, the special pleaders, if you will, the super PACs the billionaires, these people are apoplectic about the… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For me, the overarching issue here is that we need regulatory agencies that are standing up for us, that do not have… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The reason there are tens of thousands of lobbyists is because the ever-expanding federal government creates ever-increasing opportunities for abuse. The more… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
The Bankers' New Clothes makes a simple, powerful argument: that banks need to raise more capital. It is entirely persuasive that the… — Diane Coyle Copy Share Image
“Every function superadded to those already exercised by the government causes its influence over hopes and fears to be more widely diffused,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The institution of the family has very few friends in Washington. There are lobbyists in Washington for every possible entity, from the… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
The American people are screaming out saying it's unfair that the wealthiest, the largest corporations who can afford the best attorneys, the… — David Plouffe Copy Share Image
OPEC has got a monopoly. If you try and get a lobbyist in Washington to go against OPEC, they'll say, 'Oh, this… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The permanent institutional expertise class is now no longer the legislators, it's the lobbyists who don't have term limits and are there… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the… — John Linder Copy Share Image
Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The corporations who invest in lobbyists, it pays in terms of tax loopholes, tax subsidies, all the rest. It pays. Clearly, the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
What our economy needs is direct job creation by the government and mortgage-debt relief for stressed consumers. What it very much does… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
When I tell somebody to do something I'm not going to get a lobbyist calling me the next day to say please… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The politicians in America are all taken over by the lobbyists. I really believe the lobbyists keep them shut up because China… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The corporations have become our government. They're not just influential. Department by department, you name it, they put their people in high… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election [2016]. As an example, just one single trade deal they'd like… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy… — Jim Bridenstine Copy Share Image
Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
There are only three ways a congressman goes out: They die in office, they cash in as a lobbyist, or they mistakenly… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Lobbyists in Washington are making six figure salaries selling our government out to the corporate interests and we just sit and smile… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building,… — Brian Schweitzer Copy Share Image
We need to have real science, and real science doesn't happen under the hand of lobbyists with a conflict of interest. So… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Pharma has a lot of lobbies and a lot of lobbyists and a lot of power and there's very little bidding on… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“The Democratic Party would like to be re-elected so that they can continue to uphold almost no Occupational Safety & Health Administration… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I've never seen Barack Obama as a progressive, just someone a bit more centrist, and not as right leaning as Hillary Clinton.… — Rob Kall Copy Share Image
The court follows elite opinion, not public opinion. And Democratic leaders in Congress and Republican leaders in Congress follow elite opinion as… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
This is the only free country in the world that's doing lobbying. Voters should be the lobbyists. If we can spend all… — Rosario Dawson Copy Share Image
Cap and trade generates special interests, lobbyists, and trading schemes, yielding non-productive millionaires, all at public expense. The public is fed up… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
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