Lobbyists Quotes
66 quotes by 50 authors
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If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole so that it's…
— Austan Goolsbee
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Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.
— Josh Marshall
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The Bankers' New Clothes makes a simple, powerful argument: that banks need to raise more capital. It is entirely persuasive that the extent of their…
— Diane Coyle
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Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.
— Marty Meehan
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Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are…
— Marty Meehan
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These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.
— Ron Suskind
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Some issues lend themselves to grassroots campaigns - homeschooling works well - but others require contrivance and connivance to whip up support. Often, lobbyists will…
— Jack Abramoff
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The White House softball team played the pro-marijuana lobbyists' team and lost 25-3. Still no word yet on which side President Obama played for.
— Jay Leno
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Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he's president that he'll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys network in Washington.' Now I'm not…
— Barack Obama
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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans…
— Adam McKay
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Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs the…
— Barack Obama
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...The ACS raised over $180 million last year through its network of 58 Divisions and 3,000 local Chapters. The Society's major public campaign is aimed…
— Michael F. Jacobson
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Washington, of course, aside from being one of the most mismanaged, crime-ridden cities on the planet, is a place where 535 federal legislators and about…
— Charley Reese
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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
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Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.
— Jeff Flake
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Get yourself a few ‘Dime a Dozen Generals,’ bid high in the ‘former statesmen lobby auction’, and put in your pocket one or two ‘ex-congressmen…
— Sibel Edmonds
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The legislative job of the President is especially important to the people who have no special representatives to plead their cause before Congressand that includes…
— Harry S. Truman
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Lobbyists are in many cases expert technicians and capable of explaining complex and difficult subjects in a clear, understandable fashion. They engage in personal discussions…
— John F. Kennedy
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The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
— Sam Wyly
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The judge turned his back towards me, sitting back on his judge's chair, while I was in the witness stand being questioned. The whole courtroom…
— Ernst Zundel
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