lobbyist
noun
lob·by·ist
ˈlä-bē-ist 
plural lobbyists
: one who conducts activities aimed at influencing or swaying public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation : a person engaged in lobbying public officials
The new rule says that if you were a registered lobbyist in the past two years, you can't work for the administration on any issue you touched. After you leave government, you can't lobby the administration at all.—
Jacob Weisberg
Jacob WeisbergBecause so many lobbyists have past experience on Capitol Hill, they usually have personal ties both to members of congress and to their key staffers, who vet and prioritize the earmark requests.—Ken Silverstein
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Today, moreover, the White House is Big Tech’s most powerful friend and lobbyist.
—Olivier Sylvain, Fortune, 16 May 2026
McCluskie entered his own guilty plea in the case last November and is scheduled to be sentenced, along with the third lobbyist, in June.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
But during the March video conference, Colorado regulators confided to industry lobbyists that the tool for rooting out fraud isn’t working.
—Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 15 May 2026
The advancement is a major win for Stop Killing Games‘ grassroots game preservation movement and comes over the objections of industry lobbyists at the Entertainment Software Association.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
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Olivier Sylvain, Fortune, 16 May 2026
McCluskie entered his own guilty plea in the case last November and is scheduled to be sentenced, along with the third lobbyist, in June.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
But during the March video conference, Colorado regulators confided to industry lobbyists that the tool for rooting out fraud isn’t working.
—Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 15 May 2026
The advancement is a major win for Stop Killing Games‘ grassroots game preservation movement and comes over the objections of industry lobbyists at the Entertainment Software Association.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
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“Lobbyist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lobbyist. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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