Synonyms for lobbyist
ˈlɒb i ɪstlob·by·ist

Princeton's WordNet

1. lobbyistnoun

   someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer

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1. • Persuader

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1. List of paraphrases for "lobbyist":

   lobbyists, lobby, lobbying

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1. Andrew Herman:

   Every law firm and lobbyist who does this stuff has woken up, nobody would wish what's happening to Greg Craig on anyone. I think Greg Craig will be Greg Craig regardless of the result.

2. Gavin Newsom:

   ( California) has worked hard to prepare for a surge - but we ca n’t sustain the record high cases we’re seeing, current projections show CA will run out of current ICU beds before Christmas Eve.The governor told reporters discussions were underway among state health officials over the potential stay-at-home order. Christmas Eve.The governor expects to issue a decision in the next day or two.Last week Christmas Eve.The governor ordered a daily curfew barring social gatherings and other non-essential activities across most of the state between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.Newsom, who has largely banned indoor dining in the state, has apologized after photos surfaced of the first-term Democrat eating dinner with 11 other people, including a prominent lobbyist, at a French restaurant near Napa. None wore masks.More than 4.2 million new COVID-19 infections and 36,000 COVID-19 related deaths were reported across the United States in November, according to a Reuters tally. Hospitalizations are at a pandemic high and deaths the most in six months.Slideshow( 4 images) Nearly 93,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, up 11 % from last week and double the number reported a month ago, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county public health reports.Americans who have endured eight months of restrictions, lockdown and business closures in the face of the pandemic are pinning their hopes on vaccines developed by drug companies Pfizer Inc and Moderna that are awaiting U.S. government approval for emergency use.VACCINES BY CHRISTMAS?U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar said Pfizer’s medication could be authorized and shipped within days of a Dec. 10 meeting of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration.Moderna’s vaccine could follow a week later, Health Secretary Alex Azar said, after the company announced on Monday it would apply for emergency authorization both in the U.S. and Europe.

3. Andrew Wheeler:

   While that’s flattering, I am not thinking about it, no, i could have put my hat in the ring for the administrator. I wasn’t interested in that. I am still not interested in that. Trump said Wheeler would assume duties as acting administrator of the EPA on July 9. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright! Trump tweeted on July 5. Here are 3 things you need to know about the interim EPA chief before he officially changes roles. A former coal industry lobbyist, Wheeler helped lead an industry fight against regulations aimed at protecting Americans' health and addressing climate change. Many in the industry argued that the regulations would stifle business. Throughout his decades-long career, Wheeler has reportedly lobbied for at least 20 different companies, includingSargento Foods Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, and Xcel Energy, among others. During his time as a lobbyist, Wheelerworked alongside Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reduce the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah by 85 percent and reserve a piece of the land for uranium mining, Fortune Magazine reported. In recent years, Wheeler has lobbied for Energy Fuels Resources Inc. and Murray Energy Corporation, which is run by longtime Trump supporter Robert Murray, who spent roughly $300,000 on the president's inauguration, according toThe New York Times. Wheeler worked for the EPA in the early 1990s, focusing on chemicals and toxic substance-related issues during the Bush and Clinton administrations. He later transitioned into the role of staff chief of the Senate Environment Committee andserved as counsel to Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. Wheeler joined the international law firmFaegre Baker Daniels after his stint at the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. During his time at the firm, he helped counsel a variety of clients on comprehensive legislative, regulatory and operational strategies, the firm states on its website. He worked on every major piece of environmental and energy-related legislation before Congress over the span of a decade, ProPublica reported.

4. Catherine Croft:

   During my time at the NSC, I received multiple calls from lobbyist Robert Livingston, who told me that Ambassador Yovanovitch should be fired, robert Livingston characterized Ambassador Yovanovitch as an' Obama holdover' and associated with George Soros. It was not clear to me at the time — or now — at whose direction or at whose expense Robert Livingston was seeking the removal of Ambassador Yovanovitch.

5. John Burt:

   For this out-of-state paid lobbyist lady -- for New Hampshire House Republicans to come into our state and grab something that is good about those pearls and twist it... she should be ashamed and I hope she apologizes.