Synonyms for special interest
spe·cial inter·est

Princeton's WordNet

1. special interestnoun

   an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor

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1. Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi:

   Republicans' tax extender bill provides hundreds of billions of dollars in special interest tax breaks that are permanent and unpaid for, these massive giveaways to the special interests and big corporations are deeply destructive to our future.

2. Harry Reid:

   I have never seen debate shut down as aggressively as when Senator McConnell refused to allow Democratic senators to debate their own amendments for a single minute, i’m disappointed that so far, the Republican Senate has spent all of its time on a special-interest giveaway to help a Canadian oil company ship foreign oil overseas.

3. Renee Ellmers:

   Donald Bryson, North Carolina state director for Americans for Prosperity, told FoxNews.com. Renee Ellmers support for a number of spending bills and subsidies have provoked conservative ire. Renee Ellmers also faces opposition from pro-life groups unhappy at Renee Ellmers after Renee Ellmers temporarily halted and forced changes last year to a House bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks Renee Ellmers said last week Renee Ellmers was not going to be controlled by special interest groups. I absolutely refuse to feel the pressure they put on other members to vote the way they want them to vote. I don't care about the scorecards that they keep.

4. Mo Brooks:

   The establishment is rallying behind a registered lobbyist as their candidate and that registered lobbyist of course has made a lot of friends in special interest groups and members of those special interest groups. And they're pouring money into her campaign.

5. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   I'm not sure I want to sound like a candidate. I just want to sound like an American who's trying to make this country a heck of a lot stronger, not a (typical) politician ... but somebody that's going to go in, do the job, not pay attention to all the special interest groups, change the status quo, shift power out of Washington and get America on the track again with strength in our military as well.