#lobby

I run a taxpayer group - the most powerful guy in D.C., nonsense. OK? There are buildings with thousands of people in them, all lobbying for more spending and higher levels of spending and more government commitments. And there are a handful - a handful of groups that fight for less spending. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#commitments #fight #government #group #groups

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for. ↗

— Brian Schweitzer

#building #capital #families #forget #halls

I just want to lobby for God. ↗

— Billy Graham

#i #just #lobby #want

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#end #laws #lobbying #lobbyists #must

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 stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#confusing #costs #did #does #help

The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#broadcasters #campaign #campaign finance #campaign finance reform #finance

It's the job of a special advisor to be the eyes and ears of a minister and it's the job of a corporate lobbyist to represent the best interests of their organization. ↗

— Thomas Watson, Jr.

#best #best interests #corporate #ears #eyes

To succeed in retail, you have to love it. The process of bringing items in, displaying them attractively, and seeing them miraculously change into actual cash in the drawer has to get your blood racing. ↗

— David Green

#success #world-changer #change

Politicians are like warts on the body of society. And the only thing worse than warts are lawyers and lobbyists.
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— Jarod Kintz

#lobbyists #politicians #politics #society #change

Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them. ↗

— Barry M. Goldwater

#compromise #god #lobbying #politics #preachers