It will be a fight. Children don't have a lobbyist, so it's difficult to see progress in this area. But Governor Blagojevich, without doubt, is the biggest children's champion we have.
Quotes about lobbyist (16 Quotes)
The President is the people's lobbyist.
Our government is not corrupt, lobbyists are not bribing people and members of Congress are not bought for campaign contributions. One man broke the law by lying, cheating and stealing from his clients. Unfortunately, he was a lobbyist.
But in the battle of ideas, public interest lobbyist and frequent Uhler adversary Lenny Goldberg described his conservative opponent as a very sincere guy, ... is a recipe for the deterioration of California.
I don't think because I am a lobbyist that it necessitates telling the world what I make to create a potential danger for my children.
Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.
A lobbyist is all about access and influence, and it's hard to imagine a better place to get influence than being treasurer of a candidate's campaign. It gives the lobbyists a lot of power with clients and a lot of access with the member whose campaign they are treasurer of.
Certainly, Steve made a mistake that he shouldn't have, but that doesn't impair his ability to be an effective lobbyist. We are happy with his work on behalf of Miller Brewing Company.
I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies and our adversaries overseas. They'll be asking the business community and labor unions.
To try to make an issue out of the fact that Ron has worked as a lobbyist, it's out-and-out sleazy. Here's a candidate who is way behind in the polls trying to make an issue out of nothing. Everyone knows that Ron has worked as a lobbyist, and there nothing wrong with that. His lobbying has nothing to do with this campaign.
I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.
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 not counting as corporate income, that is what this is counting as a small business.
I'm disappointed that Senator DeWine once again chose to go along with his party leaders and their big corporate lobbyist supporters. Ohio deserves a Senator who will be more than a rubber stamp.
I just want to make sure that they feel comfortable that I am ready to take these folks on, that I am ready to be on their side, that I can do this. And that means listening to them and reassuring them that I'm not going to be afraid to say no to anybody in my party, anybody in the Republican Party or any lobbyist.
You and I know what that means financial support from a Bush political-financial complex that leaves no special interest lobbyist behind and it means pushing millions of dollars into an anti-Hillary campaign.
If you think it's been bad in the past, you wait and see what the parties start doing. Because now the only time a lobbyist can actually socialize, buy a drink, have a drink where the member's not picking it up is at campaign fundraisers.