Trying to persuade lawmakers to support something, often for a company or group.
Businesses, unions, charities and advocacy groups all lobby, and it's protected as a form of petitioning the government. Lobbyists must register and report what they spend, and people argue about whether money gives some groups too loud a voice.
"The industry spent millions lobbying against the bill."
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