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lobbying

Attempting to shape legislation, influence legislators, or mold public opinion.
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The report requires "good faith estimates" for expenses related to lobbying activities rounded to the nearest $20,000, in addition to listing who lobbies for the organization and in what areas.
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"Each time the Lobby Corps lobbies on the Hill, we win," declares current Lobby Corps Chair Carole Conors.
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* An association that lobbies through its employees and spends more than $20,000 during a six-month period must file a single registration and identify in that registration the employees who do the lobbying.
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As the economist Mancur Olson has shown, society inherently generates goody-hunting, demand-making interest groups (lobbies, basically) much faster than it gets rid of them.
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