All 7 Uses of
lobbyist
in
Fast Food Nation
- Again and again, efforts to prevent the sale of tainted ground beef have been thwarted by meat industry lobbyists and their allies in Congress.†
p. 9.2 *
- Lobbyists from the oil, tire, and automobile industries, among others, had persuaded state and federal agencies to assume that fundamental expense.†
p. 16.3
- That year the fast food industry was lobbying Congress and the White House to pass new legislation — known as the "McDonald's bill" — that would allow employers to pay sixteen —and seventeen-year-old kids wages 20 percent lower than the minimum wage.†
p. 37.7
- The industry groups lobbied Congress to prevent any restrictions on children's ads and sued in federal court to block Pertschuk from participating in future FTC meetings on the subject.†
p. 46.4
- He asked everyone in the audience to give more money to the industry's key lobbying groups.†
p. 88.8
- The fast food industry spends millions of dollars every year on lobbying and billions on mass marketing.†
p. 267.4
- Its chief lobbyist, Bill Signer, told the Houston Chronicle there was nothing wrong with the use of federal subsidies to create low-paying, low-skilled, short-term jobs for the poor.†
p. 72.8
Definition:
someone who is paid to influence legislation through persuasion of public officials