: someone employed to attempt to influence or sway (someone, such as a public official) toward a desired action • lobbying senators for tax reform, sometimes implicitly connected to campaign contributions
Fake Gil Fulbright Money Quotation saying as the first honest politician not running in Kentucky in the most expensive senate race in history ($100 million) that politicians don't care about voters, but about donors or lobbyists
Jack Abramoff Money Quotation saying campaign contributions and lobbying dollars, once accepted, create a debt; lobbyists & donors are excellent debt collectors