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2. Lobbying in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Overview. Political scientist Thomas R. Dye said that politics is about battling over scarce governmental resources: who gets them, where, when, why and how. Since government makes the rules in a complex economy such as the United States, various organizations, businesses, individuals, nonprofits, trade groups, religions, charities and others—which are affected by these rules—will exert as ...

3. Lobbying - Wikipedia

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   Lobbying. In politics, lobbying, or advocacy, is the act of lawfully attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies, but also judges of the judiciary. Lobbying, which usually involves direct, face-to-face contact in cooperation with support staff that ...

4. Fossil fuels lobby - Wikipedia

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   The fossil fuels lobby includes paid representatives of corporations involved in the fossil fuel industry ( oil, gas, coal ), as well as related industries like chemicals, plastics, aviation and other transportation. [1] Because of their wealth and the importance of energy, transport and chemical industries to local, national and international ...

5. General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia

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   GM fined $5,000. The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing of the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and subsidiaries, as well as to the allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in ...

6. Subsidy Scorecards: University of Arizona

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   SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, University of Arizona (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010).Read our methodology here.. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014.

7. Banking lobby - Wikipedia

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   The lobby demanded that interest rates be lowered, so the central bank agreed and reduced one-day repurchase and lending rates by half a percentage point (17.5% from 18% and 32.5% from 33%, respectively); they also gave commercial banks guaranteed "overnight funds" directly from the Reserve Bank if/when the money from the daily repurchase ...