Sentences with phrase «lobby in favor of the bill»

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He heavily lobbied in favor of the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act, a gay rights bill [10] that had languished in the state Senate for many years due to the opposition of Senate Leader Joseph Bruno.

Kirsten Gillibrand, who diligently took up the cause when she replaced Clinton, traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan two weeks ago and spent much of the time lobbying John McCain, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsay Graham to vote in favor of the bill.

ALEC Exposed Also run by the Center for Media and Democracy, ALEC Exposed tracks the corporate - funded American Legislative Exchange Council's efforts to undermine the public interest and democracy through lobbying and collaboration between corporations and politicians on «model bills» developed behind closed doors to shift state laws in favor of corporate interests instead of the public.