Sentences with phrase «vocal lobby group»
Their customers, adopters, are a vocal lobby group as well.
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But small business groups such as the National Federation of Independent Business and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are vocal opponents, and have lobbied extensively to fight the passage of wage reform bills in Congress.
Despite this quietly mounting dissent, it was Flaherty's vocal lobbying that was credited with stalling the proposal during a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers last month, while also garnering mild shock from international reporters who thought Canadians were meant to be conciliatory.
That, as well as its significant lobbying arm, has often been credited with blocking gun reforms and bringing to heel politicians who benefit from NRA money and are reluctant to cross the group's vocal base.
A large group of his party wanted to oppose sanctions, while a slightly smaller, but equally vocal section wanted to support Wilson in the voting lobbies.
Given the recent friction between him and the country's most vocal science lobby group, the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, he might welcome other pastures if Labor is returned.