lobby against

lobby against something

to solicit support against something, such as a piece of legislation or a government regulation. We sent a lot of lawyers to the state capital to lobby against the bill, but it passed anyway. They lobbied against the tax increase.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Durante	doo-RAHN-te	Italian
Proteus	-	Greek Mythology
Filippos	-	Greek
Penka	-	Bulgarian
Fabiana	fah-BYAH-nah (Italian)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Mirjana	-	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene