lobby for

lobby for something

to solicit support for something among the members of a voting body, such as the Congress. Tom is always lobbying for some reform bill or other. The manufacturers lobbied for tax relief.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olexiy	-	Ukrainian
Teodora	te-o-DAW-rah (Italian), te-o-DHO-rah (Spanish), te-aw-DAW-rah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
SÉ	SHAY	Irish
Lizzie	LIZ-ee	English
Charna	-	Yiddish
Svetopolk	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)