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
Yaffe	-	Hebrew
Melpomeni	-	Greek
Beatrice	be-ah-TREE-che (Italian), BEE-ə-tris (English), BEE-tris (English), BE-ah-trees (Swedish), be-ah-TREES (Swedish)	Italian, English, Swedish
Hadar	-	Hebrew
Tarek	-	Arabic
Alia (1)	-	Arabic