There were many cases of lobbyists buying the votes of lawmakers.

有很多说客花钱买立法者的投票的案例。

For example, to get favorable laws passed, lobbyists may cozy up to lawmakers.

例如，为了通过有利的法律，说客们可能会去讨好立法者。

There are more than 20 registered lobbyists for every member of Congress.

每名国会议员都有20多名注册说客。

The world is full of talkers, but it is rare to find anyone who listens.

这世上到处都说客，但却很难找到一听众。

What happened, why couldn't these powerful companies and their lobbyists fend off these rules?

发生了什么，为什么这些强大的公司和们的说客不能抵御这些规则呢？

Let ex-pharma lobbyist Alex Azar refuse to guarantee affordable vaccines to all.

让制药行业的前说客亚历克斯·阿扎拒绝为所有人提供负担得起的疫苗。

What a surprise. They have their lobbyists.

多么令人意外呀。们有自的说客。

Rand O'Reilly. He's a lobbyist for climate-change deniers.

兰德·奥莱利 反气候变化论者说客。

Here's where it gets a little complicated, though, because even as some legislators are working with Facebook lobbyists to write rules for the industry, others have introduced a bill to break up Facebook and punish it for its sheer size.

这就复杂的地方，因为就算有些立法者 和 Facebook 的说客一起制订了行业的规定，有其的立法者 制订了一拆解 Facebook 的法案，制裁 Facebook 的大体量。

Kathy Kyle with the Sunlight Foundation says it's a revolving door of lobbyists and politicians and staff members and big pay off jobs that eroded Americans' faith in a system, that seems to be driven by special interst access and money.

阳光基金会的凯西·凯尔表示这说客，政客们，工作人员及大量工作变化的结果, 影响美国人的信任体系, 这似乎由特殊利益和金钱所驱使。

Mr. Wehrum, who worked as a lawyer and lobbyist for chemical manufacturers and fossil fuel businesses before moving to the E.P.A., echoed that position in two interviews.

韦鲁姆曾为化工企业和化石燃料企业担任律师和说客，后来加入了环保署，在两次采访中都曾表达这一观点。

You might imagine there was some culture clash between Pomerance, a Friends of the Earth lobbyist, and MacDonald, a secret military scientist, but they made a powerful team.

你可以想象，地球之友的说客Pomerance和秘密军事科学家麦克唐纳之间会有一些文化冲突，但们一强大的团队。

Wolfe Herd called Hughey, Hughey called a lobbyist, the lobbyist got Democrats and Republicans to sponsor a bill, and in August, Governor Greg Abbott signed it into law.

沃尔夫·赫德给休伊打电话，休伊联系说客们，说客们鼓动民主党人和共和党人支持一项法案。8月，州长格雷格·阿博特将其签署成为法律。

During the Trump presidency, the glittering hotel located close to the White House was popular with Republican supporters, lobbyists and foreign dignitaries.

在特朗普担任总统期间，这家位于白宫附近的豪华酒店深受共和党支持者、说客和外国政要的欢迎。

He was a Michigan congressman who later, as a lobbyist, took money from a group with ties to a terror group.

来自密歇根州的一名国会议员，后来作为说客，从一与恐怖组织有联系的组织那里收钱。

Corporations have teams of lawyers and lobbyists whose sole job is to extend patent protection as long as possible.

企业们有整律师和说客团队，们唯一的工作就尽可能延长专利保护时限。

The guardrails against harm buckled in the face of Purdue's wealth and the lawyers and lobbyists it could buy.

普渡制药的财富以及它能够收买的律师和说客让防范危险的护栏垮了。

Business lobbyists in Washington seem resigned to tariffs being phased out only gradually as agreed-upon milestones are passed.

华盛顿商业说客似乎顺从于只随着商定里程碑的通过而逐步解除的关税。

He's already under fire over first-class air flights and a bargain condo lease linked to an energy lobbyist.

已经因头等舱和租住廉价公寓而遭受指责，这套公寓与一名能源说客有关。

The Iron Triangle refers to the mutually beneficial relationship between members of Congress, government bureaucrats and lobbyists.

" 铁三角" 指的国会议员、政府官员和说客之间的互利关系。