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

有很多说客花钱买立法者投票。

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

如，了通过有利法律，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.

这世上到处都是说客，但却很难找到一个听众。

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

发生了什么，什么这些强大公司和他们说客不能抵御这些规则呢？

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

让制药行业前说客亚历克斯·阿扎拒绝所有人提供负担得起疫苗。

What a surprise. They have their lobbyists.

多么令人意外呀。他们有自说客。

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

兰德·奥莱利 他是个反气候变论者说客。

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.

这就是复杂地方，因就算有些立法者 和 Facebook 说客一起制订了行业规定，有其他立法者 制订了一个拆解 Facebook 法，制裁 Facebook 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.

阳光基金会凯西·凯尔表示这是说客，政客们，作人员及大量作变结果, 影响美国人信任体系, 这似乎是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.

韦鲁姆曾企业和石燃料企业担任律师和说客，后来加入了环保署，他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，地球之友说客Pomerance和秘密军事科学家麦克唐纳之间会有一些文冲突，但他们是一个强大团队。

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。8月，州长格雷格·阿博特将其签署成法律。

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，这家位于白宫附近豪华酒店深受共和党支持者、说客和外国政要欢迎。

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

他是来自密歇根州一名国会议员，后来作说客，从一个与恐怖组织有联系组织那里收钱。

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

企业们有整个律师和说客团队，他们唯一作就是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.

普渡制药财富以及它能够收买律师和说客让防范危险护栏垮了。

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是随着商定里程碑通过而逐步解除关税。

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

他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" 指是国会议员、政府官员和说客之间互利关系。