Word: lobbyists
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Tammy Weddel, of the Public Affairs Department of the National Office for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Hurst, Texas, a lobbyist group against drunk driving, said MADD is "very pleased overall with the broadcasting industry in promoting the anti-drunk driving message." She added that "public awareness has improved overall in the last decade...
...From what we've learned about their campaign it had very little to do with what gay rights are all about," said Andrew Held, lobbyist for the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights...
Though it once enjoyed the reputation of being an invincible lobbyist, the N.R.A. has recently been forced to accept legislation that it instinctively resisted at first, including laws to ban "cop killer" handgun bullets that pierce protective vests and plastic guns that could elude metal detectors at airports and public buildings. Taking stands that made it easy for opponents to paint the group as wantonly indifferent to public safety, the N.R.A. has found itself repeatedly battling police organizations, whose leaders complain that they are being outgunned by gangs and drug dealers. In 1988 it suffered its first statewide referendum loss...
...N.R.A.'s brightest stars is its chief lobbyist, James Jay Baker, 36, a former assistant county prosecutor in Missouri, who is sometimes touted as the organization's next leader. Baker can talk like a true believer. "Gun control is a cop-out," he says, "an easy solution to a complex problem. And it doesn't work." But in Washington legislation is an art of compromise, and you cannot do much logrolling by digging in your heels. So Baker can also be more accommodating, recognizing the public's changing mood on gun owners' rights. "There are no absolute rights," he acknowledges...
...they insist, has been to ensure that gun-control laws are drafted tightly enough so that legitimate weapons and ammunition are not affected. They say their no- retreat, no-surrender approach to most battles is just tactical. "You don't give up ground from the first day," says chief lobbyist Baker...