lobby
Individual or pressure group that sets out to influence government action. The lobby is prevalent in the USA, where the term originated in the 1830s from the practice of those wishing to influence state policy waiting for elected representatives in the lobby of the Capitol.
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Under the UK lobby system, certain parliamentary journalists are given unofficial access to confidential news.
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