Aside from sending a handful of letters urging Congress to act, the big business lobby has mostly hugged the sidelines as the partisan standoff over the debt limit crisis intensified.

规模庞大的商界游说团纷纷致信国会，敦促其有所作为，但在党派僵局就债务上限危机愈演愈烈之时，他们却大都选择了袖手旁观。

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Auto safety lobby group the Center for Auto safety obtained the data via a Freedom of Information Act request, and has released it on its website.

汽车安全中心汽车安全游说集团通过信息自由法案要求获得数据，发表在网站上。

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Some have argued that doing less is more in the long run, and that the "we must act" lobby is a reflex stemming from frustration rather than a cool appraisal of what's feasible.

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His bill is called the Lobby and Transparency and Accountability Act.

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Riley worked hard to lobby support for his Education Improvement Act, described as the most comprehensive educational reform measure in the country in a RAND Corporation study.

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