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a group that benefits from a particular social, economic, or political privilege
changes to the tax laws being challenged by vested interests
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That smoothed the path to passing major spending deals and keeping the government running in large part because those lawmakers had a vested interest in securing wins for their constituents.
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Carl Hulse, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
Rather than hiring to fill new roles, consider upskilling your current people and amping up their responsibilities to give them a more vested interest.
—Michael Praeger, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
These oligarchs have a vested interest in maintaining this alliance.
—James North, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2022
The main way to counter the malign power of vested interest is to meet organized money with organized people.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021
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Carl Hulse, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
Rather than hiring to fill new roles, consider upskilling your current people and amping up their responsibilities to give them a more vested interest.
—Michael Praeger, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
These oligarchs have a vested interest in maintaining this alliance.
—James North, The New Republic, 16 Dec. 2022
The main way to counter the malign power of vested interest is to meet organized money with organized people.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021
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As a result, even companies that manage to establish a robust market presence may encounter limited acquisition interest and modest valuations upon exit.Tomer Niv, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Kaylee Greenlee Beal | Reuters Japan’s longtime ruling Liberal Democratic Party may have suffered an election shock, but analysts said that’s unlikely to deter the Bank of Japan from its interest rate hike cycle.Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
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State supreme courts have increasingly become a target of special interest groups in recent years, attracting record-breaking spending that reflects the courts' power as the final say in high-profile cases, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, which tracks spending in judicial races.Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Foreign governments and the private sector, meanwhile, lobby Congress to protect policies that favor them, inhibiting changes that may serve the broad public interest but challenge special interests.Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
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The transformed system wasn’t perfect, but allowing interest groups, the public and reporters to see what was being considered was a big step forward.Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
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Ties to Google Despite the impact these negotiations could have on the California news industry, few news publishers, unions or interest groups were clued in.Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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The petition is a part of America PAC, a political action committee founded by Musk to support Trump.Solcyré Burga, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
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What that could look like has already been demonstrated: One Republican political action committee has launched a series of ads that either paint Harris as an enemy of the pro-Israel or the pro-Palestine community, depending on the neighborhood.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
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In reality, revenue generated by these taxes disappears into the black hole of the general budget and goes to whatever pressure group has the most influence at city hall.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
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The ambivalence was best reflected in, of all places, the response of the National Legion of Decency, the powerful Roman Catholic pressure group that had kept Hollywood in line since 1934.Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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