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Let's Get Lunch! phrase

A phrase uttered by a lobbyist to a lawmaker so they can wine and dine them. The lobbyist's chief goal by using this term is to personalize the relationship, through breaking bread together, thus making it extremely uncomfortable for the lawmaker to kill the lobbyist's bills when they come under consideration.

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