Revise the following sentences to use plain language and familiar words.
1. The attorney tried to obfuscate the issue with extraneous and superfluous data.
2. Civil Service exams were once required for federal government jobs, but they were phased out subsequent to the passage of antidiscrimination laws.
3. To expedite ratification of the agreement, we beseech you to vote in the affirmative.
4. Although the remuneration for the position of social media consultant seems low, it is commensurate with other pay packages for similar positions.
5. Subsequent to the robbery, officials interrogated tellers, but the bank did not implement new procedures.
6. Although researchers dialogued with individual students on campus, subsequent group interviews proved fruitless.
