Sentences with phrase «american lobby system»

In terms of the expense, there is the American lobby system, which is a very likely source of finance.

After MAT (a campaign that will continue with the shift to the WTO where there is a project to coöpt, in the framework of the American lobbying system, a part of the opponents) concentration could be focussed on the tax on capital (Tobin tax etc.), the struggle against the plans of the IMF, the struggle against Third World debt.

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Technology companies, such as Microsoft and Cisco Systems have ramped up lobbying ahead of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, looking to avoid any future restrictions on cloud storage and to promote an international pact to eliminate technology goods tariffs.

The editors of Christianity Today have chosen to support the American political system, becoming a strong Christian political lobby within it.

Alonso's speech marked the first public acknowledgment that the city hopes to model its construction funding plan on a groundbreaking schools project in Greenville, S.C. Transform Baltimore, a coalition of education advocates led by the American Civil Liberties Union, has been lobbying city leaders to carry out Greenville's plan, which would require a nonprofit or other entity to float the bonds on behalf of the school system.

After spending hundreds of millions on lobbying, these groups were able to persuade tea - bag and conservative Republican governors and legislatures to repeal collective bargaining for teachers, limited bargaining rights for others, dramatically expanded funding for charter schools or otherwise undermine what most would describe as the American public education system.

American Association for Justice The American Association for Justice is a nonprofit advocacy and lobbying organization that seeks to promote a fair and effective justice system and to protect all citizens Seventh Amendment right to a trial by jury.