Sentences with phrase «day lobby day»

On Earth Day lobby day at the state Capitol, whether or not to allow hydrofracking in New York continues to be the dominant issue.

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If I had a human assistant, I would certainly rather see him pick up my guests in the lobby and make sure they feel welcome, than fiddle around in Outlook all day trying to manage my 15 weekly meetings.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's free - trade campaign produced deals with Colombia and Peru, and he successfully lobbied for a place among Trans - Pacific Partnership negotiating countries, which many believe will one day include China.

Abe had put a lot of personal political capital at stake in beating on the agricultural lobby, and not just the farmers... but the [agricultural] banks, pension schemes, all the rest, to get support for a US - led TPP deal, and then Trump pulls out,» Bremmer said, referring to the Trans - Pacific Partnership, a sweeping trade deal, spearheaded by Barack Obama, that Trump exited days after taking office in January 2017.

And days later, on November 18 — just over a week after Obama warned Trump about Flynn — Rep. Elijah Cummings sent Pence a letter requesting more information about potential conflicts of interest posed by Flynn's lobbying work.

Every day that week I would go and meet John at his hotel in l'eixample and we would go to Starbucks or to the lobby of his hotel and work on the paper.

Now the hotel has a collection of artifacts from its Willy Wonka days in the lobby and greets guests with locally made truffles.

With apps like Grubhub and Seamless, New Yorkers can order whatever cuisine their heart desires on a given day, only taking time away from their desks to meet the delivery worker in the downstairs lobby.

On a windy, rainy day in mid-September, 40 dieticians make their way past the giant Muskoka chair in the building's lobby (there's another large cup of coffee on its armrest) and into the small McDonald's restaurant that serves as the building's cafeteria.

Parents, students and teachers from South Florida, the state's Democratic stronghold, have been a forceful presence in the Capitol since last week, when busloads of Stoneman Douglas High students spent two days lobbying — and protesting — lawmakers, urging them to take more far - reaching action and ban all assault weapons.

His announcement comes four days after Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said he wanted to entice Amazon to pick Port Covington in South Baltimore, and he promised to personally lobby CEO Jeff Bezos.

When I stepped back into the clinic on Monday, open again as promised, the lobby was abuzz with stories from listless, sweat - slicked patients who were waiting to dose for the first time in days.

A day earlier, First National Bank of Omaha said it would not renew a contract with the NRA to issue a credit card branded by the lobbying group.

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The sixth grade Innovator Team at Salisbury Middle School unveiled its Earth Day - centered mosaic that was installed in the school's lobby to...

Republicans are panicking about the potential for conflict ahead of the 2018 midterm elections and have spent the past few days privately lobbying within the White House.

Kent went on about the 2010 UN episode: «On the day of the actual vote, on the floor of the General Assembly, as we were all going up and down through the desks and aisles, urging people to stick to their commitment to vote for us, the Cuban ambassador was equally on the floor lobbying for the Canadian vote.»

** Enbridge Inc denied conflict of interest claims on Tuesday after a media report found that the head of United States energy regulator had been paying $ 50 a day for a property near Capitol Hill linked to the chairman of a key Washington lobby firm that represents the Calgary - based pipeline company.

(Disclosure: I've joined a number of IAA lobbying days to see first - hand how IAA's voice has grown over several years.)

Today is an «Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action for Immigration Reform» in Washington, D.C., with many evangelical luminaries, and even more evangelical activists, hosting advocacy worship services and lobbying Congress for immigration legislation that would legalize the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S..

Afterward, at an event kicking off a lobbying day for more than 300 evangelical pastors on Capitol Hill, Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and a leader of Evangelical Immigration Table, said that anyone who says the bill provides amnesty needs «a course in remedial English.»

Imagine a time when the word «foyer» no longer brings images of lobbies to the mind of the general public but rather signifies a «place where I once spent five amazing days in silent retreat».

During the campaign to implement these proposals, local organizations lobbied state legislators, in one case holding 11 press conferences on the same day.

Committed to the urban neighborhood, Sojourners is involved not only in political organizing and lobbying, but in food cooperatives, day school tutoring programs, neighborhood recreational programs, and extended - family living situations.

The South African soccer team the Kaiser Chiefs organized a national awareness day; in Burkino Faso, activists partnered with a trucking union for monitoring purposes; drivers of moto - taxis in Thailand keep watch for child sex exploitation; Nepalese trafficking survivors formed Shakti Samuaha, a nongovernmental organization that lobbies officials to make policy changes; organizations in Bangladesh have focused specifically on the taboo topic of male prostitutes and have opened shelters for exploited children.

In the days that followed, Alastair Furnival, Chief of Staff to Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash resigned, after it was revealed he held shares in Australian Public Affairs (APA), a lobby group whose clients include Cadbury, Kraft and the Australian Beverages Council.

(I always use pork because I don't eat lamb, but Mr B is lobbying for lamb - stuffed rolls one of these days.)

We started our day at 8 am, meeting in the hotel lobby.

Gone are the days when guests would need to trek to the lobby to sign up for an excursion, let alone make a phone call.

This newly - created position will oversee all three culinary outlets at the luxury hotel, located in downtown Boston — BOND restaurant lounge, serving locally - influenced cuisine and craft cocktails; Café Fleuri, which serves breakfast and lunch, and is famous for its Saturday Chocolate Bar and Sunday City Brunch; and The Reserve, a refined lobby lounge, serving continental breakfast, The Langham Afternoon Tea by Wedgwood, and a stellar selection of Champagne, wine and beer throughout the day and evening.

Additionally, the group taps chefs across the country for «fly - in» advocacy days to lobby and educate.

One day in Cincinnati, Majerus was walking through a lobby when he heard a guy say about him, «That's somebody.

The LAF's Washington - based lobbying firm has put together a dossieron Bolten, with whom they'll speak the next day.

In the old days, or so legend has it, there was a man who hung around the lobby of the antiquated St. Nicholas Hotel in downtown Du Quoin.

Horschel, though, hinted during a tweet - a-thon with Twitter followers on Tuesday that some last - minute lobbying by Day, likely in the form of a sixth W for the 2015 campaign, could sway the swing votes.

The move, announced in the Daily Telegraph on Father's Day, comes after several months» behind - the - scenes lobbying by the Fatherhood Institute and other influential voices, including former FI chief executive Duncan Fisher OBE, keen to see joint birth registration become a reality.

Although not soon enough, it is some solace to at least lobby the hospital so that practices change and hopefully one day soon acquires baby friendly designation.

The fitness center is open 24 hours a day, the lobby coffee shop serves Starbucks if you need a little pick - me - up and there's a legitimate on - site art gallery featuring the work of local artists.

Knowing all this information was out there, I couldn't believe there was anyone who didn't breastfeed these days, other than uneducated teenage moms, those with uncompromising work situations, or those unfortunate women who were physically unable to do so (and according to what I had read on the La Leche League website, there were very few of these women out there - far fewer than the formula lobby and misinformed doctors would have us believe).

After that, it'll be time for Snowland, where it'll snow every day in the lobby area, you can dine in a life - size Gingerbread House and meet Santa, of course!

The staff were very friendly, the hotel and rooms were meticulously clean, food and drinks were very reasonable, lovely spacious lobby and the entertainment team kept everyone busy throughout the day with petanque, darts, bingo etc...

Parents are lobbying to get the start of the school day at Annandale High pushed back so that students get more sleep and can be more focused in class.

Yesterday, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) concluded its three - day Legislative Action Conference, for which over 900 school food professionals travelled to Washington, D.C. to lobby for the goals set out in the organization's 2017 position paper.

If you stood in the lobby of your local emergency room you would no doubt see that every day kids visit this unpleasant place because of injuries they sustain in the home.

He gave me a card from Shannon, called her while walking on the park and the next day at 7:30 am she was in my hotel lobby with the stroller.

Each day we would buy bananas and apples at the grocery store and sandwiches for lunch in the bakery in the lobby of our hotel.

Since 2009, the league, to its credit, has also been lobbying hard in favor of laws - now in place in 31 states and the District of Columbia, and with more sure to follow this year - requiring concussion education of parents and athletes, banning same - day return - to - play after a suspected concussion, and requiring medical clearance before a concussed athlete is allowed back on the playing field, diamond or ice.

Today's day of lobbying is the culmination of the new film Food Inc.'s social - action campaign, organized by Participant Media for the Child Nutrition Reauthorization.

The fact that the infant formula companies are spending big bucks to lobby in Washington proves just how lucrative this business really is, and what a shame that such an inferior product is being fed to the majority of babies, some from day one.

The PATS lobbying firm, the Winter Group (TWG), helped develop the talking points for the day.

«Lobbied heavily by the food industry, officials secretly overruled science - based standards and a democratic process to keep salty, highly processed, fast - food - style lunch items on the tray every single day.»