Sentences with phrase «after lobbying»

«After lobbying all day with all the senators and trying to get our voices out to the Democrats and Republicans, it was really a heartbreaking vote,» said Lizzie Eaton, a 16 - year - old junior.

And after lobbying from coal companies, Ferguson was responsible for intensifying police and ASIO spying on environmental groups.

The free seed distribution ended in 1924 after lobbying from privately held seed companies.

However, after lobbying by World Animal Protection and other animal welfare organisations, the government realised that their current efforts were fruitless.

After lobbying by RAPS, Richmond became the first municipality to introduce a Spay and Neuter Bylaw for cats, and to ban the sale of puppies and dogs in pet stores.

And let's not forget the private lenders who radically changed their lending process after lobbying for bankruptcy reform.

After lobbying from local Conservative MP Karen Lumley, Mr Patel agreed to go to Redditch last Friday for a day of 20 - minute talks with representatives from local schools, including Rev Clive Leach, head of Walkwood C of E Middle School.

In 1926, after lobbying with schools and organizations, Carter Godwin Woodson launched the 1st annual Black History week.

Jenkins, who has directed episodes of TV series from «Arrested Development» to «The Killing» since her feature film debut «Monster,» told Rolling Stone she wanted to make a good, old - fashioned action - adventure with warmth, humor and romance after lobbying for years to bring Wonder Woman to the big screen.

No worries: The holiday was declared just last year by the United Nations after lobbying from Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, and if these photos show anything, it's that the inaugural celebration was a big success.

In the United States we have seen cartels created after lobbying from big business for regulations that protect their interests.

The allocation came after lobbying by City Council members and after online petitions claiming that it was «too hot to learn.»

They're fatigued by the bickering,» Cardinal Timothy Dolan said at the Capital Monday, after lobbying alongside Cuomo for the education tax credit.

Capalino has steered tens of thousands of dollars in donations to the mayor — $ 50,000 after lobbying for Rivington, $ 40,000 for de Blasio's reelection campaign, and $ 10,000 to the Campaign for One New York — the mayor's controversial nonprofit.

The companies pushed ahead on their own, but legislation stalled when insurance requirements were increased after lobbying by the state's trial lawyers.

Steve Israel, another congressman from New York who was considering a run against Gillibrand, decided against such a bid after lobbying by the White House.

The other, Patrick Mercer, resigned after a lobbying scandal.

He is believed to have changed his mind after lobbying from the Metropolitan police and his own policing deputy Stephen Greenhalgh.

Retailer WHSmith appears to be removing age restrictions on the sale of shooting magazines in its stores after a lobbying campaign by people who shoot, magazine publishers and organisations including the UK's largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

After lobbying by Greenfield and several other Council members, the program is to be continued until the end of the calendar year, both news sources reported.

The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has broken his silence after a lobbying group impressed on President John Mahama to appoint him as his running mate in the 2016 elections.

One year after the lobbying meeting, Taser, operating under a new name, acquired Vievu for its valuable contracts, according to a follow - up CNBC report.

Mosley was one of the original sponsors of the legislation, but withdrew his name from the bill after a lobbying campaign by those favor it.

12:12 - Miliband says the government rejected complex derivates proposals after lobbying by banks.

After lobbying its way into a BCS berth last season, No. 2 Texas could be left out of this year's championship game

In some American cities, peer - to - peer taxi services have been banned after lobbying by traditional taxi firms.

The government, which has centralized control over resource development in the Prime Minister's Office, made the changes after lobbying from pipeline companies that portrayed the fisheries law as «onerous.»

Skill based matchmaking will take place only after the lobbies are created.

Not exact matches

After five years of lobbying, the company is understandably disappointed.

Apotex regularly lobbies the federal government, and Sherman pulled out of the event after federal lobbying commissioner Karen Shepherd began to investigate.

And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration.»

The 2015 Liberal election platform had a proposal to limit the benefits of the 50 % employee stock option deduction by placing a cap of $ 100,000 on annual eligible stock option gains but this was dropped after intense lobbying by startups in the tech and resource industry who rely heavily on non-cash compensation such as stock options to attract much needed, specialized talent to their firms.

Bloomberg reports that these various interests are getting ready to lobby senators after essentially being relegated to sidelines during the AHCA debate.

Greens and Chevron set to face off over Gorgon vision Chevron is set for fresh battles with WA's powerful green lobby group after the US giant said yesterday it wanted to nearly double the size of the $ 50 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on environmentally fragile Barrow Island off WA's North West.

But Merkel reportedly pressed the EU to relax the new standards, apparently after she was lobbied by the German Auto Industry Association.

Sherman and his pharmaceutical company, Apotex, were registered to lobby the Prime Minister's Office months after Trudeau took over the role, according to government watchdog Democracy Watch, which filed the complaint against the billionaire.

It even got banned in the state of Utah after insurance brokers lobbied the Department of Insurance.

Arriving at the dark glass doors just after 10PM, I rode up the oddly mall - ish escalators to the main lobby, barely able to see the front desk.

As a result, formal and informal meetings occur everywhere: in the kitchen, in a lounge decorated like a 1930s cigar room, in the heart of the castle's central turret, in the multiple conference rooms named after world - famous shopping streets and in three small, angular cabanas in the lobby.

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.

Sean Spicer, the former Trump White House press secretary, said in March, just after Flynn registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department, that Trump had not been aware that Flynn had been paid to lobby for Turkish interests in the months before the US election.

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.

Questions swirled around Wheeler's lobbying past when he was first given the job last year; will anyone trust him now after his wrong - headed (and bull - headed) championing of a potentially devastating policy?

The brokerages and commodities companies lobbied the House Agriculture Committee after they failed to gain traction with the CFTC.

After Flynn joined the administration, he agreed not to lobby for five years after leaving government service and never to represent foreign governmAfter Flynn joined the administration, he agreed not to lobby for five years after leaving government service and never to represent foreign governmafter leaving government service and never to represent foreign governments.

After careful consideration and a lot of lobbying from all sides, the regulator simply set local rules for operators that aim to maintain a level playing field on the Indian Internet.

In 2011, New Brunswick's tax credit program was shut down, only to be resurrected nine months later after industry protest and lobbying.

Western Australia's clean energy sector is undergoing a shakeup after the state's premier lobbying organisation announced it was closing and would be replaced by a WA chapter of the Clean Energy Council.

After power changed hands in D.C. a year later, the federal government and Congress delayed picking up the baton for several months due to partisan bickering and lobbying by special interests.

After months of frantic lobbying, diplomatic arm - twisting, and heated debates within his own administration, Trump made good on his tariff threat at the White House, surrounded by steelworkers.