Sentences with phrase «behind lobbying efforts»

McGuire Woods lobbyist Harry Kaplan explained to N.C. Policy Watch that Education Freedom Alliance was one of their clients and that on their behalf, he was behind lobbying efforts to create an «achievement school district» designed to allow charter school operators to take over the state's poorest performing schools.

ConnAD was a primary funder behind the lobbying effort to pass Malloy's education bill last spring, and more recently, helped fund Mayor Bill Finch's failed effort to eliminate a democratically elected board of education in Bridgeport and replace it with one appointed by the Mayor.

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Hall said political leaders have been «in terror of the gun lobby,» but now they need to know that faith communities such as his are willing to stand behind efforts to push for gun control.

The Bronx organizers behind the effort believe that by combining electoral politics with lobbying, grassroots activism and good old - fashioned hard work, they can consistently bring hundreds of thousands together to vote on the Working Families line and help elect progressives candidates.

«The governor's approach is actually antithetical to the behind - the - scenes lobbying effort being waged by the gay marriage advocates, who were so concerned the GOP would use this potentially controversial topic as a wedge issue that they all - but refused to talk about it during the 2008 campaign, even as gay money poured into the Democrats» coffers and helped them win the majority.

The environmental working group, a watchdog organization behind the Skindeep database, has a great site with frequently updated information about ongoing studies, research and lobbying efforts

The Sun behind the Clouds (Unrated) Pacifist documentary chronicles the ongoing efforts of the Dalai Lama and other political activists lobbying for Tibetan independence fifty years after the country was conquered by Communist China.

February 28, 2018 • In a freewheeling talk with Republican and Democratic lawmakers on curtailing gun violence, President Trump appeared to throw his support behind efforts that are opposed by the powerful gun lobby.

The ASD model is controversial, has seen mixed results, and is a model being considered behind closed doors by North Carolina's own lawmakers right now thanks to lobbying efforts by a wealthy Oregonian businessman.

And another group behind the effort, ConnCAN, the charter school lobby organization, that was set up by the directors of Achievement First.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

blog post entitled, Buying Public Policy in CT — Corporate Education Reform Industry spends $ 6.8 + million and counting which described the unprecedented lobbying effort behind Governor Malloy's anti-public education, anti-teacher, pro-privatization «education reform» agenda.

In Deadly Spin, Potter takes readers behind the scenes to show how a huge chunk of our absurd healthcare spending actually bankrolls a propaganda campaign and lobbying effort focused on protecting one thing: profits

Moreover, South Carolina's investor - owned utilities continue to lobby strongly against any legislative efforts designed to spur solar energy growth in the state, more particularly when it comes to their customers investing in behind - the - meter solar power capacity.

ALEC Exposed Also run by the Center for Media and Democracy, ALEC Exposed tracks the corporate - funded American Legislative Exchange Council's efforts to undermine the public interest and democracy through lobbying and collaboration between corporations and politicians on «model bills» developed behind closed doors to shift state laws in favor of corporate interests instead of the public.

In an email to employees sent on Monday afternoon, Bezos said that Amazon would be putting its legal and lobbying efforts behind the fight against the ban.