Sentences with phrase «business as a lobbyist»

It's his business as a lobbyist against AGW.

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As arguably the country's top business lobbyist, he was asked by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to organize a summit for G20 business leaders on the eve of the political powwow.

Microsoft, which counts cloud computing and software as core businesses, had as many as 13 lobbyists working on NAFTA, according to the CRP database.

But last year's increase in campaign donations and lobbying seem like more than business as usual for Novo Nordisk, said Billet, a former AT&T lobbyist who directs GWU's Legislative Affairs program.

Many business leaders see government as an enemy, and send out legions of lobbyists to influence laws in their favor.

Unions Matter generally sees advocacy of less union - friendly labour laws as a product of neo-liberalism and business lobbyists.

They all inhabited a mental universe where the complaints and interests of business owners (as described by those business owners and their lobbyists) were the interests of the community.

The City Council last February ordered that anyone working to influence city business register as a lobbyist in Highland Park.

In addition to having their own business interests, these deputies have also behaved as lobbyists for economic interests in previous Duma sessions.

Whereas Senator Sheldon Silver has refused to take up legislative action that would eliminate the «Pay for Play» culture that allows for our legislators to be used as bought and paid for commodities by outside business concerns, as your Governor I must fully investigate the Assembly and Senates ties to Business and the Lobbyists who curry favor with our legislators to gain undo advantage for those businesses at the peoples business concerns, as your Governor I must fully investigate the Assembly and Senates ties to Business and the Lobbyists who curry favor with our legislators to gain undo advantage for those businesses at the peoples Business and the Lobbyists who curry favor with our legislators to gain undo advantage for those businesses at the peoples expense.

Prior to The Business Council, she was a consultant and lobbyist for Powers and Company, where she advised clients on a range of issues including high - profile economic development projects such as the Javits Center expansion and the new Yankee Stadium in New York City.

The actors have endorsed the Fair Elections reform package which includes a system of matching small donations with public funds, as well as lower contribution limits, restrictions on contractors and lobbyists doing business with the state, and greater enforcement and transparency.

The Campaign Finance Board does have different, lower contribution limits for individuals who are categorized by them as doing business with the city — registered lobbyists, those applying for land use actions, grants or contracts — but neither Herrera nor his relatives who worked at MJM or Masonry were categorized as such.

Mr. Rosen is not a lobbyist and as such does not have to disclose his meetings with the mayor, but his firm represents a slew of boldfaced names that have major business at City Hall.

Ironically, the committee hired lobbyist Richard Lipsky to, as CSNY spokesman Bill Cunningham put it, help «activate» the small business network.

The probe's unfinished business includes examining the actions of the unnamed «friendly lobbyist» who Cuomo said received $ 380,000 as part of Hevesi's corrupt conspiracy.

Unfortunately freedom of speech is contingent to how much money you have given that the media is itself a business that has to make profits as well, so a «lobbyist» like this comes to this program without any ethics, without any remorse but with a lot of money as well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will stand on our side of the equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary money to run a public relations campaign (of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issuas well, so a «lobbyist» like this comes to this program without any ethics, without any remorse but with a lot of money as well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will stand on our side of the equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary money to run a public relations campaign (of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issuas well to openly acknowledge that: yes, we put money in this governor's elections, we are expecting he pay us back and will stand on our side of the equation, and yes, we have collected (very fast) the private necessary money to run a public relations campaign (of lies if necessary) to guarantee that our privileges are well kept; and he finds a free stand to speak out freely and without appropriate response As far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issuAs far as Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issuas Liz, I'm not sure if it is only a being naïve issue.

Let's say the company's registered lobbyist pushed for the legislation which is ok since we let business «lobby» all the time, as long as it's in the open.

«Looking at the public statements of Corbyn and his most ardent supporters, big business and commercial lobbyists are viewed as on a par with Blairites and Zionists as one step up from the antichrist - if we are lucky.»

Howe had represented a number of companies with business before the Buffalo Billion and was listed as a lobbyist for SUNY Poly, which plays a key role in distributing economic development spending.

He currently works as a lobbyist, pulling $ 4,000 a month for representing Dart Container Corporation on business matters before the City Council.

That they spend substantial sums on lobbyists to influence the process is only business as usual in Albany.

«Hinton's hiring has people's jaws dropping because this is seen as an obvious attempt by Mercury to gain even more influence with the Cuomo administration, just what the governor said he'd stop,» a business lobbyist told The Post.

Silver's long - suffering wife, Rosa, remained stoic, even as Caproni lit into her husband for his politically - charged extramarital affairs which Bharara's prosecutors detailed in filings — one with a lobbyist who had extensive business before the state and another with a former beauty - queen turned assemblywoman who landed two cushy public - service jobs.

Howe, a longtime and prominent Albany lobbyist, testified that his business was soaring in 2010 as it became clear Cuomo was poised to be elected governor.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics told the TU that «As a general matter, a reportable business relationship is one in which a lobbyist or client pays compensation to a state official who provides goods or services in return.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics proposal would see businesses being forced to register as lobbyists.

He allowed himself to be painted as a Pfizer lobbyist in hock to big business.

According to state records, both men worked for companies with extensive development business before the state: Howe in his capacity as a lobbyist - consultant — though the scope of his work remains unclear — and Percoco as a consultant to two development firms during a seven - month period in 2014 when he was also managing Cuomo's re-election campaign.

Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is on trial accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from upstate business developers — payments referred to as «ziti» in communications between Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, the prosecution's a star witness who testified that the term was borrowed from the former HBO mob drama.

It is utterly remarkable for Jim Malatras, who served as chief policy adviser and state operations director for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to claim that he repeatedly told lobbyist Todd Howe (who pleaded guilty to felony charges concerning bid - rigging) to send his emails to Malatras» official business account and not, as he did a dozen times in violation of state policy, to his private email («Public matters, private emails,» Dec. 31).

(CNN)- Hours after his inauguration as Virginia's 72nd governor — and in the wake of a scandal that engulfed his predecessor — Terry McAuliffe has made ethics reform his first order of business, instituting tighter limits between public officials and lobbyists like he once was.

Desmond Ryan, a veteran GOP business lobbyist, said Haber, who largely self - financed his county executive run, «gained the experience to launch a campaign in a large Senate district and showed himself to be articulate and won credibility as a successful businessman.»

Government watchdog groups also noted that evidence showed Percoco and other Cuomo staffers using private email to conduct public business, a lobbyist saying he was advised by an administration official that registering as a lobbyist would make it more difficult to operate, and a contributor being coached on how to hide donations to Cuomo to avoid campaign limits.

Yet since the beginning of 2015, Regan has been listed in the firm's lobbying filings as a lobbyist for 64 different Whiteman Osterman clients, including many with business before the Cuomo administration.

As a result, much of the money that Malloy and his team has raised into the separate account is coming from individuals and businesses who have state contracts, as well as, from registered lobbyists, political action committees and special interests that would otherwise be banned from contributing to Malloy's campaigAs a result, much of the money that Malloy and his team has raised into the separate account is coming from individuals and businesses who have state contracts, as well as, from registered lobbyists, political action committees and special interests that would otherwise be banned from contributing to Malloy's campaigas well as, from registered lobbyists, political action committees and special interests that would otherwise be banned from contributing to Malloy's campaigas, from registered lobbyists, political action committees and special interests that would otherwise be banned from contributing to Malloy's campaign.

Until then — as parents — you must continue to ask probing questions of district administrators who are mandated to adhere to the flawed educational policies developed by politicians, lobbyists, business leaders, and millionaire philanthropists who have strong opinions, but no actual experiential knowledge of how children learn.

When I was working on the Hill in ’06 and ’07 as we were considering updating and increasing the RFS, we had the ethanol lobbyists and businesses come in and sell us on the corn ethanol RFS as a stepping stone towards cellulosic ethanol.

Business interests (or BINGOs as they're called in U.N. speak) «can have very little effect at these meetings,» according to Nick Campbell, a European industry lobbyist who has represented the International Chamber of Commerce at U.N. climate talks since the early 1990s when the global effort to fight climate change began with the Rio Earth Summit.

Corcoran went on to act as the Business Lobbyist (sorry, Business Editor) at Conrad Black's National Post (technically, his title is Editor of the Financial Post, the NP's businessBusiness Lobbyist (sorry, Business Editor) at Conrad Black's National Post (technically, his title is Editor of the Financial Post, the NP's businessBusiness Editor) at Conrad Black's National Post (technically, his title is Editor of the Financial Post, the NP's businessbusiness sheet).

Represents individuals, including public officials, lobbyists, and high - level state administrators, as well as businesses, in state and federal criminal investigations and grand jury proceedings; clients accused by the government of fraud; students accused of sexual misconduct; Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers; Best Lawyers in America «Lawyer of the Year» in Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense; listed in Best Lawyers in White - Collar Criminal Defense and Civil Rights Law categories.