Sentences with phrase «by federal politicians»

Fearing missteps by politicians not used to Quebec that had occurred during the Meech Lake and Charlottetown debates, Johnson and the campaign heavily controlled appearances by Federal politicians, including Chrétien.

Dithering on the part of policymakers on a cohesive digital strategy by federal politicians didn't help either, the Internet Association suggests.

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He recalls a speech by former federal politician Alastair Gillespie, who served as minister of Industry between 1972 and 1975.

The Democratic senator's proposed legislation will face an unlikely road to passage, considering that most lawmakers (including those in the White House) are reluctant to end the drug's federal prohibition, but the bill is still the latest attempt by a prominent politician to update federal marijuana laws at a time when a clear majority of Americans support legalization.

The well - funded dairy lobby spends a great deal of money (an estimated $ 80 to $ 100 million each year — ironically paid for by the higher prices consumers pay), persuading federal and provincial politicians that supply management «protects the family farm,» «ensures food security» and that, because these farmers are so numerous, doing anything to upset them would be political suicide.

Despite the day's developments, there was deep skepticism in Washington that anything would change because of the long history of inaction by state and federal politicians after similar mass shootings.

Despite claims by opposition Wildrose and PC politicians that they would repeal the tax if elected in 2019, a federal carbon tax dictated by Ottawa would likely be imposed in its absence.

Many Wildrose Party and federal Conservative politicians have supported Levant's Rebel website on social media, through online interviews, and participation in rallies and events organized by Levant and his employees.

The Federal Reserve Act set staggered terms for the Federal Reserve Board members (selected by local business and financial leaders, not Washington politicians) so that the President could not «pack the bench» as Jackson had done in 1833 by removing Secretary Duane in favor of Taney.

The fate of the civil rights movement, its leaders recognized, lay in its ability to convince politicians and administrators in the federal government that it was in their interest to enforce the law and defend the Constitution in the South in the face of the massive resistance by politically potent segregationists.

There's the federal exchange, of course, but when they're encouraged by their politicians, their churches, and their news stations into not even attempting to sign up they're going to have a coverage gap.

Defense attorneys thus far have attacked Singh's credibility as a government witness and sought to use his own words against him — in part by playing secretly made recordings in which Singh says he has no story about politicians to share with federal investigators and Mangano gave him «nothing» for gestures such as hiring Linda Mangano.

A lawmaker who was one of New York's most powerful politicians has been convicted by a federal jury of charges that he used the power of his office to earn $ 5 million illegally.

The sole politician in the Huntley recordings who isn't the subject of an ongoing federal investigation is Ruben Wills — and it turns out he's the subject of an ongoing state investigation by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

A federal judge handed indicted Albany politician Dean Skelos a pile of legal defeats Tuesday, tossing out his motion to dismiss two of his corruption charges and ruling that prosecutors can use all the evidence they scored by wiretapping his cellphone, new court papers state.

In an unusual occurrence in 2000, for example, the two dominant parties in the state of California cooperatively redrew both state and Federal legislative districts to preserve the status quo, ensuring the electoral safety of the politicians from unpredictable voting by the electorate.

Sheldon Silver, who for years was one of the most powerful politicians in the state, was «blinded by greed,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in opening statements at Silver's bribery trial in federal court in Manhattan.

He noted that Wamakko, who represented Kware / Wamakko Federal constituency, left at a time that his services were most desired by the country, describing him as a «gentle and uncontroversial politician.»

Skelos, who is the highest elected Republican to hold office in the state, is the latest Albany politician to face federal charges brought on by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and his office.

NEW YORK — Real estate giant Glenwood Management was fined $ 200,000 by a state ethics commission for its role in the federal corruption convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, once two of New York's most powerful politicians.

The government's key witness in the corruption retrial of Sheldon Silver used Hebrew code to tell the then - Assembly speaker in 2014 that he had been visited by FBI agents who were poking around the powerful politician's finances, it was revealed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.

The conviction and hefty sentence — the second highest for a state politician convicted of corruption in the past decade — has capped a stellar run of Albany and New York City corruption cases brought by Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara and federal authorities in Brooklyn.

For years, federal prosecutors have gone after Albany politicians one by one, taking on lawmakers such as Pedro Espada, Carl Kruger and, most recently, Malcolm Smith.

In April 2010, Rep. Meeks officially notified then - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - CA) he had been served with a subpoena for documents issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; press reports said the subpoena was tied to the federal corruption probe into the nonprofits tied to Rep. Meeks and other Queens politicians.

But senior US politicians are calling for investigation of the evidence, which consisted only of requests by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to search Ivins» property over the past year.

Maine laboratories are finding unconventional ways to fund science and technology, touted by politicians and economists alike as a key economic and educational driver in the state, as the federal government again threatens to cut money for their work.

Some politicians have called for: Congressional hearings on the escalating pricing, an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, and action by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to increase competition by hastening approvals of competitors» products, the AP reported.

Charged with setting the scene, the first Season showed how Nucky dealt with corrupt politicians, showgirls and an increasingly demented federal agent played by Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, Take Shelter).

Penned by Eric Singer, the film will tell the true story of a famed financial con artist (Bale) and his mistress / partner in crime (Adams) who were forced to work with an out of control federal agent (Cooper) to turn the tables on other con artists, mobsters and politicians.

Politicians seizing on painless ways to cut the deficit reinforce this perception of massive spending, and Americans believe them: In surveys, they estimate that as much as one out of four dollars spent by the federal government goes to foreign governments.

Most policies that govern public schools are made not by politicians at the state or federal level, but by locally elected school boards.

The current era of corporate education reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authors wrote.

As for the Federal Reserve being affected by politicians, perhaps Volcker was an exception, but during the Carter and Nixon years, the White House successfully attempted to influence policy.

The federal refinancing is a solution held in high regard by many politicians, and many view it as a necessary government program that is missing.

In other news, some state politicians, such as the ones in Minnesota, tried to implement their own way to consolidate student debt at a lower rate, a method currently not offered by the federal government.

The retrospective of more than 150 works, many of them depicting gay subcultures, proved too hot to handle and a number of museums found themselves on the frontline of controversy — the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC canceled their presentation of the show and the director of the Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center was tried for obscenity and acquitted — and some politicians used the ICA show as an example of how federal grants were misused by the cultural community.

It will lead you straight to the treasuries of state and federal governments, where academia constitutes an important player in the fascistic enterprise coordinated by politicians in office and their appointed bureaucrats at agencies such as the National Science Foundation.»

Federal Coalition politicians have hinted darkly that this «indivisibility» hides AGL's true intent to boost the wholesale electricity price for Bayswater (and all other generators) by reducing supply when Liddell's generators grind to a halt for the last time.

The key takeaway quote was made by Ed Maibach, director of George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication and a member of the federal advisory committee that released the assessment: «Data is accumulating to show that Americans want their politicians to take action.»

A statement submitted to the ARD Capital Studio, the «Berliner Kreis (Berlin Circle)», which includes numerous federal and communal politicians of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), calls for an end to «moral blackmail» by climate research and a «farewell to unilateral German CO2 targets.»

When Alabama Power announced they were planning to retire some coal power plants — Politicians reacted by saying: «Coal was created in Alabama by God, and the federal government should not enact policy that runs counter to God's plan».

On this Halloween eve, it is truly frightening to grasp the extent to which America's politicians, policies, laws, regulations, energy, economy, jobs, and future are controlled by a cabal of stealthy billionaires — who receive billions from state and federal government agencies, and use those riches to become even wealthier, more powerful, and more in control of our lives, livelihoods, living standards, and liberties.

All of this has been endorsed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and encouraged by proponents of wind and solar generated electricity, and by some politicians.

Conservative MP Michael Chong, known as a more independent - minded politician than most, is bucking his federal counterparts by making his «revenue negative» carbon tax plan the centrepiece of his leadership campaign.

Justice Dube had a career as a federal politician and a Cabinet member, prior to his appointment by Pierre Trudeau.

The data collected and analyzed by the authors strongly supports their ultimate conclusion that federal district judges are not politicians in black robes.

In the past few months, following the release of ten deceptively edited anti-Planned Parenthood «sting» videos by an anti-abortion group called the Center for Medical Progress, GOP politicians have focused intently on defunding the reproductive health organization on both state and federal levels.

Despite efforts of anti-women's health politicians to cut family planning, the bill passed by the committee today protects Title X — the nation's only federal program for birth control that 4 million women count on each year — and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs that provides young people the tools to plan for their futures.

She's was appointed by politicians, the CB is an arm of a federal political bureau — Industry Canada and she reports to Monsieur Paradis the politician overseeing same.