Sentences with phrase «by business interests»

The use of sanctions is problematic in a world defined by business interests.
Now U.S. senators are calling for an investigation, and ethics experts demand he divest to prevent his policy decisions from being influenced by his business interests.
NY - LEAD has so far floated no proposals to curb the power of so - called independent expenditure groups like, say, the Committee to Save NY — the pro-Cuomo entity formed by business interests that spent about $ 10 million last year to bolster key aspects of the governor's agenda and is gearing up for another push this year.
But he has also had the Committee to Save New York on his side, a lobbying campaign funded by business interests that aided his agenda during his first two years in office, but for now is laying low.
The total fees may be determined by the time spent on the engagement as well as the complexity and urgency of the matter as well as by business interest and the results of the engagement.
Sabet suggested that Adelson isn't motivated by business interests, noting that he «lost a child to drug abuse,» something Adelson's wife has spoken about publicly.
With wide adoption by businesses interested and capable of using Blockchain technologies to optimize their operations, and both the retail and institutional investor enticed by the return on investment of Blockchain technologies, it is safe to say that Blockchain technologies will be here to stay for 2018.
The recommendations of the Club of Rome were heavily criticized by business interests who had most to lose, but their claims served only to illustrate how much political and economic ideology is driven by self - interest.
One exception would be France and its peculiar semi-presidential regime but in this case the president mostly gets what he wants and he is more constrained by business interests, EU rules or potential strikes than he is by his parliament.
Meanwhile, Bill Samuels, a co-founder of Effective NY, has urging the commission to investigate millions of dollars in campaign contributions by business interests formed as limited liability corporations.
High Stakes Testing, NCLB, Race to the Top, Common Core etc. have never been about educational processes they are political processes driven by business interests.
It joins previous suits filed by California and over a dozen other states, and by business interests opposed to the rollback.
Justice Lloyd Karmeier of the Illinois Supreme Court was backed by business interests in his election bid, and now the plaintiffs bar thinks that Karmeier should be disqualified from cases involving or affecting his donors.
Among the significant concerns underlined by the Venice Commission are: i) lack of broader consensus and no public consultations, ii) unclear criteria and discretionary methods for establishing constituencies, iii) no clear criteria for the representation of Transnistria and of Moldovan citizens living abroad, and, iv) constituency members of parliament would be vulnerable to being influenced by business interests.
Sawant explains that the Democrats, funded by business interests, can't deliver for working people even with the best of intentions, adding that we must build and independent movement.
In Cuomo's not - too - distant past, he aligned himself with a nonprofit formed by business interests to advocate for his agenda, the Committee to Save New York.
But the reality is that Trump's position on Cuba, much like his positions on many other issues, has fluctuated over the years, and has at times been influenced by business interests.
In the late 1990's, Wallace and other activists led a resistance movement against a vigorous campaign by business interests to curtail the national Resource Management Act, a piece of legislation that provided important protection for natural resources.
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