Sentences with phrase «citizen groups make»

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A flood of money from outside groups - a result of the 2010 Supreme Court ruling Citizens United - created a «huge cacophony of television» in the final months of the campaign, making it harder for any one message to stand out.

The long - term vision is a country in which citizens, specialists, professionals, academics, community groups and even businesses can work together, developing innovative information access and visualization tools, better decision - making models, and more tools responsive to the needs of the citizens.

This open data movement aims to make these datasets available, at no cost, to citizens, citizen groups, non-governmental-organizations (NGOs) and businesses.

As individuals you have the same right as any other citizen but as a group until you start paying taxes, not lobbyist, butt out and obey the laws made by the government.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was only a young teenager when he was REQUIRED by law (being a «law - abiding» citizen in America you would understand) to join Hitler's Youth Group and after turning 18 he was conscripted (as a patriotic American you can understand young men being drafted) into the German army, which, after a few months he deserted (that alone should make you respect him) and spent a few months as a German POW in an American POW camp.

Many persons who are not likely to join groups in churches and schools may do so if they're made available in family counseling agencies» mental health services, youth organizations, business and industry, fraternal groups, self - help groups (such as A.A., P.W.P., Alanon, etc.), and in the many organizations devoted to special needs of the handicapped, ex-prisoners, ex-patients, unwed parents, minority groups of all kinds, senior citizens, community action groups, ethnic organizations.

I just posted this on another topic... change a few words, youll get the point: In an ideal situation, «World Religions» would be part of a «World History» class, unfortunately, in the USA, there are far too many conservative Christians with power to rewrite history, make whole groups of people second class citizens by making laws against them, and travel the world trying to convert non-Christians through our Military, Politicians, humanitarian efforts and more.

C. Provide research and information to citizen advocate groups on the process for obtaining «leave to participate» in governmental proceedings, public policy development and rule - making in the communications arena.

Much more needs to be done in building local and national citizen - action groups to make their presence felt in government in order to secure media that are responsive to the public interest, both locally and nationally.

(Most of you also make me a little embarrassed to be an American too, if you think it's acceptable to try to purposely pi % s off a large group of your own fellow citizens)

My Name is Patti Rundall and I am sorry to have to come here again but I do so on behalf of thousands of citizens and IBFAN groups around the world who monitor the marketing of baby foods and who try to make sure that babies lives are not put at risk by this company's marketing.

Mother - Friendly Childbirth: Highlights of the Evidence This is a summary of the Evidence Basis document (above) contributed by consumer groups BirthNetwork National and Citizens for Midwifery that makes it possible to see at a glance the results of the research in a easy to comprehend, quick presentation.

First, the good: public - interest news outlet ProPublica is asking citizens to help track political advertising by candidates and outside groups like SuperPACs (they need assistance because the FCC has balked at making local TV stations publish online...

The jury is a group of citizens, and so long as the terms of their citizenship make it clear that jury duty is part of citizenship, than there is no moral harm in requiring them to fulfill that obligation.

The good - government group Common Cause vehemently disagreed with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's assertion on Monday in a radio interview that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case made it impossible for major campaign - finance law changes.

Schneiderman has held this policy for some time, though he has not talked about it in publicDick Dadey, with the reform group Citizens Union, says the Attorney General has made a wise decision.

They support calls, such as that made by the all - party campaign group Unlock Democracy, for a citizens» convention process to generate proposals for constitutional change.

This is significant progress for a group who frequently feel like second class citizens - unrecognised for the contribution they make to society and left in ill - health and financial hardship as a result of caring.

The introduction of primaries and more open policy - making processes are beginning to bring a wider group of citizens into party activity.

The administration has largely ignored recommendations on how to improve recycling made by auditors in the city comptroller's office, citizen groups and Council members.

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

The other partners in the effort are the Sunlight Foundation, good government group Citizens Union, Socrata, web - developer coder training program Dev Bootcamp, and Ontodia, an open data solutions firm that has experience working with scraping PDFS and making them machine - readable.

«He won't own up to the backroom deals he is making with groups like the Family Institute of Connecticut and the Connecticut Citizens Defense League that want to ban gay marriage and repeal our gun safety laws,» Connecticut Democrats said in a fundraising email.

He described the group as a sounding board made up of citizen volunteers.

Town of Rosendale Councilwoman Jennifer Metzger, a co-founder of the group Citizens for Local Power, says there should be no expectation that the pipeline would reduce the amount of crude oil transported by rail, and she criticized Pilgrim officials for making what she calls misleading statements.

«All of this makes clear that the Supreme Court was wrong in Citizens United when it unleashed big money in our elections with the promise it would be independent of candidates and office holders,» said Paul Ryan, vice president for policy and litigation at the nonprofit watchdog group Common Cause.

Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey is taking the head of the Bronx Republican party to task for joining a coalition of more than 100 groups opposing a convention to make changes to the state constitution.

What would now be good to see from governments is more explanation to their citizens of how the tax system actually works, so the public can makes up its mind with all the facts, such as that corporation tax is paid on profits and not sales and it is legitimate for a subsidiary to pay for the use of intellectual property owned by another group company.

Military authorities in the Country have warned groups or unpatriotic elements threatening to make the country ungovernable or unpalatable for peace and security of the citizens, to have a rethink and desist from such as the armed forces were fully mobilized and ready to crush acts -LSB-...]

He says the influence of money in politics is much greater now, especially since the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision made it harder for government to regulate spending by independent expenditure groups.

The Conflicts of Interest Board probe stems from a complaint made by the watchdog group Citizens Union over pro-bono work Mark - Viverito received in late 2013 from The Advance Ggroup Citizens Union over pro-bono work Mark - Viverito received in late 2013 from The Advance GroupGroup.

If Labour does want to regain its former levels of support from working class citizens (who remain objectively the largest social group in society), the party must adopt the politics of hope and ambition — the hope and ambition to make the mass of citizens» lives better through regulating the processes and outcomes of the market.

Over 200 citizens and community group representatives made their voices heard at our first Community Congress meeting in downtown Buffalo, NY.

«Billion - dollar personnel costs in both counties should not only push officials to make some tough decisions here, but get citizens to demand action and realize this problem is one of the big reasons Long Island is so unaffordable,» said Doug Kellogg, communications director for Reclaim New York, a Manhattan - based government watchdog group chaired by Rebekah Mercer, a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump.

Olivencia said that Citizens Action, a liberal activist group, had made the reservation at Pucho Olivencia without mentioning that Nixon would be part of the event.

The groups Citizens Union and League of Women Voters are making voters aware of the amendment and giving them reasons why voters should approve the measure.

While further efforts are being made to secure the release of every abducted citizen in Nigeria, Government is ever ready to accept the unconditional laying down of arms by members of the Boko Haram group, who show strong commitment in this regard.

Officially called the «Task Force on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Expenditures,» the group brings together liberal activists such as Javier Valdes of Make the Road with budget wonks, such as Michael Dardia of the Citizens Budget Commission and James Parrott of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

During the mall saga, DeFrancisco became a political hero for the citizens» groups arguing - for either aesthetic or economic reasons - that the mall deal made no sense.

As governor, Mattei said he would strengthen disclosures by what he called «dark money third party groups,» reform the redistricting process to make it «truly nonpartisan,» and push to overturn Citizens United, the landmark Supreme Court case that banned restrictions on donations by corporations and other associations.

The foundation is affiliated and shares governance with Citizens Union, a good government group founded in 1897, which works to make democracy work for all New Yorkers.

Dick Dadey, with the reform group Citizens Union, says the Attorney General has made a wise decision.

What the opponents say: «What Prop 1 does is take a bad situation and make it even worse by locking a system of political party control into our constitution,» said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause, another good - government group that has done battle with Citizens Union over the proposition.

This accomplishment belongs to one group alone: the passionate citizens committed to making New York a more representative democracy that reflected the true will of its voters.

The good government group Citizens Union, which does not make «endorsements» per se, had designated Farias as the «preferred» candidate in the race.

Through 16 cross-disciplinary courses and internships, community - based synergy groups, nine doctoral and masters portfolio programs, a consulting service, a Preparing Future Faculty program, and a variety of workshops, IE provides graduate students opportunities to discover how to use their expertise to make a meaningful and lasting difference in their discipline and in the community — that is, to become citizen - scholars.

The «Compact of Mayors,» a group of 228 cities representing 436 million citizens around the world made commitments at the United Nations Climate Summit earlier this year to avoid two billion metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution per year.

Anine H. Stam, MD, a neurologist at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, and colleagues made the discovery by looking at a unique group of people — 2,600 Dutch citizens descended from just 22 couples.

So worried, in fact, that it has just passed a slew of laws making citizens who operate chat rooms, news groups and e-mail services responsible for any security breach that may occur via their services.

At a certain age, every citizen is tested and assigned to a group representing and living that one facet of human personality — and she fails the test (or it just doesn't work on her), making her a Divergent.