Sentences with phrase «concerted lobbying effort»
A concerted lobbying effort last year pushed for publicly financed campaigns, with advocates ranging from Jonathan Soros to Democratic House candidate Sean Eldridge contributing money for the effort.
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Although manufacturers have been lobbying governments, a more concerted effort both federally and provincially may be required.
I don't think I've ever been the target of a concerted lobbying campaign before, but efforts to restore the public image of pink slime — a.k.a. Lean Finely Textured Beef — have even gotten to me.
Asked about the lobbying drive just weeks ago, Melissa Sklarz, a leading transgender activist who is president of the Stonewall Democrats of New York City, told the newspaper, «I think there's been a wonderful concerted effort.»
26 years of concerted effort, multi-millions in lobbying expenses, and skillful masking of the real intent of «parental choice» has come down to this: the GOP has the legislature, the statehouse, the Supreme Court and the public square.
So in this topsy - turvy world, who knows, but you would think that with the amount of business that has gone over to Cuba since President Obama's executive orders and the additional amount of capital that's been invested going forward, you would think that it would be very difficult for whoever it is to be able to just undo all that without a concerted effort from the business lobby to prevent that from happening or at least slow that down.
There will be intense lobbying and a concerted effort to ban or make the technology illegal.
TREB is making a concerted effort to lobby against a possible foreign buyer tax on homes in Ontario, arguing that such a tax would be «misguided» when just 4.9 per cent of its member agents acted on behalf a foreign buyer in 2016.