Sentences with phrase «conservative think tank based»

GWPF, a conservative think tank based in the United Kingdom that promotes climate skepticism and denial, wanted Pruitt to deliver its annual lecture, after having already hosted Trump's EPA transition chief Myron Ebell.

Taylor is a lawyer / lobbyist for an extreme conservative think tank based in Chicago.

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) is a conservative think tank based in Austin, Texas, and a member of the State Policy Network (SPN).

«Some are calling it «No Consultant Left Behind,»» says Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.

North Carolina's absenteeism gap mirrored national data found in the report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington D.C.

Empire Center for Public Policy Empire Center, a conservative think tank based in Albany, has released a slew of criticisms of the budget.

The Empire Center is a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany.

Bill Hammond, health policy director for the Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative think tank based in Albany, says, «Obamacare had certain gaps that people slipped through, I think this system would have bigger gaps.»

«It doesn't set a very good example,» said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany.

Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany, questioned how the village will afford the raises after its fund balance is drawn down.

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It has been based on the production of lies developed by the fossil fuel industry through industry - funded conservative think - tanks, laundered through conservative foundations, spun and repeated by right - wing media outlets, and adopted as ideology by the Republican Party.

Published by the conservative think - tank Fraser Institute, the report's goal is to influence public policy and «set the record straight» on «wildly off - base» reports on financial costs of raising children.

Donors Trust's board of directors, which ultimately decides who gets funded, reads like a conservative who's - who directory: Arthur Brooks, president of American Enterprise Institute; John Von Kannon, vice president of the Heritage Foundation; William Mellor, president of the Institute for Justice, a libertarian legal firm; and Kris Alan Mauren, director of the Acton Institute, a Michigan - based conservative think tank.

«Based on 2014 spending numbers, New York is one of about a dozen states, almost all in the Northeast, whose caps would be lowered as a result of this provision — potentially losing billions in aid,» said Bill Hammond, a health care analyst at the conservative - leaning Empire Center, an Albany think tank.

«Symbolic and unimpressive,» E.J. McMahon, of the Empire Center, an Albany - based fiscally conservative think tank, said in an email.

Jonathan Scott is a former Conservative councillor and head of the Yorkshire based Tory supporting think - tank, Conservative Vision.

«When you get into long - term contracts that guarantee something every year, you've really tied the hands of districts to maneuver and adjust,» said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, an Albany - based think tank that is fiscally conservative and has strongly supported the state's tax - cap law.

E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center, an Albany - based conservative think - tank, wrote an article on Monday supporting Cuomo's veto.

E.J. McMahon, president of the Albany - based Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative think tank, attributed the police pay to a 1974 state law that mandated binding arbitration when police and a municipality reach a negotiating impasse.

E.J. McMahon, the head of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank, told Newsday last week that the plan would «basically undermine the state's tax base.»

Several Democratic senators cited media reports that staffers on the Trump transition team are pushing a proposal by the conservative Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C. — based think tank, to make deep cuts at DOE.

Samuel Gregg, research director of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, a conservative Grand Rapids, Michigan — based Catholic think tank, predicted in an interview with The Daily Climate website earlier this year that the pope would steer clear.

He is now a distinguished senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a Washington, D.C. - based conservative think tank.

Based on Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway's nonfiction report of the same name, Robert Kenner's documentary looks at the scientists hired by corporations and conservative think - tanks to appear on news programs, touting skewed data about public health issues and climate change.

All three are influencing Mr. Dole's presidential campaign in different ways, yet they have something in common: All have been waiting in the wings as co-directors of Empower America, the Washington think tank that promotes «progressive conservative policies based on principles of economic growth, international leadership, and cultural renewal.»

The Fordham Institute, a Washington - based conservative think tank that generally supports the types of reform promoted in Race to the Top, periodically issues a study on state standards.

The Thomas Fordham Institute, a conservative Washington - based think tank, produced a 2012 study assessing the strength of teachers» unions.

The Heartland Institute is a Chicago - based free market think tank launched in 1994, which has accepted millions of dollars from conservative groups and fossil fuel interests.

Bast is president and CEO of the Heartland Institute, a Chicago - based conservative think tank that supports climate change denial events and researchers.

Dr Travis Coan, of the University of Exeter, and Dr Constantine Boussalis, of Trinity College Dublin, analysed 16,000 articles, reports, transcripts, letters, reviews and press releases from the websites of 19 conservative think tanks, mainly based in the U.S, who work on climate change.

Based outside of Chicago, Heartland is a conservative think tank that lobbies against climate regulation, has received funding from fossil fuel - linked groups, and lauded President Donald Trump's recent decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.

The Heartland Institute, a Chicago - based, industry - funded conservative think - tank, has had a long history of climate denial that continues today.

Corbyn is also a global warming skeptic and was a speaker at the International Conference on Climate Change (2009) hosted by the conservative Chicago - based think tank, the Heartland Institute.

Many recipients had ties to the State Policy Network (SPN), a wide collection of conservative state - based think tanks and media organizations that focus on shaping public policy and opinion.