Sentences with phrase «did lobbying work»

The pair did lobbying work on behalf of these entities in the US, and were later charged by Mueller for failing to disclose the nature of their foreign sponsors to federal authorities.

Not exact matches

Pence headed Trump's transition team, but he has insisted that he did not know about Flynn's lobbying work or conversations with the Russian ambassador before Flynn's ouster in February.

The disclosures Friday indicate that Trump transition lawyers did not view Flynn's lobbying work for a Turkish businessman as a liability for an official who serves as the president's closest adviser on security and international affairs.

Flynn's son also recently drew focus in the Russia investigation because of work he did for his father's lobbying firm, Flynn Intel Group, and legal analysts have said that Mueller's focus on Flynn Jr. could be an attempt to coerce his father's cooperation in the investigation.

«They are particularly useful when traveling, allowing you to stay connected 24/7 while working from airports, hotel lobbies or other locations that don't often provide easy access to power.»

He began by calling other webcasters, who together founded SaveNetRadio, then hired a D.C. lobbying firm, Qorvis, which has done work for AOL, Amazon.com, and Halliburton, to get behind it.

Neither Kinsella nor Jiles was available for an interview, though Jiles released a statement Friday that said the company registers whenever it does work that meets the definition of lobbying.

In the case of Whole Foods, Neuberger Berman lobbied for the activists to do the messy work of battling the company in public.

As it did with the federal government, Kinder Morgan has worked the province from all the angles available to big corporations with endless lobbying budgets.

Apart from not liking the video's message and concept, which, given his credentials as head of an anti-union «right to work» lobby group, doesn't come as a surprise, Oakey is particularly bothered by the fact that the PSAC — a union — produced the video.

All that Mr. Mohler is doing is to work within the given systems to lobby for his particular interest.

Because after a week of Facebook and school pick - ups and drop - off lines, a week of writing and laundry, a week of working and to - do lists, I hear my name called out in the lobby and, maybe for just a moment, someone sees me.

Organizing also distinguishes itself from «advocacy,» the kind of work done by church lobbying offices in Washington and state capitals.

To many, it is basically a middle - class organization catering to those who want to take advantage of its insurance policies or its vacation discounts; they do not know of its legal and lobbying work on behalf of legislation to benefit the elderly of all economic levels.

If they truly want to be a witness, they should be taking care of their employees by [1] paying them a living wage and [2] supporting them with health care, not trying to run their lives by denying it because they personally don't believe in birth control *** AHEM HOBBY LOBBY, all you had to do was voice your objection and step aside, and the provider would absorb the cost, but NOOOOOOOOOO, you thought you knew better & said I FORBID YOU TO HAVE IT so your employees lost out on ALL health care, nice work in the name of the Great Physician *** or firing them because they get pregnant BECAUSE you didn't let them have birth control...

Does anyone here even wonder how many people post comments in these sections that WORK and LOBBY for insurance companies?

Mark O'Meara's heart beats true for the red, white and blue, but that doesn't mean he'll work for peanuts — which is why he's leading a lobby of players, from both teams, who think they should get more than a token fee to play in this week's Presidents Cup.

Knowing all this information was out there, I couldn't believe there was anyone who didn't breastfeed these days, other than uneducated teenage moms, those with uncompromising work situations, or those unfortunate women who were physically unable to do so (and according to what I had read on the La Leche League website, there were very few of these women out there - far fewer than the formula lobby and misinformed doctors would have us believe).

As the cloth diaper world has developed beyond diaper services, prefolds, and diaper covers and into modern cloth diapers, we've learned a great deal about how the disposable diaper companies work, how they market, how they became what they are today, what they tell consumers, how they lobby, what they don't tell you... and why.

A «country that works for everyone», is a country where the government does not allow private interests to come before the public interest, where access to power is democratic and not something enjoyed only by a privileged few through expensive lobbying, where in fact people can work hard and get on in life whatever the circumstances of their birth.

Lobbying filings show Lyft has retained Berlin Rosen, a consulting firm with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration and has done campaign work for a host of elected officials, including Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

The firm has done a mix of political consulting and lobbying jobs, and is currently working on (through Catalfamo) Wendy Long's longshot bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Online advocacy should integrate with offline grassroots organizing should coordinate with press strategy should mesh with direct lobbying — they ALL work better when they're done together.

Cuomo holds his father and his legacy in a sacrosanct state, making the kicker of the letter a real punch to the solar plexus and will do little to advance either man's relationship (part of this bad blood may stem from way back in 2010, when then - Attorney General Cuomo settled with the lobbying firm Faso worked for as part of a major pay - to - play pension fund scandal).

NYC, for example, has an in - house lobbying team, but also hires outside help on particular issues, like congestion pricing, for example, when the city retained Pat Lynch, although that didn't work out so well.

This should be of grave concern to the public as it reaches out to groups that do not engage in lobbying or campaigns but work on issues that impact us all.

The company does work with the New York government, but Bruno doesn't see that as a problem, as all of their contracts are achieved through public bidding and state legislators are legally barred only from lobbying after retirement from office, not from taking other types of jobs.

Not many are $ 79.5 K. I can see a 15 - 20 % allowance for outside earnings but attorneys like Flanagan should not get between $ 150 - 250K when they do no actual legal work on behalf of clients — and especially when the law firm he works for has a lobbying division that attempts to influence decision that come before him.

If you don't like something the Senator is doing, lobby her, and work with her.

«In the current political campaign environment, the presidential campaign finance system doesn't work at all and can not work,» said Craig Holman, who lobbies Capitol Hill on ethics and campaign finance issues for the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.

That's similar to what he did in his pre-Senate job at Housing Works, although I believe he did lobby for that organization, too.

Clinton accused gunmakers and the gun lobby of using their money and power to coerce members of Congress to do their bidding, as she promised to work for new gun - control measures if elected president.

Over the years the BMF have been lobbying for concrete crash barriers as against steel post types and this goes to show that such lobbying really does work.»

As Glenwood was lobbying Skelos about rent laws, Skelos pressured an executive at the firm, identified by sources as senior vice president Charles Dorego, to arrange a $ 20,000 payment to his son Adam that prosecutors say was disguised as a commission for title work which he did not perform.

A spokesperson for Sachs Consulting told the New York Times in 2011 that his health care consulting did not amount to lobbying, but that Sachs had voluntarily frozen all contact with his clients while he worked on the Medicaid Redesign effort, to avoid the appearance of a conflict.

Not only did he previously spend 10 years at top advertising agency M&C Saatchi, but before entering the Commons in 2010 he also worked for top lobbying firm Lexington Communications.

«While the Czechs and Hungarians are negotiating hard from a position of strength, David Cameron has deliberately chosen to sit on the sidelines, forced to lobby others to do his work for him.»

The party boss, who now works for the lobbying firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, did not respond to requests for comment.

The new company separated campaign work from lobbying and communications work done by MirRam, amid scrutiny on connections between lobbying and consulting work in Albany and New York City.

Of particular concern was the fact that the legal fees Silver earned through a real estate tax firm doing work for developers, one of which regularly lobbied Silver directly, never appeared on his disclosure forms.

He did say that the current slowness of action in Ulster County is basically pro forma for an industry still working out its kinks, legislatively, around the state and nation, and that it's just such issues that will be raised at a state capitol lobbying day being set up for early May.

Critics have said that the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, like de Blasio's Campaign for One New York, created a shadow government apparatus, in this case where government employees did work for lobbying groups and consultants were paid for their efforts by the MCCEJ while also representing Cuomo's campaign.

Ward took with him labor lawyer Vincent Pitta, his brother - in - law, whose law firm and lobbying business both do well - compensated work for the Hotel Trades Council.

«I do think there's an opportunity down the line to do work toward single - payer, but with the strength of the insurance lobbies and the drug companies, it's not in the cards right now.»

NYU, which lobbies the state through the firm Wilson Elser, does not appear to have reported Lacewell's work.

A de Blasio spokesman denied any connection between WeWork's donations and lobbying, and the work done at the Wall Street building, saying: «It was approved based on its merits and its compliance with existing building codes and the city's zoning resolution, as is the case for all building projects under this administration.»

Lawyers from Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, the Albany law and lobbying firm retained by LPCiminelli and that employed lobbyist Todd Howe, who did work at the same time for the state - created not - for - profit corporation that awarded the Buffalo Billion contract.

Fossella, a former congressman from Staten Island who did not run for a sixth term in 2008 following revelations that he had a second family living in Virginia, also works at the lobbying firm Park Strategies, which was hired to represent Bloomfield Industries.

The ethics agreement will also expand disclosure requirements by political consultants who do work for elected officials as well as for clients with business before the state or local governments, and increase the number of donors to groups that perform lobbying who will be required to disclose their identities.

Today, a 3» x 4» enlargement of Skop's Science cover hangs in the lobby of the Genetics - Biotechnology Center building at UW Madison, part of an exhibit Skop created to highlight the artistry and diversity of the work done in the department.