Sentences with phrase «federal lobbying»

The collective millions spent on federal lobbying and politicians went a long way for these five coal interest groups.

In 2008, its successor, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, spent $ 9.9 million on federal lobbying in addition to $ 38 million for an ad campaign promoting «clean coal.»

During the 2000s, federal lobbying records show a two - man team at work in the Washington operation: Howe and John Regan.

Assisted Government Relations Director with Congressional affairs, and compiled lists of Congressional members and designed federal lobbying efforts for all member organizations.

Apotex regularly lobbies the federal government, and Sherman pulled out of the event after federal lobbying commissioner Karen Shepherd began to investigate.

The sporting goods store, under fire for refusing to sell rifles to anyone under the age of 21, is now officially lobbying Congress for gun control, according to federal lobbying activity records.

On a more positive note, the President signed several executive orders — an ethics order banning administration appointees from ever lobbying foreign governments and from federal lobbying for five years after they leave office.

Federal lobbying data were gathered from the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying website.

If Cohen was instead lobbying on behalf of any of these companies by contacting government officials, including Trump, on their behalf, he may have violated federal lobbying registration laws, which punish knowing and corrupt violations with up to five years in prison.

Koch executives and their families wield political influence in other ways too, including direct federal lobbying and campaign contributions.

Considering Facebook spent more on federal lobbying last year than in any year in the company's history — and Google, which also would likely be affected by such a federal online privacy law, spent more money on lobbying than any other company in the U.S. — a privacy law similar to the European regulations would face a steep climb.

In 2018, 2020 Mom will support the following initiatives through lobbying, engaging the MMH network in federal advocacy and hosting federal lobby days in May.

PhRMA's state and federal lobbying spending rose by more than two - thirds from the previous year, to $ 57 million.

Since January, Canada's federal lobbying commissioner has been investigating whether the fundraiser violated government rules, which say lobbyists can not lobby officials they helped get elected.

Dick's Sporting Goods, under fire for refusing to sell rifles to anyone under the age of 21, is now officially lobbying Congress for gun control, according to federal lobbying activity records.

Smithfield Foods paid at least $ 280,000 in lobbying fees in 2017 to Hart's firm, and Hart was listed by name as representing Smithfield as its lobbyist when he wrote the email, according to federal lobbying records.

All together, these combined BC and federal lobbying efforts total 826 contacts over six years (not to mention those in Alberta that we do not have information about).

Based on the first six months of the year, Facebook is on track to spend nearly $ 10 million on federal lobbying in 2014, close to double what it spent in 2013, reports Russ Choma for the Center for Responsive Politics.

3) National: Senate filings record that Pearson Education spent $ 5.2 million on Federal lobbying from 2010 - 2014.

Sanofi and Lilly both spent more last year on political donations and federal lobbying than Novo Nordisk.

The Times Union recently uncovered congressional emails and federal lobbying records that show Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. was interested in Utica in 2011.

«After the November 2016 indictment of Percoco, CPV's state and federal lobbying efforts more than quadrupled,» the report found.

But because the Trump White House doesn't appear to have a «strong view» on climate change, Korsnick said, NEI's federal lobbying is now focused on emphasizing baseload nuclear power to support the electric grid.

Private prison companies spent nearly $ 3.5 million on federal lobbying in 2017, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Between 2002 and 2007, ABEC spent an average of $ 93,000 each year on federal lobbying.

In 2014 (as of reports filed in October) Alcoa spent $ 1.9 million on federal lobbying, working through the firms Mercury, Van Scoyoc, and McBee Strategic Consulting.

Trevor Potter served as general counsel in John McCain's 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns, is the founding president and general counsel of the Campaign Legal Center, and is considered one of the nation's leading authorities on federal lobbying and campaign finance.

In the first quarter of 2017 alone, tobacco companies and trade associations spent more than $ 4.7 million on federal lobbying, including $ 2.3 million by Altria, $ 1.3 million by Philip Morris International and $ 589,848 by Reynolds American.

«We expect that Lee will not only carry on the association's tradition of excellence and effectiveness in federal lobbying but also lead our lobbying organization to still greater heights,» says NAR President R. Layne Morrill.

That was in Federal lobbying and licensing of the Realtor brand.