Sentences with phrase «federal lobbyist»

In December, Mr. Steinhilber was the chief federal lobbyist for the nsba A month later, with an expanded office, twice the staff, and an annual budget of more than $ 500,000, he became the head of a new nsba unit called the Center for State Legislation and School Law.

Vijay is a registered federal lobbyist.

«We will have a strong Democratic candidate who will face a weakened Republican field, which includes federal lobbyist, Virginian, and North Carolina - lover Dan Coats,» he said.

Lastly, the Common Core «State» Standards brought inflexible standards, copyrighted by federal lobbyist organizations, promoted and incentivized by the U.S. Department of Education and its like - minded financiers.

On top of K12's direct involvement in political campaigns, K12 Inc. has also focused on direct lobbying activities, spending more than $ 120,000 spent on federal lobbyists in the last two years, all while hiring more than 150 lobbyists in 28 states between 2003 and 2012, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics.

The Sun reports that the state legislature includes several lawmakers who are also federal lobbyists — and whose work in Annapolis sometimes intersects with the clients they represent in Congress.

Prior to Encompass, Birdie was a federal lobbyist at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

She has most recently been a federal lobbyist specializing in representing local governments.

Former Long Island Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop has registered for the first time as a federal lobbyist, to represent Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in Patchogue on issues of health, Medicare and Medicaid.

«This pledge [Obama's rejection of PACs and federal lobbyists] is made all the more important by the fact that the McCain campaign is chock full of federal lobbyists, some of whom continued to lobby even from the so - called «Straight Talk Express.

«The Government expects that the evidence at trial will establish that the Governor's election in 2010 transformed Howe, then primarily a federal lobbyist based in Washington, D.C., into a key contact for individuals seeking public funds and other official action from New York State,» the government writes, «due to Howe's longstanding personal and professional relationships with the Governor and other senior officials in the Governor's administration.»

That was a stark message from the district's federal lobbyist, who told a district board committee this week that Washington is increasing national support for charter schools by nearly 32 percent but by only 6 percent for magnet schools, a difference that surprised some of the school board members.

We are not a commercial entity, we do not have federal lobbyists, we are not tax - subsidized as environmental charities are, we do not represent any industry.

Gerron S. Levi, a lobbyist for the AFL - CIO; and Sen. Jim Rosapepe, who is a federal lobbyist for states on issues of tax fairness.»

My firm is registered as a federal lobbyist and I have incorporated a 501 (c)(3) and (c)(4), but haven't begun any fundraising yet.