Sentences with phrase «for lobby days»

More than 150 Planned Parenthood supporters have traveled to Jefferson City for lobby days, and 17 citizens, including physicians and patients, have testified at legislative hearings.

He greeted all the other patrons at the bar, mostly teachers and education advocates in town for a lobby day the following day at the Capitol.

The coalition was in town on April 24 for a lobby day and rally.

Add one more name to the list of people descending on the Capitol for lobby day: State Democratic Party Executive Director Charlie King.

The two labor leaders were in town for a lobby day that drew thousands of union members to Albany to protest the governor's proposal to create a sixth pension tier, which they insist will reduce retirees benefits by 40 percent.

On Tuesday, February 3, New Yorkers for Active Transportation (NY4AT) will be teaming up with New York Public Transit Association (NYPTA) for a lobby day in Albany to discuss pedestrian, bicycling and transit infrastructure.

Not exact matches

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's free - trade campaign produced deals with Colombia and Peru, and he successfully lobbied for a place among Trans - Pacific Partnership negotiating countries, which many believe will one day include China.

Abe had put a lot of personal political capital at stake in beating on the agricultural lobby, and not just the farmers... but the [agricultural] banks, pension schemes, all the rest, to get support for a US - led TPP deal, and then Trump pulls out,» Bremmer said, referring to the Trans - Pacific Partnership, a sweeping trade deal, spearheaded by Barack Obama, that Trump exited days after taking office in January 2017.

When I stepped back into the clinic on Monday, open again as promised, the lobby was abuzz with stories from listless, sweat - slicked patients who were waiting to dose for the first time in days.

Republicans are panicking about the potential for conflict ahead of the 2018 midterm elections and have spent the past few days privately lobbying within the White House.

Kent went on about the 2010 UN episode: «On the day of the actual vote, on the floor of the General Assembly, as we were all going up and down through the desks and aisles, urging people to stick to their commitment to vote for us, the Cuban ambassador was equally on the floor lobbying for the Canadian vote.»

** Enbridge Inc denied conflict of interest claims on Tuesday after a media report found that the head of United States energy regulator had been paying $ 50 a day for a property near Capitol Hill linked to the chairman of a key Washington lobby firm that represents the Calgary - based pipeline company.

Today is an «Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action for Immigration Reform» in Washington, D.C., with many evangelical luminaries, and even more evangelical activists, hosting advocacy worship services and lobbying Congress for immigration legislation that would legalize the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S..

Afterward, at an event kicking off a lobbying day for more than 300 evangelical pastors on Capitol Hill, Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and a leader of Evangelical Immigration Table, said that anyone who says the bill provides amnesty needs «a course in remedial English.»

The South African soccer team the Kaiser Chiefs organized a national awareness day; in Burkino Faso, activists partnered with a trucking union for monitoring purposes; drivers of moto - taxis in Thailand keep watch for child sex exploitation; Nepalese trafficking survivors formed Shakti Samuaha, a nongovernmental organization that lobbies officials to make policy changes; organizations in Bangladesh have focused specifically on the taboo topic of male prostitutes and have opened shelters for exploited children.

(I always use pork because I don't eat lamb, but Mr B is lobbying for lamb - stuffed rolls one of these days.)

Gone are the days when guests would need to trek to the lobby to sign up for an excursion, let alone make a phone call.

This newly - created position will oversee all three culinary outlets at the luxury hotel, located in downtown Boston — BOND restaurant lounge, serving locally - influenced cuisine and craft cocktails; Café Fleuri, which serves breakfast and lunch, and is famous for its Saturday Chocolate Bar and Sunday City Brunch; and The Reserve, a refined lobby lounge, serving continental breakfast, The Langham Afternoon Tea by Wedgwood, and a stellar selection of Champagne, wine and beer throughout the day and evening.

Additionally, the group taps chefs across the country for «fly - in» advocacy days to lobby and educate.

Horschel, though, hinted during a tweet - a-thon with Twitter followers on Tuesday that some last - minute lobbying by Day, likely in the form of a sixth W for the 2015 campaign, could sway the swing votes.

After that, it'll be time for Snowland, where it'll snow every day in the lobby area, you can dine in a life - size Gingerbread House and meet Santa, of course!

Yesterday, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) concluded its three - day Legislative Action Conference, for which over 900 school food professionals travelled to Washington, D.C. to lobby for the goals set out in the organization's 2017 position paper.

Each day we would buy bananas and apples at the grocery store and sandwiches for lunch in the bakery in the lobby of our hotel.

Today's day of lobbying is the culmination of the new film Food Inc.'s social - action campaign, organized by Participant Media for the Child Nutrition Reauthorization.

The PATS lobbying firm, the Winter Group (TWG), helped develop the talking points for the day.

I wouldn't use the term lobbying unless you were asking for trouble... There is no sense that third parties have a legitimate role in standing up and expressing views and opinions of others on the policy issues of the day.

According to the event's organizers, the coalition plans to bring more than 2,000 advocates and supporters to the Capitol for what is being described as a «massive grassroots» day of lobbying and advocacy.

One Conservative PPC, Margot James, standing for Stourbridge, told The Times that she felt so uncomfortable using her day job as a freelance public relations consultant lobbying Tory MPs that she is donating her fee to a charity in her constituency.

It is true Eweida would have been perfectly able to do her job while wearing a crucifix and the judgement in her favour is not a big deal, especially on a day which can only be considered a serious set - back for the Christian lobby.

It's also NARAL Pro-Choice NY's lobby day, with hundreds of advocates gathering to push for Cuomo's (yet unreleased) Women's Equality Agenda.

I will put my credentials of fighting for progressive causes up against my two opponents any day of the week — one of whom lobbied for a Republican mayor in Albany, and another who paved the way for an unprecedented third term for a Republican mayor.»

When Fiona Hill and I used to meet for a sharpener in the Osteria dell» Angolo (known to lobby correspondents as the Nancy Dell» Olio) in Marsham Street during her Home Office days, the staff there used to call her «Lady Cunningham».

Here's why Moskowitz is canceling a day of school: to undermine and disrupt a lobby day meant to support Mayor de Blasio's plan for universal pre-K.

«Here's why Moskowitz is canceling a day of school: to undermine and disrupt a lobby day meant to support Mayor de Blasio's plan for universal pre-K,» he wrote.

Sometime after midnight on the last day of the legislative session — with zero public hearings, public review or consultation — Governor Cuomo rammed through a bill that includes very vague and very broad new reporting requirements for charitable groups which engage in lobbying or coordination with related charitable groups.

Speaking with reporters during NARAL's lobby day in Albany, Miller said she did not want to wade into the politics of who should be leading the state Assembly as calls mount for Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down for his handling of the confidential settlement.

That is the day seniors from all over the state will lobby lawmakers for passage of a single payer health insurance bill.

At 10:30 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul addresses the National Institute for Reproductive Health lobby day, Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 5, Albany.

The lobby of the Trump International Hotel has been the social center for the president - elect's supporters this week in the days before his inauguration.

Plans include a private lobby outfitted with a marketing wall that will be visible to all who enter or pass by, which will display programs, events and stories about those consumers that are assisted and cared for every day; new classrooms; a gym for pre-K and early intervention students; training rooms; breakout, community and education space; new offices and workstations; adaptive technology training program space; a doctor - staffed Low Vision Center; a new boardroom; private conference rooms for interviews and agency work; and displays telling the story of HKS» past and its vision for the future.

Business groups took offense earlier this month because Cuomo unveiled his «Fight for Fair Pay» campaign while they held their small business lobby day at the capitol.

The budget includes additional funding toward parks that had been lobbied for by Council members and advocates, including almost $ 700,000 to extend beach season one week past Labor Day.

On Jan. 11, the day the Randalls concert was announced, Mr. Ickes and his lobbying partner, Janice Enright, contributed $ 400 to Mr. de Blasio's campaign account, the limit for a registered lobbyist.

According to Carroll, on May 30, 2017, high school students came to Albany for the first - ever lobby day in support of the Young Voter Act.

Several of the schools are shutting down for the day and bringing their students to lobby.

While REBNY has scored high on three major fronts this year, at the end of the day that simply clears time and space for the lobbying group to take on its next series of challenges.

One day after Uber launched a lobbying effort to expand to upstate New York and Long Island, Cuomo said he's driving a proposal for a statewide system to allow the ride sharing services to bypass local licensing procedures.

Bill sponsors insisted they had the votes available for a Friday vote on the measure, but the effort has been met with stiff resistance from racino operators, who spent much the day personally lobbying lawmakers in the Senate.

And the papers, although of course they have to lobby for their own bottom line interests, will surely lose thousands of readers for every day they have a front page story about something that is of so little relevance to most peoples» lives.

The lobbying group also wants to cut the consultation period for collective redundancies to 30 days from 90 days.