Sentences with phrase «for lobbying firm»

Bowen Heath, who represents Halliburton, Koch Industries, and various other oil and gas interests for the lobbying firm McGuireWoods, had unparalleled access to the Commission.

Two board members of the conservative group are registered lobbyists for Navient, according to the article, while another board member works for a lobbying firm that serves student and payday lenders.»

Deputy Borough President under Shulman, promoted overdevelopment and eminent domain for private interests while chair of land use for the City Council, endorsement from Koch, and most recently worked for a lobbying firm.

Barrella works for lobbying firm Capital Group, which was employed by Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers, the company that gave Adam a $ 78,000 job for which he wasn't qualified.

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

O'Donnell, according to Precious, works for the lobbying firm Bolton St. John's, and represents a client who once worked with the Senecas to land a Catskills deal for the nation.

(Tokasz now works for the lobbying firm of Pat Lynch, who was once a top aid to Speaker Sheldon Silver).

David Cameron's former deputy chief of staff has taken a part - time role as an adviser for lobbying firm Brunswick, it has emerged.

However, Wright, who recently left public office to work for a lobbying firm, intends to remain as Manhattan County Democratic Chair which he describes as an «insiders game.»

Hill most recently worked for the lobbying firm Lexington Communications.

Former House members and ex-senators are barred from lobbying their former colleagues immediately, but they still can work for lobbying firms.

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Sen. Feinstein cites conflict of interest since his law firm, though not Bernhardt, is paid to lobby for the company.

Companies like Quest Diagnostics (DGX), for instance, reportedly tests millions of urine samples every year and, along with other firms, is ramping up a lobbying push to block marijuana reform.

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.

While in the midst of putting together one of her perfectly structured pay - for - play deals to help kill an import - tax bill (even hiring actors as instigators among the protesters), Sloane is asked to take the lead in her firm helping the gun lobby attract scared moms.

He was previously monitored under a separate FISA authorization that began in 2014, the report said, as part of an investigation into US lobbying firms» undisclosed work for the Ukrainian government.

These firms, putatively in the vanguard of advanced technology and certainly in the vanguard in Capitol Hill lobbying regarding H - 1B, are paying almost all of the foreign workers wages below the median for the given region.

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.

On Monday, the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC), a lobby group for U.K. firms, revised its forecasts to predict gross domestic product (GDP) growth will pull back to 1.1 percent in 2017 from 2.1 percent this year.

«Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic investment, employment or (research and development), even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these intentions,» the study concluded.

«Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic investment, employment or R. & D., even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these intentions,» concluded the study, which was conducted by a team of three economists that included a former Bush administration official.

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The firm, created for the sole purpose of lobbying Taseko to replace two directors and give it a say in key company decisions, had no choice: by the meeting's cut - off date for advanced voting, with 50 % of the votes in, shareholders had voted a resounding 94 % against the dissident's proposals.

Some of the nation's biggest investment firms such as BlackRock and State Street Global Advisors are lobbying for more women board members.

The lobbying records show Dick's hired two Democrats and one Republican from Glover Park Group, a DC - based government affairs firm, for «[l] obbying related to gun control.»

Amid intense lobbying by financial firms, U.S. policy makers for years have rejected attempts by big companies to muscle in on banking.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Squire Patton Boggs (the law firm where Cohen's office was raided by the FBI last week) generated over $ 98 million in lobby fees from 2014 through 2017.

** 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.

For example, one study finds that for each dollar spent lobbying for a tax break, firms received returns in excess of $ 2For example, one study finds that for each dollar spent lobbying for a tax break, firms received returns in excess of $ 2for each dollar spent lobbying for a tax break, firms received returns in excess of $ 2for a tax break, firms received returns in excess of $ 220.

Firms engage in political «rent seeking» — lobbying for regulations that provide them sheltered markets — rather than competing on innovation.

After loosing his senate position Rick Santorum earned millions of dollars including payments from a lobbying firm, an energy company engaged in controversial practice which pollutes ground water and endangers the public and a hospital conglomerate that was sued for allegedly defrauding the federal government.

The assistant health minister's chief of staff, Alastair Furnival, who intervened to pull down a healthy food rating website, has an interest in his wife's lobbying firm, which acts for Cadbury's parent company.

Furnival was once chairman of APA and chief economist for Cadbury, but Nash has insisted there is no conflict of interest because he «receives no income» from a «shareholding» in his wife's lobbying firm and the firm has promised not to lobby her or the health minister, Peter Dutton.

The chief of staff, Alastair Furnival, resigned on Friday after being embroiled in allegations of conflict of interest over links with a firm lobbying for the junk food industry.

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

A one - time Labour researcher, he began his lobbying career with the disgraced lobbying firm Ian Greer Associates, resigning in the aftermath of the «cash for questions» affair in 1996, shortly before the whole agency liquidated itself.

King never registered as a lobbyist for these minority firms but he did register, through one of his lobbying firms, for a company that was picked to manage $ 30 million of pension funds, Plainfield Asset Management.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's long - time Press Secretary Dan Weiller is leaving the Legislature to work for the powerful lobbying firm, Patricia Lynch Associates.

Revelations about «embarrassing» strategems used by a lobbying firm have prompted further demands for reform from Labour.

The MP for Witham, who used to work at lobbying firm Weber Shandwick, also supports bringing back the death penalty.

Malito said he hopes to be a rainmaker for the firm, bringing in business and assisting with lobbying when he can, though he probably won't be spending very much time in Albany.

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.

In addition to recovering $ 170 million, Cuomo fined the high - powered lobbying firm run by Patricia Lynch for $ 500,000 and banned her from appearing before the comptroller's office for five years.

A squabble is now developing over who will take credit for moves to force lobby firms to declare who is paying for their efforts to sway government ministers.

Residents of his district deserve to know: Did he seek approval from the Legislative Ethics Commission, as required, before he moved to lobby for his law firm and their labor pals?»

In addition, GKM Newport Generation Capital Services will pay the equivilent of $ 1.6 million, California lobbying firm Platinum Advisors will pay $ 500,000; and unlicensed placement agent Kevin McCabe (a former political strategist for ex-NYC Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr.) will pay $ 715,000.

The de Blasio administration's recent recreation of 1986 World Series victory celebration for former Met Dwight «Doc» Gooden, whose battles with drug addiction caused him to miss the original festivities, was guided by the influential lobbying firm of James F. Capalino, whose name has been linked to several corruption probes.

In our eyes, JCOPE will have little credibility until new laws are passed which prohibit the Committee from appointing an executive director, or senior managers, who have worked for a sitting governor, attorney general, comptroller, the legislature, or a firm which lobbies the state of New York.

GEORGE PATAKI WILL LOBBY ON TARIFFS: Former New York Gov. George Pataki has registered to lobby on President Donald Trump's aluminum and steel tariffs for Borusan Mannesmann, a Turkish firm that describes itself as «Europe's leading steel pipe manufacturer.&rLOBBY ON TARIFFS: Former New York Gov. George Pataki has registered to lobby on President Donald Trump's aluminum and steel tariffs for Borusan Mannesmann, a Turkish firm that describes itself as «Europe's leading steel pipe manufacturer.&rlobby on President Donald Trump's aluminum and steel tariffs for Borusan Mannesmann, a Turkish firm that describes itself as «Europe's leading steel pipe manufacturer.»

But the judge said she would allow evidence that a lobbyist for the malpractice company, Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers, warned that Adam Skelos» hiring could be a problem for a firm that lobbied his father.