Sentences with phrase «in lobbying scandals»

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Maybe if you geniuses spent more time using the internet to, let's say, google «Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal», and less time playing in jeebus fairy - land make - believe land, you wouldn't be messing up the country so bad.

Francis was elected by cardinals who, in the wake of scandals like that of the «gay lobby» that Benedict found himself too worn - out to confront, recognized the need for Curial reform.

It seems to me that, back here in Britain, there are two significant challenges facing the lobbying industry: the continuing taint of sleaze associated with the very idea of winning influence in the corridors of power, compounded by periodic scandals, and the terribly lumpy quality of the service.

I reached Dopp at Patricia Lynch Associates (the Albany - based lobbying / consulting firm where he has worked since departing the Spitzer administration in the wake of the scandal) earlier today.

Kneejerk responses to the lobbying scandal and terrorism in Woolwich are inherently weak.

David Cameron famously spoke out on lobbying back in 2010, calling it «the next big scandal waiting to happen».

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According to one member of Heaney's team, «John Faso and his firm were banned [from lobbying in Albany] for five years over the pension scandal.

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).

Lobbying lies at the heart of the crisis in party funding, for example, and the cash - for - honours scandal.

All together, the package was billed as a five - point plan designed to enhance disclosure and regulation of campaign finance and lobbying at a Capitol rocked by scandal and corruption arrests in recent years.

In the wake of the Patrick Mercer scandal, and the parallel incidents in the House of Lords, Francis Maude and Nick Clegg's announcements on both a lobbying register and MP recall will be welcomed in some quarterIn the wake of the Patrick Mercer scandal, and the parallel incidents in the House of Lords, Francis Maude and Nick Clegg's announcements on both a lobbying register and MP recall will be welcomed in some quarterin the House of Lords, Francis Maude and Nick Clegg's announcements on both a lobbying register and MP recall will be welcomed in some quarterin some quarters.

The Upper House is lobbying heaven, and comparing the Mercer scandal with the one in the Lords demonstrates perfectly why that is: while Mercer has effectively been kicked out of his party and is having to make assurances he will not stand at the next general election, what's happening to the trio of peers accused of doing pretty much the same thing?

Liam Fox's resignation and other lobbying scandals have still not resulted in a statutory register, but the public affairs industry still faces more regulation under the coalition's plans.

«Moreover, this bill would have done nothing to prevent the recent string of «lobbying scandals» (which are in fact nothing of the sort) to which it is a reflexive response.»

The letter refers to TV commercials that have started airing in the district, linking Faso to his lobbying firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips paying a fine as part of a settlement connected to the pay - to - play pension fund scandal.

However last year when the Prime Minister said that «the next big political scandal» may well be lobbying, we were all in agreement that something had to be done.

«This liberal nonprofit group's time would be better spent investigating John Faso's lobbying scandals,» she said in an email, «unless of course he's behind these attacks?

Ra added the scandal «is likely to come up even before mayoral control, as we go through the budget» and de Blasio and Fariña appear in Albany to lobby for state funding.

But with prominent fights flaring over Russian election interference, data breaches and other scandals, the biggest tech companies — no longer wishing to publicly oppose a bill fighting sex trafficking — retreated from their lobbying effort in recent weeks.