Sentences with phrase «influence over policy»

The first is that it is transparently the case that, whatever the GWPF has said about climate change, it has enjoyed no influence over policy whatsoever.

It has also cultivated employees of the federal government who have foundation experience and who have offered access to influence over policy and regulation, making EGA one of the free market's most dangerous unrecognized adversaries.

One virtue of the book is that it shows that economists with influence over policy don't know what they are doing, but make a bold show of it.

The organizations» influence over policy and politics appears to be growing, especially at the state and local levels.

Influence over policy and a say in who leads the party.

Hunt is legally challenging the idea that he has the right to decide the rules around blood donation in Northern Ireland, in a rare instance of a politician fighting to have less influence over policy.

But Mr. de Blasio has slowly but surely cozied up to the real estate industry, and the group continues to have huge influence over policy in the city and state.

Sky - high contribution limits — $ 41,000 for statewide races in the general election — mean that candidates spend more time courting big donors, who in turn exercise disproportionate influence over policy - making.

However, I would argue it is a mistake to claim that political activists in the US have no influence over policy.

Although he would have influence over policy on this hot - button issue.

Though it is important not to overstate the situation — realistically, the AfD party is unlikely to have a significant influence over policy in Germany in the short term — the level of support for the German right - wing party reflects a significant protest vote, which could have an influence on Chancellor Merkel's approach as she looks past her election victory.

He also cited the coalition's plans to introduce a marriage allowance — a key Tory commitment which Clegg had dismissed as «patronising» prior to the general election — suggesting voters now saw the Lib Dems as «people who are giving power to the Conservatives without any influence over policies they used to oppose».

They want and deserve the right to have a significant influence over the policies affecting them and their neighbors — especially those related to the education of their kids.

Choice policies are likely to elicit more extensive responses in large districts, where individual families have less influence over policies and programs than in small school districts.

«People really need to pay attention to what's happening at the state level, because policy groups — like teacher unions — are having a direct influence over policies, such as how teachers are fired, or the number of hours their children are in school,» she says.

Many voters only vote in national elections, but state and local offices have direct influence over policies and practices that impact access to reproductive health care and sexuality education in schools.

Not exact matches

Thus, it might have at least a little hope of a broad - based, albeit hardly ideal, appeal to some of the various groups vying for influence over the directions which policy makers choose to take.

Tea Party Republicans, for example, might worry that a straight up and down vote on trade might give the president too much influence over economic policy.

The conservative Koch network plans to spend between $ 300 million and $ 400 million to influence politics and public policy over the next two years, intensifying its nationwide efforts in the initial years of Donald Trump's presidency.

He called monetary policy «the last line of defence» when it comes to trying to influence mortgage markets — essentially discouraging buyers from borrowing more than they can afford to pay back over the long term.

Unchecked corporate cash in the form of political donations and lobbying expenditures has the power to exert undue influence over public policy and regulatory systems and threaten our democracy.

Although the modern trucking industry has existed for over a century it is still younger than the railroad, which still holds tremendous influence over transportation policy today.

Subject to any fiduciary duties owed to our other owners or investors under Delaware law, these owners may be able to exercise significant influence over matters requiring owner approval, including the election of directors or managers and approval of significant Company transactions, and will have significant control over the Companys management and policies.

- Majority voting policies provide minority shareholders with greater influence over the composition of the board of directors, who are their key representatives.

Majority voting policies provide minority shareholders with greater influence over the composition of the board of directors, who are their key representatives.

Fisman and his colleagues rightly assume that these students represent the new liberal meritocrats, the people likely to occupy important positions in government, exercise influence over public policy, and set the tone for establishment institutions.

Following the Imperial policy of extrapolating the influence of the state over the Church, theologians began to accept more and more government control in ecclesiastical affairs; even priest seminaries were no longer a space free from government intrusion.

because the religious lobbyists garner ridiculous influence over public policy, especially education, and we're a little concerned that our kids are going to be taught silly crap like the planet is 6000 years old.

I have no direct influence over the intricate workings of foreign policy or world affairs, so it's easy for me to support peace.

• Behind the Iran - contra scandal there is a «secret team,» operating inside and outside the U.S. government, which has over a period of more than twenty - five years powerfully influenced or controlled U.S. foreign policy.

Safiyya Baffo, a Venetian convert and Ottoman queen with some influence over Turkish foreign policy, wrote to her friend Queen Elizabeth in 1594, addressing her as «chosen among those which triumph under the standard of JESUS CHRIST» (her capitals) and emphasizing how Elizabeth's Protestant policies had stirred hope in Muslim hearts.

When the church is consumed and possessed by mortgages, capital campaigns, membership numbers, qualifications for membership or deacon or elder, the variety and format of financial reports, redecorating, ordination policies, the proper delineation of committee responsibilities, the aggregation and strengthening and protection of church hierarchical authority, the preference for political associations and prominence instead of being a voice and influence for justice and compassion, seasonal vestment colors, the abandonment and refusal to acknowledge congregations who dare to be excited by their proclaiming and provoking and living and sharing the Good News, the continual choosing and preoccupation with better organization over better outreach, or what styles of worship are to be offered — then it is time for an earth - shaking, stone - rolling, curtain ripping, hurricane - strength, fiery and noisy transformational revolution that will resurrect the Good News in the body and spirit of communities and individuals.

In many countries, it has more influence over public health policy than local leaders do.

Wenger, we are told, had no influence over the January transfer policy, so who do you blame now?

IBFAN has expressed concern over the conflict of interest among lead authors of the Lancet child survival series as it has an important influence on health policies.

A second round of paperwork by FIFA and the US national soccer organizations adds a new twist to the «Concussions are not our problem» argument by arguing they don't own the soccer fields to the other claims of no direct contact with players thus they have no influence over concussion policy.

A second round of paperwork filed by FIFA and the US national soccer organizations adds a new twist to the «Concussions are not our problem» argument by arguing they don't own the soccer fields to the claim of «no direct contact with players» thus powerless and landless, they have no influence over youth concussion policy.

In addition, an infant feeding industry, predicted to be worth over $ 900 million in the UK by 2019, uses its considerable resources to influence policy and policy makers in order to protect and promote their commercial interests, instead of what is in the best interest for our babies, their mothers and families.

This would have very little effect on national elections, but a huge effect on local ones; there are an awful lot of people who commute into major cities, use many local services, but have no influence over any local policies where they work.

It was about power - how he wields the influence of his newspapers, how politicians jump to his command, and how he uses that power over them to control public policy issues himself.

The party's influence over coalition policies is practically invisible, though it is undeniable that it has restrained the Conservatives in areas such as welfare cuts and repatriating powers from Brussels.

In a recent ComRes poll conducted exclusively for Total Politics, fully 50 per cent of the public said the Lib Dems «seem to have almost no influence over government policy» and only one - third disagreed.

«Speaking more generally, this looks to us like a clear example of a wider policy by the Church of England to slowly gain influence and control over former community schools that are now Academies — initially by affiliating with them, before slowly increasing the religious nature of school life.

Amongst the population as a whole, we found that over half of Brits (52 %) feel that that the biggest influence on their vote is the values of the party, rather than hard policy issues (which polled at 27 %).

Therefore the second element of the re-organisation of British politics is to attempt to transform the Labour Party itself into a social democratic party on the model of other west European social democratic parties — which means qualitatively reducing the influence of the rank and file and the trade unions over policy and the parliamentary party.

Socialists may have won most of the Scottish seats on the National Policy Forum, but these roles have minimal influence over the Scottish party.

For over half a century, the US has been the world's policeman on drugs, using its power and influence to bribe, cajole and threaten states into pursuing a counter-productive policy.

Osborne is not the first Chancellor to act in this way, giving away some power over economic policy - making while exerting more influence across government.

First, push to adopt the policy recommendations from Citizens Union's 2013 report on political clubs to curb excess influence over institutions like the Democratic County Committee.

In exchange for confidence - and - supply support, a minor party would expect some influence over government policy, which is usually announced in a Queen's speech at the opening of parliament.