Sentences with phrase «influence peddlers»

«Otherwise there will be another scandal and another one after that which all have the same source, namely the desire for wealthy interests to buy access and the willingness of influence peddlers to sell it.

Nevertheless, those of us at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, unabashed influence peddlers for sure, were curious about the impact of education studies published over the past decade or so.

Podesta is one of the best - connected influence peddlers in Washington.

Uber and Lyft are once again undertaking a lobbying campaign to legalize ride - sharing services outside of New York City, complete with advertisements, a stable of connected influence peddlers, PR stunts and statements of support from police chiefs to Bills co-owner Kim Pegula.

«Manafort, like dozens of other influence peddlers, has been operating in plain sight for years,» wrote Silverstein, the long - time foreign - lobbying reporter.

Mendelson dethrones the ubiquitous myths spewed by influence peddlers claiming special insight into how individuals and small - business owners can profit using social media.

Perhaps a grand jury would be a better use of time on Friday than trying to fulfill promises to a strong - arming influence peddler.

The onetime influence peddler in Albany and Washington told the jury he was currently employed as a groundskeeper at a golf course in Idaho.

I thought that if we could help elect a true independent, a genuine reformer, that all of these sacrifices would not have been in vain, but alas the Independence Party has become the Incumbent Dependence Party, a tool for influence peddlers like Tom Connolly to cater to the state's most powerful leaders.»

He's had a front row seat on the seamy side of politics, the go - between bagmen, the wheeler - dealer influence peddlers.

6 Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer A Jewish folktale set in modern - day Manhattan, this engrossing drama from Israeli writer - director Joseph Cedar (Footnote) features a career - topping performance from Richard Gere as a graying, fraying influence peddler whose generosity and opportunism are almost impossible to distinguish from each other.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission shows that by far the biggest political influence peddler in CA is the California Teachers Association, which spent over $ 211 million between 2000 - 2009 on candidates, ballot measures and lobbying.

From October 2009 to April 2010, coal's influence peddlers held at least 33 meetings with White House OMB staff — three times more than meetings that included university scientists and environmentalists.

«Public pension fund investments should not carry even the faintest whiff of secret handshakes in the shadows with politically connected influence peddlers,» Lockyer said in a news release.

With that being said, the Queens - Politics editorial board would like to say that Quinn and her merry band of influence peddlers should have been thanking God for the nice run they had instead of attacking His little ones in the womb and disrespecting His creation in the horse and carriage industry.

Nor will independents be so willing to believe that more than $ 1.5 million was paid for Gingrich's advice as «a historian» rather than for services as an influence peddler.

With the party looking to form a government next May this was the last chance for the usual retinue of lobbyists and influence peddlers to ply their trade to shadow ministers who just might be making actual decisions in a few months» time.

Unfortunately, for people who care about the future of humanity and the vast variety of species were are dragging to extinction [PDF] through the climate crisis, profit is the key factor for fossil fuel barons and their influence peddlers.

The report reveals how a network of international leaders, bagmen and influence peddlers — «the Presidents and their Men» - have presided over a system that has led to the embezzlement of Angola's oil wealth.

Unfortunately, clean energy is not palatable to the billionaire Koch brothers or the influence peddlers they finance.

And now we know who: US climatologists, which of course begins with our modelers at Columbia, Penn State, MIT, Texas at Austin, Colorado, U C Berkeley, etc. and a cadre of influence peddlers, Silicone Valley billionaires and their lobbyists in Washington DC.

Jeff Holmstead, who is often quoted in newspapers as a former Air and Radiation Administrator for the George W. Bush Environmental Protection Agency or a «partner» (read: lobbyist) at Bracewell & Giuliani's corporate law firm here in DC, is rarely credited as an influence peddler for some of the most notorious polluters in the country.

Professionals operate in direct opposition to influence peddlers.