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We strive to actively influence public policy in support of safe children, healthy families and strong communities.

Towards the end of the CCF talk I raise concerns about baiting and misleading information about minority groups being used to influence public policy in the area, and arguments raised by Beverly Baines and Susan Drummond over the constitutionality of the Criminal Code provisions.

That's according to the Joint Commission on Public Ethic's annual lobbying report, which shows $ 205 million in 2012 was spent trying to influence public policy in Albany.

This level of strategic investment with the express intent of influencing public policy in public education is historic.

He has a broad range of experience influencing public policy in both Congress and state legislatures.

Not exact matches

DN: I think the Federal Reserve policy is the single biggest overriding influence in the public markets today.

The Medical Marijuana Project was founded in 1995 to «increase public support for non-punitive, non-coercive marijuana policies» and to gain influence in Congress.

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.

Almost all of the public discussion at the time on the appropriate setting for monetary policy focused on the inflation outcomes excluding the influence of the changes in the tax rate (Graph 4).

The organization's mission is to strengthen the wealth - creating capacity of its members and promote economic development; to create innovative and effective change in the business culture; to build strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and to transform public policy and influence opinion makers.

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.

The libertarian threat to higher education in the name of productivity is seen in the «public policy» think tanks influencing Republican governors to «disrupt» higher education by holding it to the standard of measurable competencies, sometimes beginning and ending with salaries offered to graduates.

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.

Although religious pressure groups are able to influence policy makers to act in ways that are in harmony with the values of particular religious communities, this plays a secondary role in relation to most public issues.

Christianity Today online editor Sarah Pulliam Bailey spoke with Rubio about his diverse faith background, how his faith influences his policy positions, and why Christians should be involved in the public square.

The central thrusts of a reborn reform movement should be stockholder action to effect corporate decision - making, the mobilization of public influence on Congress, the development of improved rating systems, the encouragement of research to support policy - making, and the creation of support mechanisms to encourage and inform creative people working in the media industries.10.

They've been involved in influencing public policy for almost 2,000 years.

A few paragraphs later Cardinal Dulles laments that «the greatest threat to religion, in my estimation, is the kind of secularism that would exclude religion from the public forum and that treats churches as purely private institutions that have no rightful influence on legislation, public policy, and other dimensions of public life.»

Under increasing intellectual attack, diminishing influence in most public policy areas, but solidly entrenched in educational establishment where there is slight prospect for change in near future.

In most cases the rest of society needs protection from Christians trying to exert their influence on public policy.

If Santa Clausism became the dominant «religion» of the country, tried to influence the government, inst / itute laws and public policies and demand that it be taught in public education - start every school day with a reading from «Twas the Night Before Christmas» and have «Ho Ho Ho» on your money - I'm just betting that you would have something to say about it on an internet forum and elsewhere!

In any case, the argument against Christian majoritarianism influencing public policy rests more on respect for minority feelings than on the alleged disintegration of the majority.

This policy statement first reviews the biblical and theological basis, then looks at the role of the church, the influence of communication technologies and resources, regulation of a public resource in the public interest, the proglrm of concentration of media ownership and control, and the impace of global media on indigenous cultures.

Modernization theory views such processes of institutional change within American religion as the alleged differentiation of private piety from public policy, the growing differentiation of secular education from its religious roots, and the emergence of professional therapy as a distinct alternative to pastoral counseling as bellwether trends in advanced industrial societies generally and suggests that they may be in some way influenced by broader international patterns.

Charity doesn't work well, is an ineffective distribution of resources, and is an insulting Band - Aid on the problems that the churches have in fact created and perpetuated by their influence on public policy.

This (unfortunately for me) allows people to display and practice their faith in public, but it shouldn't influence public policy or laws.

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

«In the United States, evangelicals feels like they're losing influence because the elite culture isn't sympathetic or sees them as intolerant - which I don't think it is the case, but it's how they're perceived,» said Cromartie, who directs the Evangelicals in Civic Life program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in WashingtoIn the United States, evangelicals feels like they're losing influence because the elite culture isn't sympathetic or sees them as intolerant - which I don't think it is the case, but it's how they're perceived,» said Cromartie, who directs the Evangelicals in Civic Life program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washingtoin Civic Life program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washingtoin Washington.

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

It is true that the Church has not been successful in influencing public policy.

«It's not a vegetable, but in the world of public policy, sometimes influence industry influences and injects itself into it.

The participating public interest NGOs bring particular value - added to the gBICS through their firm stand on the need to avoid or adequately manage conflicts of interest.The influence of the baby food industry in research, the medical profession and in policy - setting is pervasive, both through direct sponsorship and through Public - Private for profit Partnerships (PPpublic interest NGOs bring particular value - added to the gBICS through their firm stand on the need to avoid or adequately manage conflicts of interest.The influence of the baby food industry in research, the medical profession and in policy - setting is pervasive, both through direct sponsorship and through Public - Private for profit Partnerships (PPPublic - Private for profit Partnerships (PPfpPs).

Common Cause says third - party groups and coalitions with feel - good names have stepped up their campaigning in recent years to influence public policy.

In the advocacy world, most outreach efforts involve one or more of three basic goals: trying to affect government legislation and / or regulation, trying to build a base of supporters for long - term fundraising and / or grassroots action, and trying to influence the broader public policy discussion.

Incorporating important lessons from the 2012 and 2014 U.S. elections, this book is essential for anyone running for office or trying to influence public opinion and public policy in 2016.

To be frank, I suspect that the chair of the home affairs select committee will be more able to get a public platform and more able to influence policy than a shadow cabinet minister or even the most junior ministers in government.

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.

However, given that there has been a change in recognised moral authority away from religion and towards secular influences, the question arises as to when a government is going to realise this change and accept the implications for public policy.

I believe that such appeals carry grave threats to democratic discourse, and I think it wrong that faith groups, which in the United States and here enjoy significant hidden subsidies from other taxpayers, should award themselves a special right to influence the law and public policy and seek to impose their views on others who disagree with them.»

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

«If you're getting paid to influence public policy, you should have to report,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in supporting JCOPE's new mepublic policy, you should have to report,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in supporting JCOPE's new mePublic Interest Research Group, in supporting JCOPE's new measure.

The UKIP leader was able to convey a clear message that the UK is marginalised in the EU and largely unable to influence policy, both strong themes in British public opinion.

JCOPE Chairman Dan Horwitz countered that the rule would only require a consultant to report his or her general activity in trying to influence public policy by meeting with newspaper editorial boards.

Public labor unions have drawn heavy influence in New York, both in the form of campaign donations and in public policy dePublic labor unions have drawn heavy influence in New York, both in the form of campaign donations and in public policy depublic policy debates.

F.E.S. has helped organize massive pro-charter rallies in New York City and Albany over the past year, which have influenced public policy on charter schools.

«This would include working for organisations that seek to influence government policy such as trades unions and industry bodies; work for campaigning organisations and pressure groups who are seeking to influence government; and work for agencies working in the field of public affairs or government relations who try to influence government on behalf of their clients,» he wrote.

Flanagan, a 57 - year - old trade - directory publisher who once had aspirations of running for office, is now a study in conservative grassroots activism, illustrating both the way in which Tea Party groups can figure into policy fights even in a liberal state like New York, and how they maximize the influence they have with public officials.

Ambassador Cowal spent most of her career in the field of public diplomacy, which in a U.S. context aims to influence the opinions and attitudes of publics overseas that have an impact on American policies.

Albert Einstein, in a single year (1905), published five landmark papers in fields as diverse as special relativity and statistical mechanics and continued to have influence in an enormous range of fields in science and public policy.

The «political atmospherics» of the meeting might polish Trump's optics, but Bledsoe is skeptical about its influence on public policy, which is being overseen in some cases by transition officials who question the scientific findings on global warming.