Sentences with phrase «issue campaigns from»

All told, the two national teachers unions distributed $ 71.7 million on candidate and issue campaigns from California to Florida, Massachusetts to South Dakota.

Not exact matches

He also sought to dispense with the email scandal ghosting candidate Clinton's campaign, calling it a distraction from real issues.

Trump pledged during his presidential campaign to withdraw the U.S. from the pact immediately after taking office, but had wavered on the issue since winning the election.

DDC Public Affairs and NextWave are bipartisan advocacy groups that launch grassroots political campaigns on issues ranging from energy, healthcare, taxes, and defense.

Pilots and flight attendants plan to strike for four hours from 1 p.m. local time on Dec. 15, the Anpac union said in a letter to the airline, adding that they're campaigning for the right to negotiate collective labor agreements, as well as on issues including social security, health care and vacation planning.

Chinese authorities have recently cracked down on platforms that allow users to share media from outlets that are not sanctioned under state - issued licenses, amid a wider censorship campaign spearheaded by President Xi Jinping.

With this issue, Canadian Business launches a campaign to move from theoretical discussions to concrete solutions.

It's a pillar of our social campaigns, and you can tackle everything from a new product launch, to an issue on social, to what's happening competitively.

Though some Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were quick to praise Tillerson's international business experience working with foreign governments, Tillerson's nomination was met with deep skepticism from both parties over his embodiment of the most contentious 2016 campaign issues: Trump's closeness with Russia, climate change skepticism, and potential business conflicts of interest.

«The relevant questions now — beyond how it may impact the van der Zwaan sentencing — are whether Gates related this connection to anyone else relevant in the Trump orbit, did that person lie to OSC about the issue, did the Trump campaign get anything of value from the Russians, and similar inquiries,» he said.

More than 250 brands reportedly froze all their campaigns with Google aside from search, after the issue — which first seemed isolated to the UK — spread globally.

Both the Domino's and Bing campaigns came from Crispin Porter + Bogusky; I've had my issues with CPB's work, but there's no doubt the agency knows how to make ads that win attention for its clients.

More than 250 brands have reportedly frozen all their campaigns with Google aside from search, after the issue — which first seemed isolated to the UK — spread globally as major US advertisers began to boycott the online ad giant too.

To that end, we asked veteran Parliament Hill correspondent Kathleen Harris to step away from the sideshows and rhetoric to offer a comprehensive analysis of the top five economic issues in this campaign (page 38).

DECEMBER The Property Council launched a strong campaign on the GST 2005 issue, forming industry allies and widening lobbying efforts to include ministers and backbenchers from all parties.

But on this issue and others, Republican lawmakers face counterpressures from conservative antigovernment groups including Heritage Action, Club for Growth and Charles and David Koch's Americans for Prosperity, which want to kill the Ex-Im Bank and are ready to finance campaigns against unsupportive Republicans.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

Insights on key issues, proxy votes and shareholder advocacy from the California State Teachers» Retirement System, Ceres, ICCR, Sustainable Stock Exchange, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Trillium Asset Management, As You Sow, Walden Asset Management, Center for Political Accountability, AFSCME, Arjuna Capital, Miller / Howard, Oxfam, Calvert, ClearBridge, Green Century, UAW, Mercy Investments, Sisters of St. Francis, Azzad Asset Management, International Campaign for Rohingya, Responsible Sourcing Network, Sustainable Investments Institute, Proxy Impact, and more.

But it can also be like crowdfunding campaign in that in many cases the coins can be used to purchase a product or service from the issuing company.

Disclose Company's Own Political Spending If a company chooses to use its own funds for direct campaign spending, the issue raised in many shareholder proposals is whether such corporations should — in addition to the governance procedures noted above — issue a comprehensive report which lists in one place all the recipients both of such direct spending and of contributions made from the company's employee PAC.

This feedback from the general public gave some indication about the specific issues that would shape the campaign, as the parties jockeyed to garner favour with potential voters.

Arthur — good issue raised.The candidacy of Hollande will not make much difference for French policy for it was Mitterand who pushed for Maastricht even though the referendum barely passed — the French are terrified of decoupling from the Germans for as DeGaulle famously said — EUROPE IS FRANCE AND GERMANY — all the others are mere trimmings.Also, Germany is the coach and France the coachman — there is so much at work here — the media does a greart disservice by measuring it in sound bites.Sarkozy is bringing Merkel in to campaign for him to subtlely remind the French citizens what is at stake in the upcoming French elections.The tear gas is in Athens but game is in Paris

The creditors hope to keep Greece from becoming a campaign issue in elections in the Netherlands in March and in France in April and May for fear that the matter could further fuel an anti-European Union populist backlash.

«Divisive issues such as Hezbollah's weapons and the controversy over its participation in regional conflicts are almost entirely absent from the electoral campaigns, indicating implicit acceptance of the party's domestic hegemony,» wrote analyst Joseph Bahout in an article for the Carnegie Middle East Center.

On campaign against births, Statement of Bishops from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines, issued February 6, 1997 in Dallas, Texas, at Bishops» Workshop sponsored by the Pope John XXIII Medical Moral Research and Education Center of Braintree, Mass..

Taking the microphone away from her, McCain said, «No ma'am, he's a decent family man (and) citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that's what this campaign is all about.»

That's the issue that made me start writing pastoral position papers, because it kept coming up, and I either had to write something, or wage a relentless campaign of homiletical apologetics from the pulpit week after week.

An increasing number of news stories are centered on issues rather than personalities; for one thing, there seems to be a shift in the public's attention from personal scandal to issues of campaign financing and contributions.

But because I believe that the entire Church, including the hierarchy, benefits from honest challenge and critique, I have not avoided what might be deemed «controversial» when I thought it important: during political campaigns, when grave moral issues were at stake; during the Long Lent of 2002; in the aftermath of 9/11 and the run - up to the Iraq War; in response to challenges to religious freedom in America that couldn't have been imagined in 1978, when «work for religious freedom» meant «work for prisoners of conscience behind the iron curtain.»

That law barred dedicated political - advocacy groups from soliciting and spending soft money — funds that aren't subject to tight federal campaign - contribution limits and are used for issue advocacy and party - building...

Henry rejected liberal versions of the social gospel which tended to be all social and no gospel, but he appealed to an earlier evangelical consensus of cultural engagement that included the work of William Wilberforce in campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade in England, the revivalist impulses of Charles G. Finney against slavery in this country, as well as evangelical concerns for suffrage, temperance, child labor laws, fair wages for workers, and many other progressive issues to which many theologically conservative Christians were once committed» before what David Moberg has called «the great reversal,» an evangelical withdrawal from such concerns.

The most important thing for Ferrari amidst these issues away from the circuit is to make another race - winning campaign of the upcoming season.

In turn, he was probably rested as a precaution to avoid the issue from flaring up, and it's a sensible strategy as the 30 - year - old is a key figure for Spurs and will be needed for bigger tests ahead throughout the campaign.

Injury troubles have been a major issue this season as they've limited Zlatan Ibrahimovic to just seven appearances, and that followed on from 28 goals in 46 appearances last year as he picked up the Europa League, League Cup and Community Shield in his first campaign in England.

Reports in Chile emerged last week that Sanchez is keen on forcing his way out in the summer after yet another disappointing campaign with Arsenal, but the story from the Standard claims that the player is yet to make up his mind regarding the issue.

The Express go onto say that Atletico have set aside $ 40 million Costa however, their campaign to sing the striker has been met with anger from Chelsea who have issued two hands off warnings.

The race for promotion from the Championship this season is hotting up as the campaign enters the final third and the all important issues are battled for and quality shines through.

Rather than addressing the real reasons women don't breastfeed - reasons that range from histories of sexual abuse and body image issues to economic and physical constraints - the campaign «portrays anything short of exclusive breastfeeding... as a sign of moral corruption and bad character....

From 2011 - 2012 Kevin was CEO of Be the Change, a nonprofit that creates national issue - based campaigns on pressing problems in American society.

Procter and Gamble issued a similar warning campaign that year, made the pods more difficult to open, and modified the pods to add larger warning labels, according to the report, adding that a spokesman from Procter and Gamble said the number of Tide pod safety incidents has been declining.

«We have been grateful for the support of Methodist Church members for the boycott campaign over the years and the interest officials have given this issue, but it was obvious to us from the beginning that the investment strategy would be exploited by Nestlé and so it has proved.

This issue of Zero to Three presents a collection of articles that share new findings from the Pew Home Visiting Campaign, a project of the Pew Center on the States.

This issue of Zero to Three presents a collection of articles that share new findings from the Pew Home Visiting Campaign

This article from a local Boulder, CO paper discusses the newly - launched fundraising campaign, and points up the very issue we've been talking about so much in recent weeks here on TLT: namely, can a district offer the kind of healthful food that Chef Ann champions without extra funding (over and above what the USDA reimburses schools)?

Student teams investigate local sustainability issues and community needs, receive in - person and online mentorship from Illinois Green Alliance professionals, and develop community - focused sustainability campaigns.

The changes that it has made in the countries of its own choosing resulted from a 9 - year campaign specifically on this issue.

Mark Thomas picked up on Baby Milk Action's campaigning on this issue to put Nestlé executives on the spot and eventually extracted a promise for change from Peter Brabeck.

The Conservative leader will speak on the strength of the union, in a move away from the Tories» normal strategy of campaigning on «bread and butter» issues.

Of course, CPI includes all kind of other useful information in the site, including issue background on issues and an eye - popping list of campaign contributions coming from the telecommunications industry — take a look at the numbers on this page and see if you don't jump back in shock.

Beyond the repetition of campaign mantra and slogans, no concrete plan to tackle the issue was discernible from the President's speech.