Sentences with phrase «issue lobby groups»

But that is hard when regulated businesses and single - issue lobby groups press (sometimes fiercely) for policies that benefit their shorter - term economic interests.

Not exact matches

Bernard Lord, president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) lobby group, said the spectrum issue could be addressed when the federal government holds its next spectrum auction in January 2014, but more is needed.

The new venture probably won't affect the polarized healthcare debate in Washington, but could alter the dynamics of the issue down the line if the companies come up with some innovative ideas, said Neil Trautwein, a vice president at the National Retail Federation trade group who lobbies Congress on healthcare issues.

A day earlier, First National Bank of Omaha said it would not renew a contract with the NRA to issue a credit card branded by the lobbying group.

National animal nonprofits and lobbying groups — which often are at odds with one another on issues and legislation — struck a similar chord in saying the purchase of auction dogs at high prices was something other than a form of rescue.

In hindsight, Carney would have been wise to heed a particularly prescient warning by the Confederation of British Industries, the country's largest business lobby group, issued the month before his arrival in London.

NEW YORK / WASHINGTON Wall Street lobby groups urged U.S. policy makers and regulators to revamp rules to encourage more initial public offerings and to reduce the regulatory cost of staying public, in a white paper issued on Thursday.

The issue of family unity has been a major concern for faith groups lobbying for immigration reform.

The issue has only become more urgent since then, with groups such as the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) lobbying this year for the First Amendment Defense Act, which «prevents the federal government from punishing an individual or faith - based business because they can not in good conscience accommodate same - sex marriage in certain situations.»

In short, these lobby groups have shifted the categories of discourse and changed the rules of practical public engagement on the issue of sexual ethics in a way that preempts any and all deviation from the party line.

Western New York's largest business group, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, once again plans to focus its lobbying efforts on core issues familiar to its members: the high cost of doing business in the state, the need for more trained workers and the importance of encouraging investment in the region.

Also at 10:30 a.m., the Firemen's Association of the State of New York, other firefighters groups and state Sens. David Carlucci and Joseph Griffo discuss presumptive cancer coverage and other issues ahead of their lobby day, Empire State Plaza meeting room 7, Albany.

Environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, The Alliance for a Greater New York and the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance have also fought against the bill but they too lobby elected officials on a variety of issues.

The Stonewall Democrats of WNY and another group, Outspoken for Equality, issued a joined statement thanking the singer for, as Stonewall President Bryan Ball put it, using «her power and influence to encourage Western New Yorkers to lobby our new Sen. Mark Gristanti on why it is crucial he support civil marriage equality in New York.»

This should be of grave concern to the public as it reaches out to groups that do not engage in lobbying or campaigns but work on issues that impact us all.

Members of the Wisconsin Contractor Coalition, which formed to oppose right - to - work efforts and has about 350 construction - related businesses on board, are lobbying lawmakers on the issue, said the group's spokesman Steve Lyons.

In the final weeks of the legislative session, groups are lobbying for some of the major remaining issues still on the table, including the mayor of New York City, and groups who want a property tax break for homeowners struggling to hold on to their houses.

Ahead of its second reading in the Lords, Humanists UK published research that revealed the extent of the religious lobby on the Bill, and the scaremongering and misinformation being given out by religious groups about the issues.

In New York City, allies of Mr. Bloomberg have organized such groups to lobby for the mayor's proposals on congestion pricing, charter schools and other issues, often in opposition to the municipal labor unions.

Come learn about and discuss the rights we currently have, potential threats to those rights, popular issues motivating convention supporters, who is likely to serve as delegates to a NYS Constitutional Convention, and the groups involved in convention lobbying.

Ruffalo, a Hudson Valley resident who has been active in lobbying on several issues this year — in favor of gay marriage and against hydrofracking in the Marcellus shale — appears in a Web video paid for by New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, the labor - backed group that has long advocated for a more progressive tax structure.

«In the current political campaign environment, the presidential campaign finance system doesn't work at all and can not work,» said Craig Holman, who lobbies Capitol Hill on ethics and campaign finance issues for the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.

The group had been one of the more visible pro-charter schools organizations in New York politics, backing rallies and lobby days that included teachers and children descending on the Capitol to bolster the issue with lawmakers.

Dadey, along with the League of Women Voters and the New York Public Interest Research Group are conducting an afternoon lobby day on the issue.

But now Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, and other good - government groups, are back in Albany to again lobby on the issue.

The city's largest landlord group was also the state's biggest lobbying spender last year, shelling out $ 3.6 million on issues such as property taxes and rent regulation.

A press release issued by Ulrich's campaign said the National Federation of Independent Businesses, identified by many as a leading lobbying group for small businesses, gave Addabbo a 50 percent score on his business record, among the lowest of ratings received by New York senators.

REBNY has traditionally focused its lobbying efforts — and dollars — on candidates for state office rather than in New York City, for two main reasons, Lerner said: First, the city's relatively stringent campaign finance laws have historically made it harder for special interest groups to gain as much influence here; and second, although many key issues — such as 421a tax abatements — affect only New York City, they are decided at the state level.

The groups, including the pro-choice Family Planning Advocates, and the Christian conservative New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, had argued that making their donor lists public could pose a danger to their contributors because they lobby on controversial issues.

Cable said he turned down all approaches from James Murdoch and lobby groups to discuss the bid and admitted that he didn't see it as an urgent issue.

Scott Levenson of the Advance Group said he was paid $ 100,000 by WeWork to lobby officials over 110 Wall St., where permits were issued in July to begin turning it into a mixed - use space.

The unions have been joined by several groups supportive of issues they've opposed, such as expansion of charter schools and a tax credit that would redirect money to private schools, according to a POLITICO New York analysis of lobbying reports submitted to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and campaign finance disclosure reports submitted by state - level candidates and parties to the Board of Elections.

Tisch's ambivalence toward the bond act reflects that of statewide school groups, which routinely advocate for increased funding but don't plan to lobby for or against the bond issue.

Trump tweeted that he planned to meet with the National Rifle Association, the nation's largest gun rights and lobbying group, to discuss the issue.

Ten companies or trade groups that lobbied on fracking and other issues of concern to the natural gas industry spent $ 4.5 million lobbying in Albany over the last three years, according to an analysis prepared by the New York Public Interest Research Group.

That group also includes Chiefs for Change, the lobbying group of reform - minded chief state school officers, who have also issued their own statements calling for protection for undocumented children.

This group conducts undercover investigations, coordinates outreach and public education campaigns, lobbies government bodies to secure stronger laws for animals, participates in corporate outreach and pressure campaigns to secure meaningful animal related policies, and they engage with the mass media to raise the profile of animal issues in Latvia.

When they must oppose another person or group — for example, in lobbying for a change to an ordinance or state law — they do it on the merits of the issue, without resorting to name calling or righteous indignation.

The Partnership for Fair & Open Skies, a lobbying group founded by the Big 3 U.S. carriers and unions to push for government action against the Gulf carriers, issued its own statement calling for its opponents in the open skies dispute — including the U.S. Travel Association, JetBlue and FedEx — to condemn Al Baker's comments.

Well, everyone who was disappointed with the new release to coincide with the launch of Star Wars: The Last Jedi can still hop back into the 2005 release, especially now that the latest update has addressed some of the more pressing problems, such as the lobby issues that prevented people from properly forming groups, or the constant instability that caused match disconnections.

They state, in other words, that their results have direct bearing on the global warming issues, issues currently before governments faced with heavy lobbying from wealthy environmentalist groups, and the United Nations, which just this year will arrange around 38 meetings in 17 countries to push the theme, not counting the other enormous resources they have devoted to the theme that humans are destroying the planet.

They have enlisted the help of conservative lobby groups funded by the oil industry to attack US government scientists if they produce work seen as accepting too readily that pollution is an issue.

And Joseph Romm of the Center for American Progress has argued that Nisbet's analysis of interest - group spending is badly skewed — for instance, the report counts BP's entire lobbying budget on the green side of the ledger, even though BP lobbies on all sorts of issues and barely lifted a finger when it came to cap - and - trade.

In 2004, the International Broadcasting Trust - a lobby group funded by a number of charities, including many involved in campaigning on climate change - devised the first in a series of seminars on development issues, where the lobbyists could address broadcasters.

I guess that's why, when the section dealing with how global warming could affect North American tourism got written, the IPCC chose to quote a dollar amount plucked from... drumroll please... a press release issued by an industry lobby group — in this case the International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association.

Miliband and his successors have tried to fudge the issue with partial studies produced by dodgy think tanks and renewable energy lobbying groups, and by blaming the energy companies.

Through their work building coalitions and alliances, the environmental groups were able to forge a network of organizations that spent a combined $ 229 million on lobbying across all issues.

However, the group has been shown to lobby on issues that favor large corporate interests and run counter to the interests of small businesses.

It's time to question the direction in which Big Green groups like NRDC and FOE, whose lobbying has dominated policy - making on this issue, are driving the country.

In her description of the science, the former prime minister draws heavily on a pamphlet called A plain English guide to climate change which was published in December 1997 by the Reason Foundation, another lobby group that the following year received $ 70,000 from Exxon to «assess public policy alternatives on issues with direct bearing on the company's business operations and interests».»