Sentences with phrase «large lobbying effort»
That requires an organized campaign, part of a large lobbying effort.
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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.
ALBANY — Executives from the largest mixed martial arts league will begin their annual lobbying effort Tuesday, hopeful the inclusion of enabling legislation in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal will pave the way for legalization of the sport in New York State.
Their calculation puts them at odds with four larger groups more directly involved with lobbying efforts to end the ban: the Human Rights Campaign, the Center for American Progress, Servicemembers United and the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.
If the latest push for tighter gun restrictions has any better chance of success than the ones that came before, it is in large part a result of the fierce lobbying effort by the student advocates, including those from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of this month's mass shooting.
In 2006 Yankees ownership paid over $ 300,000 to a lobbying firm run by former Bronx Assemblyman Roberto Ramirez — the largest lobbying fee reported that year — as well as other influential lawmakers including former state senator Joseph Bruno, in an apparent effort to secure funding for the stadium.
This occurred in large part due to Sanders's (and others») lobbying efforts when the federal government ultimately choose to incentivize and de facto require that all states hold their teachers accountable for their value - added, or lack thereof, while attaching high - stakes consequences (e.g., teacher termination) to teachers» value - added estimates.
The model of education is controversial and K12, Inc., in particular, has been criticized for aggressive pushes in other states to lobby state leaders and marketing efforts that bring in large numbers of students not well - suited to online learning.
In addition to being one of Malloy's largest sources of campaign cash during his 2014 re-election campaign, the owners and operators of Connecticut's charter schools, along with the corporate elite who support Malloy's «education reform» initiatives have dumped more than $ 9 million into the lobbying effort to support Malloy's agenda to undermine public education in Connecticut.
In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public funds.
Friedrichs is challenging California's largest teachers union on First Amendment grounds, arguing, in part, that mandatory union dues deny individual members the right of free speech through lobbying efforts and campaign contributions that don't necessarily comport with the views of all union members.
Through its lobbying efforts, the Alliance helped establish the Large Carnivore Act which requires the humane treatment of large cats such as lions and tigers, and even bLarge Carnivore Act which requires the humane treatment of large cats such as lions and tigers, and even blarge cats such as lions and tigers, and even bears.
Farrell said he focused on ExxonMobil and the Koch foundations because «they are reliable indicators of a much larger effort of corporate lobbying in the climate change counter-movement.»
This followed strenuous lobbying efforts by some of largest oil producing non-OPEC nations in the weeks leading up to the meeting.
The efforts of the environmental movement to off - set their lobbying limits by forging an alliance called the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) with more than two dozen of the world's largest corporations;
«As the largest fishery in the Antarctic Ocean, the krill industry represents a significant lobby capable of transforming efforts to create ocean sanctuaries in the Antarctic.»
... The coordinated tactics of the climate denial network, Brulle's report states, «span a wide range of activities, including political lobbying, contributions to political candidates, and a large number of communication and media efforts that aim at undermining climate science.»
They also invested considerable resources in mobilizing their more than 12 million members and in brokering alliances with some of the world's largest companies, partners intended to augment their efforts at direct lobbying.
I have lobbied for new laws and defended good laws from the efforts of insurance carriers and large business interests to defeat the rights of the poor, the tired and the weak.
But for the lobbying efforts by the largest trade organization in the country, federal banks have been kept out of real estate and private property owners have been saved from transfer taxes and been able to keep their mortgage interest deduction.