Sentences with phrase «leaders of interest groups»

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Meeting with leaders of various business interest groups at the White House, Trump said he wanted the House to pass a bill by Thanksgiving and final approval by the end of the year.

An interesting discussion with a great group of experts and leaders, talking about the risks and what pragmatic actions we can take as leaders.

In evaluating its group structure, a church's leaders should ask themselves these questions: Is it possible for persons of every age, with a wide range of interests, to find meaningful group experiences in our church?

Also, please contact me if you are a small group leader interested in using Evolving in Monkey Town as part of a book study... or if you write for an online / print publication and would like a copy for review....

Considering them in reversed order, it is plain that the great prophets and Jesus insistently drove back the moral problem into the inner quality of personal life The prophetic leaders of Israel were as much interested as any members of the nation in the success of the social group; the beginning and end of their thought was Israel redeemed, purified, and fulfilling her mission in the world.

When the author recalls the long gallery of persons whom, in the course of this inquiry, he has come to know with the impetuous but temporary intimacy of the stranger — sharecroppers and plantation owners, workers and employers, merchants and bankers, intellectuals, preachers, organization leaders, political bosses, gangsters, black and white, men and women, young and old, Southerners and Northerners — the general observation retained is the following: Behind all outward dissimilarities, behind their contradictory valuations, rationalizations, vested interests, group allegiances and animosities, behind fears and defense constructions, behind the role they play in life and the mask they wear, people are all much alike on a fundamental level And they are all good people.

Today's issues are less clear - cut than civil rights or the war in Vietnam; there are no great leaders to rally us, no powerful self - interested groups like the draft resisters of the war period with which to ally ourselves.

One of the problems is that, in spite of efforts by such ecumenical leaders as M. M. Thomas (the Reinhold Niebuhr of Asian Christianity), who has been closely associated with the activist groups, most have not been able to, or have not been interested in, clarifying the theological bases of their action.

Our fearless leader, teacher, and chef / owner at Sweet Cassava, Susan Taves, led our group of eight down an unforgettable path of new discoveries, interesting factoids about food and the world of professional cooking, and best of all -LSB-...]

This session ended with a robust panel discuss (led by Kelly Toups of the Oldways Whole Grains Council, a resource specialist for the Plant - Forward Working Group) of how campus dining leaders developed jackfruit pop - up events with social media promotions and marketing to get students interested in vegetarian and blended (meat + jackfruit) menu options.

Serving Our Troops was formed by a group of community and business leaders with a common interest in supporting those who put themselves in harm's way so that we may enjoy all that is great about our Country.

While I'm not preparing to be a group leader, I did find a lot of interesting books in the required reading list for leader applicants.

In a discussion about the recent French presidential election at the Personal Democracy Forum unConference this past Saturday, Pascal - Emmanuel Gobry presented an interesting thesis: not only did Ségolène Royal's «net - centric strategy fail to win a majority at the polls, but her campaign's emphasis on citizen participation may have actually backfired entirely by undermining her perception as a leader and by leaving her dependent on a fatally unrepresentative group of voters.

What we then did was to set up a committee of senior people in the states to hold conversations with all stakeholders including community leaders, religious leaders and all other interest groups.

Good Government Groups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance rGroups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance rgroups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

Today, Renzi's PD is a (not particularly comfortable) home for a number of ideological and interest groups, frustrated activists and local leaders exerting a strong micro-level power (Calise 2013).

Jack and Jill of America - Brooklyn Chapter Korean American League for Civic Action (KALCA) Latino Leadership Institute League of Women Voters of New York City Live On NY MinKwon Center for Community Action National Conference of Puerto Rican Women - NY Chapter National Woman's Political Caucus The New American Leaders Project New York Immigration Coalition New York Public Interest Research Group NYC Votes NYU Lutheran Families Health Centers Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc..

The groups further urged state leaders to reduce the potential for conflicts of interest by exploring options to limit campaign contributions from anyone seeking a state contract.

Blair Horner, with the government reform organization New York Public Interest Research Group, says if the commission were truly independent it would be a good idea, following the corruption convictions of the former legislative leaders and a former top aide to Cuomo.

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

We had a great group of interested business leaders attend, and I look forward to hosting similar forums in the future.

Rockland Human Rights Commissioner Constance Frazier is already engaged in a renewed plan of action that will include faith - based organizations, community groups from all corners of our county, religious leaders and everyone else interested in promoting understanding and respect.

«The party has lost its way because of lazy leaders who have ignored the sensible voters who make up the base of the party and have instead given too much influence to outside interest groups who bought their loyalty with the promise of easy votes.»

Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

«The last time they had a pay commission, it was basically controlled by the governor and the legislative leaders and because of some other deal, it blew up,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Blair Horner, of the New York Public Interest Research Group, noted that compared to Albany standards where the leaders rarely announce their plans to the public, Cuomo's scheduling isn't particularly concerning.

-- Lack of representation, with existing political leaders catering to special interest groups that can provide bloc votes.

Blair Horner, of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that the law has served as a distraction in a year when Albany has been rocked by the conviction of two former legislative leaders and a federal investigation into Cuomo's economic development projects.

«There's been immense interest from many different parts of the state, from many different groups, amongst SUNY campuses, amongst elected leaders,» Doyle said.

Leaders of the New York Public Interest Research Group filed a five - page complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, saying political parties that spend money on anything from ads to memoranda pushing legislators to vote a certain way must file bi-monthly disclosure reports with JCOPE.

Blair Horner, the executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that the case had, like previous corruption trials of Albany leaders and officials, raised «troubling questions,» about the State Capitol.

The recent interest in the issue of safety recalls for used cars among these community groups and leaders has emerged as a result of my series of weekly articles on this critical topic.

As a voter and a local leader, I work to elect representatives that will be strong advocates for the interests of my family and for my community, rather than for single - minded interest groups.

The Board of Estimates and Landmarks Commission are scheduled to meet May 10, Clear said, but a special meeting likely will have to be set for one of the groups to accommodate both city leaders» and residents» interest in the reviews.

Russell Haven of the New York Public Interest Research Group said it's not surprising that state leaders turned to those they know from government and business.

So on Wednesday, Citizens Union, Reinvent Albany, Common Cause NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, and the New York Public Interest Research Group sent a letter to Governor Cuomo and the two new legislative leaders, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, urging them to come together to enact comprehensive and significant reforms in five ethics categories.

The dual roles seem ill - advised given the recent corruption convictions of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«Now we have two interesting models that are selectively targeting specific parts of the brain: the thalamus in FFI and the hippocampus in CJD,» says Jackson, who is now a Group Leader at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease.

A group of organizational psychologists at Michigan State University and the University of Akron became interested in workplace arrogance during the global banking implosion, back when private - jetting, hotheaded leaders at doomed institutions like AIG were always in the news.

«As it has only one set of chromosomes, it is very easy to find interesting mutants as all you have to do is to alter a single allele to produce a phenotype,» explains Oscar Fernández - Capetillo, head of the Genomic Instability Group and the leader of the research project.

Group leader Kevin Yager explains that the mission of his group is to fabricate and measures the properties of nanoscale architectures with interesting electronic behavGroup leader Kevin Yager explains that the mission of his group is to fabricate and measures the properties of nanoscale architectures with interesting electronic behavgroup is to fabricate and measures the properties of nanoscale architectures with interesting electronic behaviors.

In Molecules of Life, expert user groups of students and group leaders interested in specific techniques communicate via an online platform to discuss applications, troubleshooting, and further developments.

«I think these diagnostic polymer foils are very interesting alternatives to standard DNA microarrays, especially when it comes to point of care diagnostics», says Associate Professor Aman Russom, group leader of the Clinical Microfluidics group in the Nanobiotechnology laboratory at KTH.

The program should be of interest to scientists, group leaders, postdoctoral researchers, facility managers, technicians and PhD students working directly or indirectly with genetically - modified animals.

A group calling itself CDC Scientists Preserving Integrity, Diligence, and Ethics in Research (CDC SPIDER) recently submitted a letter to the CDC chief of staff expressing grave concerns about special interest influence being exerted on the agency's leaders.

It was created by an international group of business leaders with active commercial interests in the development of wellness communities and wellness lifestyle real estate, now estimated to be a $ 100B global marketplace.

The most interesting part of the trailer, for fans, was at the very end, where fan - favorite Darryl (Norman Reedus) is seen bound with a gun to his head by the leader of the Wolves, the menacing group we've only begun to see introduced as a threat to Rick and co..

Hell, if you're itching for two movies in which a group of lost souls fall prey to a creepily charismatic cult leader, these two would make for an interesting (if rather depressing) double feature.

One of the teenagers, listening to the pitch for Deeper Learning Collaborative — a consultant group that brings instructional leaders together to spread deeper learning through their school via coaching and teacher collaboration — pointed out that many systems have teachers with little interest in getting better.

Todd's work is guided by theories of interest - based negotiation and difficult conversations developed by the Harvard Negotiation Project and Triad Consulting; by her work on dialogue and team dynamics with Dialogix UK and David Kantor, author of Reading the Room: Group Dynamics for Coaches and Leaders; and by her work with Ronald Heifetz, author of Leadership Without Easy Answers.