Sentences with phrase «lobbied against the plans»

Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich says he and other officials of communities along the southern shore of Lake Ontario plan to go to Washington soon to lobby against the plan.

Teachers unions had spent the weekend lobbying against the plan, and afterward the Chicago Teachers Union called it an «assault» on public education.

Not exact matches

The retail industry, which lobbied the administration and Congress against an early plan to impose tariffs on Chinese - made apparel and footwear, is now cautiously optimistic that its products will be exempt.

After MAT (a campaign that will continue with the shift to the WTO where there is a project to coöpt, in the framework of the American lobbying system, a part of the opponents) concentration could be focussed on the tax on capital (Tobin tax etc.), the struggle against the plans of the IMF, the struggle against Third World debt.

The top water bureaucrat in NSW, Gavin Hanlon, has been secretly recorded offering to confidentially share internal government information with irrigation lobbyists — documents he proposed to strip of government logos and share via a special Dropbox account — to assist their lobbying against the contentious Murray - Darling Basin Plan.

AARP, a grass - roots lobbying group with 37 million members aged 50 and up, backed Obama's healthcare plan against Republican critics.

With Labour, the DUP and the Lib Dems also due to vote against the plans, it will be for this coalition of opposition parties to tempt a small number of more sceptical Conservatives into the no lobby with them.

Syracuse Common Councilor Jean Kessner was one of many local officials in Albany lobbying against the nuclear plant bailout plan.

There was even a suggestion Prince Charles might privately lobby against the move, when Philip Spedding, director of the prince's Arts & Business organisation, said he would be against the plans.

Now, even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders, and come out against the plan.

Now even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders that are coming out against the plan.

Cuomo spent months lobbying against the tax plan, which he has denounced in apocalyptic language, calling it «an economic civil war» that will put the state at a structural disadvantage when it comes to competing for jobs.

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.

The Republican - controlled State Senate opposes any increase in the minimum wage and influential business groups will lobby aggressively against the plan.

Vallone was representing some of the largest Willets Point businesses at Willets Point and had been lobbying hard against the plan before an 11th - hour deal was brokered between the city, Council members and three of Vallone's largest clients — House of Spices, Fodera Foods and Tully Construction.

1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

The AFT's newly militant stance against VAM will likely affect contract negotiations in local districts, and the union also plans to lobby the Education Department.»

Moreover, the legislation puts the interests of the oil and gas lobby over millions of citizens, thousands of businesses and hundreds of coastal communities who spoke out against new offshore drilling during the federal government's extensive planning process.

As recently as July, the White House lobbied unsuccessfully against a plan to spend $ 1 billion over four years to rebuild coastlines and wetlands, which serve as buffers against hurricanes.