Sentences with phrase «lobby congress»

Rupert Murdoch and his colleagues, not content with grossing billions of dollars on their blockbuster movies have decided to spent some of those billions to lobby congress to try and get legislation passed that would give them the ability to more quickly (and with minimal due process) shut down file sharing sites that they think are hosting pirated content.

Federal employees are statutorially obligated not to lobby congress, so do not undertand why you think the refusal has meaning.

The company has retained Glover Park Group to lobby congress on the matter, according to a disclosure form filed in late April.

US producers have lobbied congress and spent millions on advertising to prevent this happening in the USA.

Not exact matches

The Catholic church spends 28 million dollars a year lobbying OUR congress members to pass and enact morality laws.

I guess I could see the difference but directly «lobbying» catholic members of congress seems a bit too much for me.

Also available in each office are publications issued by Independent Sector on a variety of topics related to the Tax Reform Act of 1976 and subsequent actions by the congress and the IRS which are concerned with lobbying limitations for non-profit organizations.

2 restaurants with buffet - style breakfast, lunch and dinner; lobby and pool bar; easy access to restaurants & bars, discos, shops, congress centre, museums, theatre and casino nearby.

Nintendo also tried to introduce legislation to congress via lobbying in the form of the «Computer Software Protection Act» (H.R. 5297) which never made it through the House Judicial review.

then that is ethically problematic (more so when dealing with indie developers I think than when dealing with massive corporations — intellectual property gets tricky when it is lobbied for in congress).

Lobbying of US congress however seems to win the day in many ways and I would not be suprised to see many new coal fired power stations in the USA and hence worldwide built in then ext decade without carbon capture fitted.

They know how the system works, who to lobby in congress and how to funnel the money.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobbied against climate change legislation to be introduced by congress (namely the Waxman - Markey Climate Bill).

Furthermore, even with the support of lobbying heavyweights such as the Consumer Electronics Association or popular startups like Rackspace, it will be difficult to convince congress to revisit the issue of intellectual property reform.

This news comes as the American Public Health Association has announced a lobbying program aiming to empower people to approach their local congress members to educate them about public health.