Sentences with phrase «lobby for campaign contributions»

The immediate threat in the United States is that dirty energy lobbyists will effectively use hypothetical arguments of WTO or NAFTA illegality to chill congressional action and provide cover for U.S. legislators who are indebted to Big Oil, Big Coal and the LNG lobby for campaign contributions, even though international trade law is not incorporated into U.S. domestic law and violations can not be enforced in U.S. domestic courts.

Not exact matches

We are all aware of the lobbying system in the U.S. and the persuasive power of campaign contributions, for example, and we can surmise that similar incentives exist in Europe.

In a session before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer, a newly unsealed FBI complaint alleges Pigeon conspired to solicit a $ 25,000 contribution to the Cuomo campaign from a Montreal - based internet gambling company for whom his Papi Holdings LLC earned $ 388,000 in lobbying fees from 2010 to 2015.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio turned his attention from Democratic LG contender Bob Duffy to his No. 1 target, AG Andrew Cuomo, slamming the gubernatorial designee for being the top recipient of lobbying campaign contributions in recent years.

Sue Lerner, with Common Cause, says currently most contributions for campaigns for statewide offices, as well as the Senate and Assembly, come from a limited number of zip codes, many from the area right around the Capitol, where major lobbying and other interest groups have their offices, as well as the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan, and Wall Street, and «not from the actual voters».

For more than a year, JCOPE has been probing whether The Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lobbyiFor more than a year, JCOPE has been probing whether The Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lCampaign for One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lobbyifor One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lcampaign, was improperly lobbying.

A 2014 study by the Sunlight Foundation showed that $ 5.8 billion spent by corporations in lobbying and campaign contributions reaped some $ 4.4 trillion in federal business and subsidies for those corporations.

NYSUT spokesman Carl Korn said the ad campaigns are «one piece of the puzzle» that also includes direct contributions to candidates and money for lobbying.

Indeed, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics classifies the company as a «heavy hitter» for its generous spending on lobbying (over $ 12 million in the 2014 cycle alone) and campaign contributions (over $ 1.4 million in 2014, with most of that benefiting Republicans).

For well over a quarter century, the NEA and the AFT have been the most powerful groups in the politics of education — with more than four million members, formidable sums of money for campaign contributions and lobbying, well - educated activists manning the electoral trenches, and organizations that blanket the nation, allowing them to coordinate all these resources toward political enFor well over a quarter century, the NEA and the AFT have been the most powerful groups in the politics of education — with more than four million members, formidable sums of money for campaign contributions and lobbying, well - educated activists manning the electoral trenches, and organizations that blanket the nation, allowing them to coordinate all these resources toward political enfor campaign contributions and lobbying, well - educated activists manning the electoral trenches, and organizations that blanket the nation, allowing them to coordinate all these resources toward political ends.

When a 2008 initiative, Measure 10, which would have banned the use of tax money for campaigns or lobbying and restricted political contributions by government contractors was defeated, its committee chair Jim Anderson noted, «We'll be able to prepare accordingly next time, knowing that the real opposition to ethics reform in South Dakota is NEA union officials back east.»

The November 2008 initiative would have banned the use of tax money for campaigns or lobbying and restricted political contributions by government contractors.

Ross noted that powerful special interests are lobbying for increasing education privatization and pro-voucher mega-donors from across the country have larded Republican politicians with campaign contributions.

As Terry Moe, a senior fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution, noted in a 2002 interview with the Heartland Institute, the teacher unions «have a lot of money for campaign contributions and for lobbying... They also have a lot of electoral clout because they have many activists out in the trenches in every political district.»

Parents for Educational Freedom NC (PEFNC)-- a pro-voucher lobby in North Carolina that receives the bulk of its funding from the Walton Family — has made campaign contributions to Stam and has even flown him and other lawmakers to Florida in 2013 to learn more about that state's own voucher scheme.

From 2007 to 2013, corn ethanol interests spent $ 158 million lobbying for more mandates and subsidies — and $ 6 million in campaign contributions — for a fuel that reduces mileage, damages engines, requires enormous amounts of land, water and fertilizer, and from stalk to tailpipe emits more carbon dioxide than gasoline.

They also plied federal candidates with more than $ 300 million in campaign contributions and spent more than $ 105 million on lobbying, according to Federal Election Commission data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

This is a relatively new phenomenon Business has incredible influence on our society — through giving campaign contributions, lobbying for legislation, ownership of the media, employing citizens as workers and selling to them as consumers.

A substantial political action committee or war chest for political contributions and issue advocacy campaigns — All highly effective lobbying organizations must have the ability to contribute substantial financial resources to support congressional candidates who are sympathetic to their key issues.

If the transaction is all cash, the buyers lawyer is the party that needs to gather the Fintrac required information, As usual money rules, CREA has let the Real Estate industry down again, by failing to aggressively lobby the government, to exempt us from Fintrac rules, The banking industry and the legal community have the ear of the government thru their financial contributions for campaigning, and their paid lobbyists, The government of Canada had to show that they are making an effort to stop money laundering, in order to meet International requirements for financing our massive National debt.