Sentences with phrase «lobby groups focused»

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He also is one of the founders of FWD.us, a lobbying group of powerful silicon valley entrepreneurs focused on many political matters, such as immigration and education reform.

In recent years, immigrant rights protests shrank as groups diverged and shifted their focus on voter registration and lobbying.

Flynn's son also recently drew focus in the Russia investigation because of work he did for his father's lobbying firm, Flynn Intel Group, and legal analysts have said that Mueller's focus on Flynn Jr. could be an attempt to coerce his father's cooperation in the investigation.

FWD.us, which is the tech industry's group that lobbies for comprehensive immigration reform, has also made DACA a main focus.

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.

The investment has met with approval from Passenger Focus, the lobby group for rail passengers, which said that the main priorities for those travelling on the railways were more trains arriving on time, more and longer trains and increased chances of getting a seat.

Organisations working among marginalised groups such as young people and unmarried women will be a particular focus for the scheme, which will also support agencies that lobby their governments for legislation and policies that support access to services.

There were several education - focused groups not associated with charter schools or unions who spent significant money on lobbying last year.

Supporters of conservation brought up strategies to stop the sale of the island, including lobbying Congress to revoke the act putting Plum Island up for sale, designating the island as property for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, selling it to New York State or a non-profit group that will focus on preservation, or — if necessary — filing a lawsuit against the government.

REBNY has traditionally focused its lobbying efforts — and dollars — on candidates for state office rather than in New York City, for two main reasons, Lerner said: First, the city's relatively stringent campaign finance laws have historically made it harder for special interest groups to gain as much influence here; and second, although many key issues — such as 421a tax abatements — affect only New York City, they are decided at the state level.

According to Pappalardo, some members of Congress and influential groups — like the NASA Astrobiology Institute's Europa Focus Group and the National Research Council — support a mission to Europa, and are lobbying NASA for its implementation.

The influence of lobby groups on the current public and political discussion does not bode well that we can prevent or substantially decrease their influence in the near future, when they may call to focus on geoengineering instead of emission reduction strategies (rather than focus on both, but in reverse order).

This means being as focused on building grassroots support for advancing reform as lobbying statehouses and launching new reform groups.

Narrowly focused special interest lobbying groups such as the Connecticut Charter Schools Network (CCSN) were allowed to present testimony but were not put on the Advisory Committee.

Many of these groups, like Teach for America and the charter lobbies, have been singularly focused on using public funds to expand their businesses in Connecticut.

«Study group» jamborees, public pronouncements and do - nothing platitudes to the contrary, (ref) groups like the AVMA and the AKC that should be taking action for healthier pets never do — under pressure from cash - focused breeding lobbies and, perhaps, the perverse assumption that breed - related health problems constitute an important veterinary revenue stream.

About 130 businesses and interest groups spent more than $ 23.5 million on lobbying teams solely focused on climate, but that vastly understates the money devoted to the effort.

Since 2008, AEA has been established as a 501c4 non profit group, whose focus is lobbying, but it does not disclose who its funders are.