Sentences with phrase «lobbying against the proposal»

Back in 2014, the British Parking Association (BPA) was busy lobbying against proposals to ban the use of CCTV and ANPR by local authorities for parking enforcement, including the use of cameras for parking enforcement outside schools which could potentially put children's lives at stake.

But the California School Boards Association, the Association of California School Administrators and the California Association of School Business Officials are actively lobbying against the proposal saying its passage will drive up construction costs for school projects and tend to undermine promises districts made to voters to complete some improvement projects.

NOHA had lobbied against the proposal, fearing a reduction in the cap would have led families in greatest need having to refuse treatment because they were unable to meet the additional costs.

Not exact matches

Exxon Mobil (xom) has stepped up efforts to persuade investors to vote against climate - related proposals at Wednesday's annual meeting with a campaign of calling, writing and lobbying shareholders in person.

Business Insider reported last week, meanwhile, that the California State Teachers» Retirement System, one of the biggest pension funds in the world, was lobbying shareholders to vote against the proposal.

The firm, created for the sole purpose of lobbying Taseko to replace two directors and give it a say in key company decisions, had no choice: by the meeting's cut - off date for advanced voting, with 50 % of the votes in, shareholders had voted a resounding 94 % against the dissident's proposals.

Two other industry trade groups that have lobbied against the fiduciary proposal — SIFMA and FSI — offer slightly more conciliatory statements, though both groups argue that existing regulations under the SEC and FINRA are already in place to guard against bad retirement advice.

Union members descended onto the Capitol today to lobby against the this year's bete noir: the Tier Six proposal baked into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 132.5 billion budget proposal

(Metro PSA, NYSLSA and the Retailers Alliance lobby together as Last Store on Main Street, the single - issue front against the governor's proposal.)

The NCC (National Caravan Council) is continuing its lobby campaign against the imposition of VAT on caravan holiday homes «in the interests of the industry, jobs and livelihoods that would be impacted by the proposal».

The report comes as the Senecas lobby diligently against any proposal that would expand casino gambling into their so - called exclusivity zone that encompasses western New York.

Since then, I've lobbied against the state's proposal and am pleased to report the facility is no longer on the chopping block for 2016 - 2017.

CPS employees lobbied hard against the administration's proposal, saying that all employees in Child Protective Services deserved a raise, not just the newest ones.

The association's national office sent Head Start directors a letter with detailed instructions about how to lobby against the Bush proposal.

The officials also voted against several proposals from the Homebuilder lobby that would have rolled back existing energy provisions.

While the brash brand of direct interference into the public discourse on scientific findings about global warming and associated harmful impacts we saw from Exxon operatives in the 1980s and 1990s has now morphed into a more passive, less - visible form of tampering — such as the company's continued stream of donations (some alleged to be illegal) to groups known for lobbying against and often shooting down federal and state - level proposals to promote renewable energy and limit carbon emissions — perhaps Avery will be able to persuade the new corporate leadership team to stop funding these groups altogether.

In other words, ExxonMobil's lobbying against carbon tax proposals in Massachusetts occurred largely behind the scenes.

Political considerations resulting from past fear - mongering by environmental lobby groups against nuclear power make it highly unlikely IMO that this proposal will be implemented.

«We ought not attribute to Congress an official purpose based on the motives of a particular group that lobbied for or against a certain proposal — even assuming the precise intent of the group can be determined, a point doubtful both as a general rule and in the instant case.

For the claimant lobby pressing against the green paper proposals it was the wrong case at the wrong time.

As you'd expect, Uber lobbied fiercely against the proposals during the three - month consultation period — dubbing them «bureaucratic» and encouraging its users to sign a petition calling for TfL to drop the proposed changes.