Sentences with phrase «lobbying bill as»

... Liberal Democrat sources said the government will retreat on some parts of the lobbying bill as early as next week, after charities raised serious concerns that it would have a «chilling effect» on their ability to campaign.»

Not exact matches

But small business groups such as the National Federation of Independent Business and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are vocal opponents, and have lobbied extensively to fight the passage of wage reform bills in Congress.

The patent fight billed as the «Ali - Frazier Fight of Biotech,» and a «clash of titans,» and the «last great priority dispute of the «first - to - invent» era of US patent law» (um, okay, that final image is perhaps less evocative) had its first and only hearing before judges yesterday — and the line to get a glimpse of the brief proceedings wound its way around the lobby Christmas tree in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office building in Alexandria, Virginia (a view of which can be found here, in lawyer Jacob Sherkow's enthusiastic Twitter feed).

While in the midst of putting together one of her perfectly structured pay - for - play deals to help kill an import - tax bill (even hiring actors as instigators among the protesters), Sloane is asked to take the lead in her firm helping the gun lobby attract scared moms.

The company bills itself as «the most experienced group of targeters in Republican politics,» offering media analytics services to corporations, lobbying groups, and GOP political campaigns seeking to reach specific target demographics.

Then, as president, he lobbied hard for the bill.

Well Bill, I guess I do not see your group / religion as any more than a powerful lobby group, no different than oil and gas, defence industries, tobacco, NRA gun industry, etc..

But she is a longtime political activist who has lobbied for better education funding, marriage equality and women's rights, and she has campaigned for such politicians as President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

They will be demonstrating in the lobby of the state Legislative Building, as lawmakers consider the latest «Medical Aid in Dying» bill.

Mayoral control itself was granted another year, meaning Mayor Bill de Blasio — an antagonist for both Senate Republicans and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo — will have to return for a third straight year to lobby for renewal, this time as he runs for re-election.

The deputy to substantive minister Elizabeth Ofosu - Agyare also stated that it is during their «tenure that the first and second drafts of the film bill have come into being and although parliament is yet to pass it for the president to append his signature, stakeholders can lobby parliamentarians so the film bill is passed as the ministry continues to push for the passage.»

Environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, The Alliance for a Greater New York and the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance have also fought against the bill but they too lobby elected officials on a variety of issues.

«They are just not as equipped to handle these criminal cases,» said Paul Cates, of the Innocence Project, which is lobbying for the bill.

After the march many of us will be lobbying our MPs as the Welfare Reform Bill reaches a critical stage in the House of Commons.

Republican candidate for Tennessee governor Bill Lee is claiming that the «liberal media,» teachers unions and the «far - left lobby» have used students who survived the deadly Florida school shooting as «props to...

Republican candidate for Tennessee governor Bill Lee is claiming that the «liberal media,» teachers unions and the «far - left lobby» have used students who survived the deadly Florida school shooting as «props to push their...

Bill de Blasio's homeless commissioner, Gilbert Taylor, told the City Council this afternoon that he plans to travel to Albany tomorrow to lobby for permission to use state funds for rental subsidies, even as the Cuomo administration suggested it's too late for significant changes this year.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed changes to a controversial tax abatement program would strengthen a requirement that service workers such as lobby attendants and maintenance staff be paid a prevailing wage, according to a legislative memorandum obtained by Capital.

They identified 129 different bill numbers as the subjects of their lobbying efforts in the last six months of the year.

All together, the package was billed as a five - point plan designed to enhance disclosure and regulation of campaign finance and lobbying at a Capitol rocked by scandal and corruption arrests in recent years.

A bill designed to push up the pay of janitors, security guards and groundskeepers at utility companies has touched off a lobbying bonanza as it awaits action by the governor.

In Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.

The New York Gaming Association, which advocates for the interests of the state's nine racinos, filed a complaint alleging that several entities pushing a bill that would legalize daily fantasy sports betting have improperly failed to register as lobbying entities.

The November Team, a PR firm that is led by Bill O'Reilly, Jessica Proud and Jerry McKinstry, has blasted JCOPE for an advisory opinion that required political consultants to register as lobbyists when they engage in a form of «grassroots» lobbying.

Kate Hinz is one of dozens of people who came to the Capitol on the first formal day of session to lobby for the bill to allow medical marijuana in New York as a treatment for a variety of medical conditions.

On the last day of session, lawmakers rapidly passed a bill that increased disclosure requirements on a number of non-governmental entities such as independent expenditure committees, lobby clients and political consultants.

The transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration bill, the legislation more familiarly known as the gagging bill, was left unscathed by MPs in the Commons committee stage last month.

Documents suggest that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group, REBNY, as an intermediary to press Albany politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.

As reported by Guido, a range of think tanks and campaign groups have this afternoon written to the Government expressing concerns about the impact of the Lobbying Bill on their work:

At the report stage of bills when the House as a whole has a change to change important legislation, most MPs follow their own Whips into the lobby and haven't taken the trouble to find out what they're voting for.

The new bill sets the total lobbying disclosure threshold at $ 15,000, while requiring disclosure of donations of more than $ 2,500, as well as those donors» personal information.

Democrats point to the gun lobby's donations to the GOP as a big reason the Senate has continued to refuse to pass the microstamping bill — even as crimes committed by perpetrators armed with illegal guns are plaguing law enforcement efforts in the city.

Assembly Democratic leaders are refusing to allow Assemblywoman Margaret Markey (D - Queens) from holding a screening of the film at the Capitol complex during a two - day lobbying effort in May to build support for her bill to make it easier for people sexually abused as kids to bring lawsuits as adults.

GOPers were furious over what they viewed as heavy - handed lobbying by Bloomberg and his team as they tried last week to kill the governor's union - favored compromise bill to limit the public release of teacher evaluations, insiders say.

For example, a lobbyist for a corporate entity could spend Monday and Tuesday meeting with senators on a bill supported by the company and would need to report to JCOPE his or her salary for those days as part of the total spent on the company's lobbying campaign.

Today ConservativeHome reported on the opposition from the Left to the new Lobbying Bill, which also covers trade unions and election campaigning by organisations which are not political parties, such as charities and campaign groups.

What are you going to do when I tell the people that you were the prime mover of Andrew's gay marriage bill so he could pound his chest as the most powerful governor the state has ever known and you could have access as a lobby for the big buck clients you extort.

Labour MSP Neil Findlay says this debate has been a long time coming, as he submitted his lobbying bill in July 2012.

As debate over the reauthorization of federal vocational - education programs began in the Senate last month, groups representing state education agencies were lobbying to preserve a strong state role they say is threatened in the House version of the bill.

As advocates, parents, ed reform leaders and citizens across the state are lobbying and advocating for the passing of various bills to help with school improvement, the biggest question on the table...

The Florida trip, which cost $ 8,300, was clearly billed as «educational,» rather than «influential,» by PEFNC in an effort to ensure that the trip did not violate NC lobbying laws.

CABE, as the story does note, has partnered with ConnCAN, the superintendents» association, and a number of business groups to lobby on behalf of Governor Malloy's «Education Reform» bill.

ConnCAN not only wrote a proposal shockingly identical to this bill, the charter lobby also sponsored a «forum» for legislators in 2015 where it invited Ms. Lott of the failed Milner school and others, such as the deputy superintendent of Lawrence to speak to legislators.

ConnCAN and 50CAN coincidently also serves on the Board of Directors of the NewSchools Venture Fund, while the TFA Board includes such notables as one of Connecticut's other billionaires, Stephen Mandel, who not only donated more than $ 50 million to Teach for America and serves as the Treasurer of the TFA Board but is also a major donor to Achievement First Inc., ConnCAN and Excel Bridgeport, the pro-charter lobby group that has been working with Mayor Bill Finch to divert Bridgeport's public funds to Achievement First, Inc. — Bridgeport and other charter schools in that city.

Rep. Pat Nelson, R - Southaven, said the endorsement of the bill by The Parents Campaign, which had been lobbying against it, as one factor that pushed it toward passage.

Despite their ongoing lobbying, both before and during the illegal takeover and throughout the effort to persuade legislators to support Malloy's education reform bill, neither Lowney, Snow nor Excel Bridgeport registered to lobby with the Connecticut Office of State Ethics, as required by law.

As the financial industry, including private student lenders, pumped millions into lobbying, and as Biden was on his way to collecting more than $ 100,000 for his re-election campaign from banking interests, he became one of three Democratic senators appointed to the committee responsible for hammering out a final bilAs the financial industry, including private student lenders, pumped millions into lobbying, and as Biden was on his way to collecting more than $ 100,000 for his re-election campaign from banking interests, he became one of three Democratic senators appointed to the committee responsible for hammering out a final bilas Biden was on his way to collecting more than $ 100,000 for his re-election campaign from banking interests, he became one of three Democratic senators appointed to the committee responsible for hammering out a final bill.

the bill, as have other influential agencies and lobbying organizations such as the farm bureau and department of agriculture.

And it is bitter because in spite of overwhelming citizen and shelter support throughout Michigan, the state veterinary association has been a staunch advocate against the bill, as have other influential agencies and lobbying organizations such as the farm bureau and department of agriculture.

Animal Folks Minnesota - Legislative Action (AFMN) has used these documents when lobbying at the State Capitol for animal protection bills as well as when testifying in MN counties and cities in support of local ordinances that protect animals.