Sentences with phrase «lobbying campaigns»

Firms including Fairholme Funds Inc., Paulson & Co. and Perry Capital have sued the government or funded lobbying campaigns in an attempt to change the policy.

Yolngu developed sophisticated publicity and lobbying campaigns, and used their own community radio and online discussion groups to keep the issue alive.

Now, every self - respecting oil company channels money into front groups, lobbying campaigns, and PR efforts, not just during a spill, but all the time to keep public opinion in check, and to hedge against such disasters.

There were strong and successful lobbying campaigns to not merely subsidize part of the price of the 11 mpg vehicles, but in some cases governments ended up paying more per 11 mpg vehicle than the price of the vehicle in the showroom altogether between federal and state incentive programs, before counting the cost of paving the roads or infrastructure.

The environmental movement is far better funded, having at its disposal hundreds of millions for expensive PR and lobbying campaigns.

Or are they waging smart PR and lobbying campaigns to ensure that the climate movement doesn't threaten their bottom line and fundamental business models?

While not all leaders of other private religious institutions have embarked on lobbying campaigns to get school vouchers enacted into state law, it's worth highlighting another one of those schools that stands to gain from the Opportunity Scholarship Program as an example of the lengths to which taxpayer funds will fund religious education.

Testing companies win political support by pumping thousands of dollars into political lobbying campaigns to ensure that candidates who support testing are voted into office.

The law, which was passed by the Legislature late in the night in June on the final day of the legislative session, would require 501 (3) charities to disclose all their donors of more than $ 2,500 over six months if they contribute more than $ 2,500 to substantial lobbying campaigns run out of issue - oriented 501 (4) nonprofits.

The public will now be better served with information about who is funding the state's large lobbying campaigns.

Intended to address the roles of consultants as «architects of grassroots lobbying campaigns to the public,» the rules at issue were adopted by JCOPE in January.

The amount appears to be more than double the previous record for spending by any lobbying client during these months, a time of year when most political activity is directed toward elections and lobbying campaigns rarely top a few hundred thousand dollars, according to information maintained by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

CSNY raised nearly $ 17.5 million in 2011, money that helped fuel a series of costly advertising and lobbying campaigns in support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget and cap on local property taxes.

While a federal lawsuit unfolds, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has agreed not to enforce certain provisions of a new state ethics law passed requiring charitable organizations giving money to lobbying campaigns to disclose far more of their donors, according to the plaintiffs in the suit.

In the good old days, before most MPs walked round with faces like guilty, beaten dogs, mobilising the forces of the House of Commons lay at the heart of most lobbying campaigns.

Overall, casino bidders and development companies have spent $ 6.7 million on lobbying campaigns in 2012 and 2013.

Uber and Lyft have been pursuing aggressive lobbying campaigns to push the state to adopt regulations for ride - hailing services.

But it's widely supported by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who have faced intense lobbying campaigns by patient groups and the biopharma industry.

His data power Facebook's and Microsoft's own lobbying campaigns.

The rising trend for taxes on sweetened drinks has prompted beverage industry giants like PepsiCo and Coca - Cola to spend billions of dollars on advertising and lobbying campaigns against the measures.

And for that, Google can thank Google, and an unorthodox lobbying campaign to shape the road rules of the future in car - obsessed California — and maybe even the rest of the nation — that began with a game - changing conversation in Las Vegas.

It's a restrained approach compared with Google's aggressive lobbying campaign in 2006 when Sergey Brin, one of the company's co-founders, went to Capitol Hill to argue for the importance of net neutrality.

In L.A., he worked on a successful lobbying campaign that helped earn the Canadian film Les Invasions Barbares an Oscar for best foreign - language film.

The correspondence also touched off an unusual lobbying campaign among the upper crust of the local political class, aiming to pressure Tribune Publishing to sell.

The Chamber on Monday launched the latest chapter of its on - going lobbying campaign, aiming to highlight the concerns its small - business members have with the legislation.

The records allegedly showed that Trump campaign officials Manafort and Gates had been directly involved in a lobbying campaign on behalf of the

But in 2014, the SNA surprised many observers by undergoing an abrupt about - face, embarking on an aggressive lobbying campaign to weaken school meal nutrition.

I don't think I've ever been the target of a concerted lobbying campaign before, but efforts to restore the public image of pink slime — a.k.a. Lean Finely Textured Beef — have even gotten to me.

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«The architect of Britain's most successful lobbying campaign of 2009» Peter Carroll first got involved in the Gurkha Justice Campaign after being approached by four Gurkhas at his home in Folkestone, where the Royal Gurkha Rifl es are based and where he is a councillor, to ask for his help in saving one of their comrades from deportation.

Bill Hammond notes that the makers of the anti-addiction drug Vivitrol — whose controversial nationwide lobbying campaign was spotlighted by the New York Times last week — appear to be getting results in Albany.

But he has also had the Committee to Save New York on his side, a lobbying campaign funded by business interests that aided his agenda during his first two years in office, but for now is laying low.

Mosley was one of the original sponsors of the legislation, but withdrew his name from the bill after a lobbying campaign by those favor it.

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.

Much has changed over the years, and, while there is still something of the Sartrean hell about the conference season, they do provide an unrivalled opportunity to inject some impetus into your lobbying campaign.

Lewandowski's dismissal has been in the works for weeks, and it marks the culmination of an intense lobbying campaign by Trump's three oldest children — Ivanka, Eric, and Don Jr. — as well as allies of campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

GOP legislators had for years kept the bill from reaching the Senate floor, but relented in 2011 after a well - heeled lobbying campaign by gay rights advocates and their supporters.

While NYCLASS is undertaking a lobbying campaign to sway reticent council members, the moneyed political group was expecting the mayor to use his weight to press for a ban immediately.

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».

But veterans groups and state lawmakers in recent years had launched a sustained lobbying campaign for the bill's approval.

Retailer WHSmith appears to be removing age restrictions on the sale of shooting magazines in its stores after a lobbying campaign by people who shoot, magazine publishers and organisations including the UK's largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).

Both Uber and Lyft have conducted an extensive public lobbying campaign over the last year to expand services, especially in upstate cities like Buffalo, which is being countered by an effort to block the measure by upstate taxi and livery companies.

City Hall's remote lobbying campaign continued even as the Legislature began its final day.

But even an intense bipartisan lobbying campaign from fellow elected officials, business leaders and members of Congress did little to sway the Republican majority in the State Senate.

Despite the ongoing lobbying campaign to legalize ride - hailing, Yuhnke says, the service is already available in the Buffalo area.

Public employee unions, in a lobbying campaign spearheaded by the largest statewide teachers» union, New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), asserted that the Triborough Doctrine's status quo guarantee wasn't strong enough.

The New York push comes amid a well - funded advertising and lobbying campaign by the hotel industry.

A 27.5 percent increase in funding for Teacher's Choice, the UFT's top budget priority, was secured for the 2016 — 17 fiscal year after an intense lobbying campaign by members on social media and by union leaders at Council meetings and hearings.

Uber and Lyft are once again undertaking a lobbying campaign to legalize ride - sharing services outside of New York City, complete with advertisements, a stable of connected influence peddlers, PR stunts and statements of support from police chiefs to Bills co-owner Kim Pegula.

A 27.5 percent increase in funding for Teacher's Choice, the UFT's top budget priority, was secured for the 2016 - 2017 fiscal year after an intense lobbying campaign by members on social media and by union leaders at Council meetings and hearings.