Sentences with phrase «lobbying efforts by»

But for the lobbying efforts by the largest trade organization in the country, federal banks have been kept out of real estate and private property owners have been saved from transfer taxes and been able to keep their mortgage interest deduction.

Bitcoin miners are being drawn in from lobbying efforts by energy industry participants looking to proliferate the oil recovery that is unfolding in the region.

Although some claim that bitumen will find its way to market whether pipelines are built or not, the strenuous lobbying efforts by Federal and Alberta governments to approve new export pipelines belie this.

This followed strenuous lobbying efforts by some of largest oil producing non-OPEC nations in the weeks leading up to the meeting.

Exclude meteorology even, not just biology, engineering, astronomy, particle physics,... But should include all lobbying efforts by the companies, since they wouldn't waste money on lobbying if they didn't think it would work and wouldn't miss out countering works that would see their revenue sink like a stone.

The ASD model is controversial, has seen mixed results, and is a model being considered behind closed doors by North Carolina's own lawmakers right now thanks to lobbying efforts by a wealthy Oregonian businessman.

Strong lobbying efforts by the bastard food industry is very likely to make the FDA's position stick.

This is in reference to lobbying efforts by media executives in favour of the public interest exemption.

«I'm also unaware of any lobbying efforts by Ms. Wormuth, particularly for a matter as non-town of Halfmoon - related as mixed martial arts.»

Referring to strong ongoing lobbying efforts by seniors and their Council member allies (chiefly led by Council Members Margaret Chin and Paul Vallone), Mark - Viverito acknowledged the «active,» «vocal,» and fast - growing population of aging New Yorkers.

This law is the direct result of strong lobbying efforts by our union and others and it will beneficially impact all Hotel Trades Council members employed in New York State.

Rather, it was a combination of socio - political factors: A strategically timed publicity stunt to bolster Russia's positive image internationally in the run - up to the Sochi Olympics, a result of skilful lobbying efforts by the German diplomatic elite and a humane act of mercy driven by Putin's personal convictions about vengeance, justice and mercy.

This isn't because of some grand conspiracy due to lobbying efforts by the tax preparation industry.

A 2017 investigation into lobbying efforts by «Big Pharma» conducted by The Washington Post and 60 Minutes found that the companies spent more than $ 106 million to lobby Congress in an effort to pass more favorable drug laws.

This is a lobbying effort by certain factions within Israel's government.

But the New York Democrat also looked to updated air safety regulations passed following an intensive lobbying effort by the families of victims of Flight 3407, which crashed in Clarence in 2009.

Control of the city's public school system was given to the mayor in 2002, following a massive lobbying effort by Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

If the latest push for tighter gun restrictions has any better chance of success than the ones that came before, it is in large part a result of the fierce lobbying effort by the student advocates, including those from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of this month's mass shooting.

Beers in the Legislative Office Building in Albany were available for consumption on Tuesday as part of a lobbying effort by the New York Brewers Association to expand Sunday hours for serving alcohol.

To pass, it hadto overcome a bruising lobbying effort by an industry that, asAssaf had come to feel, was quite content to market productswith a minimum of supervision and a maximum of toxins.

on Malloy can't contain himself, uses speech to criticize lobbying effort by teachers and education unions...

Then, in April, state lawmakers in both chambers successfully pushed through a bill delaying the use of the PARCC tests by one year, despite an intense lobbying effort by Gov. Haslam and Huffman to shut it down.

But the prospect has spawned a fierce lobbying effort by conservative Republicans and some coal, oil and industry groups, which are urging Mr. Bush to abandon his campaign stance and any mention of carbon dioxide.

The reinvigoration of these pipeline projects come on the heels of a major lobbying effort by both Enbridge and Kinder Morgan.

Now there's a lobbying effort by various groups to have the Bill amended by the House or withdrawn in favour of a more expansive piece of legislation.

Not exact matches

A decade ago, he unveiled his «Pickens Plan,» a lobbying effort to wean the United States from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) by championing the use of alternative energy and natural gas.

Instead of viewing regulations like those mandated by OSHA as a nuisance (NAM and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for years fought against implementation of the original OSHA legislation and continue to lobby against efforts to expand the legislation), Keller came to see them as a blueprint for improvement.

But the lawsuit is also in line with ongoing efforts by legacy telecoms to block competition, including lobbying at the state level to prevent cities from building their own broadband networks.

On the broadest social level, the ostensible «free market» lobbying effort sponsored by banks to shift the property tax onto labor and industry has become a campaign against government itself.

To paraphrase Charles Baudelaire's quip that the devil wins at the point where the public comes to believe that he doesn't exist, the financial sector's lobbying effort wins at the point where people believe that running into debt contributes to economic growth rather than burdens it, and that they will end up richer by acting as bank customers.

In fact, Mylan had recently started a major lobbying effort to encourage schools to stock EpiPens by arguing that people with serious food allergies are always at risk, and that EpiPens were a necessary supplement to emergency medical treatment.

He acknowledged that an effort like this by economists lobbying for a candidate is unprecedented.

The bill's unveiling would launch the GOP's blitzkrieg effort to try to pass legislation by Thanksgiving and trigger a lobbying bonanza from both supporters and opponents.

One approach to answering these questions is to look at the political party financial donations and lobbying efforts made by Kinder Morgan Canada in recent years.

With one of the most sophisticated and well - heeled lobbies in the country ($ 8 to $ 9 million annual budget), the NRA fiercely stymies all efforts by legislators to pass gun laws, even though the results of local attempts have shown beyond reasonable doubt that such laws can be effective.

Evangelical and fundamentalist mission agencies have grown in proportion, while mainline bodies have focused more on assisting indigenous ministries, supplying social services, lobbying for social justice through political channels, and even turning the cultural conduit around by sponsoring reverse missionary programs.14 Viewed from only the American context, it appears that mainstream Protestantism has suffered a serious decline in its missionary efforts.

While Mr Pelle acknowledged the Thirst for Good scheme was put forward by the Australian Food and Grocery Council to represent all industry players, he said the Greenpeace campaign targeted Coca - Cola Amatil because it is «the main company in Australia and around the world that has led lobbying efforts to ensure cash for container deposit schemes never get up.»

Led by Adam Silver and the NBA, but followed with the fervor of a new convert by Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball, the leagues have done a 180 on this and are now actively lobbying states in an effort to help craft the sports gambling laws.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

As these regulations were hammered out, nothing was more disheartening than watching as our elected representatives — from both parties, by the way — cave in like cheap suitcases in the face of Big Food's lobbying efforts.

The law promoted by the MAMA Campaign is nothing more than a special interest lobbying effort.

From congressional legislation to school lunch policy, the food pyramid and what we are actually led to believe we need to live and thrive is in more ways than you would imagine completely dictated by these corporations, their lobbying efforts and Madison Avenue advertising agencies.

In Zimbabwe, a pro-breastfeeding publication «Baby Feeding,» funded by UNICEF, was held up because of Nestlé's lobbying efforts.

A political organization funded by a top hotel - trades union has helped develop the Share Better campaign — a multifaceted lobbying effort to persuade New York City politicians to curtail Airbnb, according to emails and records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The Log Cabin Republicans were very involved in the lobbying effort last December to try to convince some GOP senators to vote «yes» on marriage — an effort that ultimately failed when the entire 30 - member conference, joined by eight Democrats, voted «no» on the measure, killing the bill in the process.

«This morning's New York Times story regarding allegations that Walmart orchestrated a $ 24 million bribery campaign to gain favorable treatment by the Mexican government should be a wake up call for New Yorkers who have witnessed Walmart's aggressive lobbying effort and recent streak of opportunistic «philanthropy» in our city.»

The measure is opposed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose lobbying efforts today have already been setback after the GOP - led Senate announced it would take up Gov. Andrew Cuomo's teacher evaluation disclosure bill, a measure his office also opposes.

He told us that the states with the biggest roles to play are heavily influenced by corporate lobbying, but that this can be countered by citizens» efforts to call for more transparency and democracy in international negotiations.

After passing by a wide margin in the State Assembly, the bill was defeated by an eight - vote margin in the Senate despite a vigorous lobbying effort spearheaded by the Empire State Pride Agenda.

He has long expressed frustration with the efforts by public education and teachers union organizations lobbying and pressuring him to increase school aid.