Sentences with phrase «lobbying groups»

It's the second time in as many days that Cuomo, a Democrat in his second term, has said that he's not letting his proposals to limit outside income for legislators, reduce the political giving power of limited liability companies and increase transparency of lobbying groups fall by the wayside.

In a mailer being disseminated to the hotel's customers and powerbrokers, HTC is highlighting its coalition of lawmakers, elected officials, unions and lobbying groups that's joining their boycott.

The debate, for now, has been waged by groups in favor of making changes to the cap, including the New York State United Teachers and representatives of local government lobbying groups like the New York State Association of Counties, New York Conference of Mayors and the Association of Towns.

It's a reduction of $ 15 million from 2011, the first since 2000 as lobbying groups and advocacy campaigns pulled back dramatically on advertising spending.

«It's a way to a certain extent to circumvent campaign contribution limits, sometimes a way to circumvent disclosure requirements because they're no regulated the same way as independent groups or lobbying groups are,» Horner said.

Unlike so - called super PACs, which are active chiefly during campaigns, lobbying groups like the Committee to Save New York are not required to disclose their donors.

The Institute for Policy Research also provides funding for Migration Watch, the Tax Payer's Alliance and other right - wing lobbying groups.

In November, the two largest lobbying groups for developers and construction workers signed off on an agreement to bring higher wages to workers at large projects.

It's not unusual or out of the ordinary for communications staff to ask for statements in support of legislation or initiatives from various groups and Zambelli's correspondence that morning wasn't limited to lobbying groups after a flurry of bills — which included legislation expanding the state's DNA databank and approving the lawmaker - drawn political boundaries — passed the Legislature.

Others, like Lerner with Common Cause, says the lobbying groups should have to reveal donors going back at least ten months, to when the new law was signed by Cuomo, on August 15, 2011.

We can not continue the endless recycling of people between elected positions and lobbying groups where there is the clear appearance of conflict of interest.

Hence such policies are typically misunderstood and ignored by citizens but defended tenaciously by the private lobbying groups whose interests they serve.

MATT MURPHY: My theory is that the industry through lobbying groups donated — a certain amount of money to politicians to get a law passed that favored the industry.

A hearing officer on Friday ruled that four lobbying groups that both support and oppose abortion rights can keep their roster of donors a secret.

During this morning's JCOPE meeting the state ethics board released a draft report on disclosure rules requiring lobbyists and lobbying groups to disclose individual donors who give more than $ 5000.

The group takes lobbying groups from a range of the political to spectrum to task, including the Cuomo - friendly Committee to Save New York, the Alliance Quality Education and American Beverage Association, for failing to disclose who is behind their advertising and advocacy.

Makers of french fries and produce lobbying groups went to work, and 40 members of Congress have demanded reconsideration.

With any luck, the efforts of lobbying groups and researchers, and influence of documentaries such as Lunch Line, will yield some real reform to our botched lunch program.

Tuteur has several complaints about the movement (whose proponents she compares to creationists and antivaccers): namely, it subverts actual science; it relegates mothers back to the home; it is founded on a few elderly white men's sexist and religious beliefs about controlling women's bodies; and it has created lucrative industries and lobbying groups that make the movement unduly influential.

If you prefer to eat real food instead of chemically - altered versions of real food, it's probably a good idea NOT to listen to government agencies influenced by «Big Food» lobbying groups.

With the exception of a few lobbying groups, they are not trying to initiate public policy.

There are no doubt many significant reasons as to why this is the case but one aspect which needs to be considered is the extent to which some lobbying groups have advanced their views to influence thinking in public life.

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.

Minimum wage increases are opposed by the large industry lobbying groups, including the National Retail Federation and the National Restaurant Association.

National animal nonprofits and lobbying groups — which often are at odds with one another on issues and legislation — struck a similar chord in saying the purchase of auction dogs at high prices was something other than a form of rescue.

Chevron remains a member of many of the same anti-climate policy lobbying groups as Exxon, including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The study was commissioned by the American Council for Capital Formation and the US Chamber of Commerce, two longstanding corporate anti-tax lobbying groups.

But Australia also had fewer barriers than the United States to enacting gun control: There is no constitutional right to bear arms, and there are no pro-gun lobbying groups with the influence of the National Rifle Association.

Over the last few months, merchant lobbying groups have stormed Capitol Hill requesting two things: that lawmakers sink federal tax reform by opposing border adjustability and that they support federal price controls on debit interchange fees.

Furthermore, the controversial repeal was influenced heavily by corporate lobbying groups.

There's nothing new about a Democratic presidential nominee seeking to close the loophole (Barack Obama campaigned on this in both 2008 and 2012), but Trump's endorsement puts industry lobbying groups in an unfamiliar position of having to persuade both parties to maintain the status quo.

With such lack of accountability it is not surprising that Alphabet contributed substantial funds to the tech lobbying groups who are opposing federal legislative efforts to give additional options to prosecutors and civil trial lawyers to fight websites like Backpage (child sex trafficking) and prevent them from flourishing.

During the summit held on Monday, attendees from various technology companies, lobbying groups, and law firms, gathered to discuss India's growing economy and its impact on U.S. businesses.

When the White House announced on July 2 that companies would have an extra year to comply with the Affordable Care Act, lobbying groups representing small employers applauded.

That sector had 52 lobbying groups discussing the trade pact with government officials between April and June.

Agriculture still dominates the NAFTA lobbying effort with 86 arrangements with lobbying groups.

Lobbying groups such as the Telecommunications Industry Association say prioritization is critical to doing business.

He was ousted from a pro-Trump lobbying group in April amid questions about Russia's election interference, but he continued to visit the White House as late as June, according to The Daily Beast.

Western Australia's peak industry lobby group has repeated its call for the federal government to come up with credible evidence to support its proposed changes to the 457 visa program for temporary s

Greens and Chevron set to face off over Gorgon vision Chevron is set for fresh battles with WA's powerful green lobby group after the US giant said yesterday it wanted to nearly double the size of the $ 50 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on environmentally fragile Barrow Island off WA's North West.

The industry's lobby group does regular demographic check - ups to see who is playing video games and the results are always informative.

This week, the lobby group TheCityUK, said that it had dropped its demand that the U.K. should keep its passporting rights.

Fueled by contracts on the VIX, the Cboe Futures Exchange handled 56 million contracts during the first three quarters of 2017, according to data compiled by the Futures Industry Association, the industry's trade and lobbying group.

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.

The American Petroleum Institute, the principal lobbying group for the industry, said its members are working to become less dependent on fresh water, and instead draw on other sources.

The major ad lobby groups said yesterday they would ignore Microsoft's DNT signal on the grounds that it represents Microsoft's choice for the browser rather than the affirmative choice of the user.

Signs are emerging that companies and investors are starting to push back against the gun industry and its main lobbying group, the National Rifle Association (NRA), in the wake of last week's Florida high school shooting.

The state's largest agricultural lobby group has reported its first operating surplus since 2010, which was largely attributable to a reduction in costs.

Delta Air Lines Inc. and United Continental Holdings Inc. are among companies that cut ties with the NRA following online calls to boycott the gun lobbying group.

But then again, as the president and chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association — a powerful lobby group that represents more than 2,000 technology companies operating in the United States, including Samsung, Microsoft and Apple — he's supposed to be.