Sentences with phrase «lobbying of»

«It is disgraceful that the heavy - handed lobbying of Germany has paid off in weakening the 95g target,» Greg Archer of campaign group Transport & Environment said.

New York Republican leaders had expected — and even wanted — the new selection process to lead to intense lobbying of its committee members by the presidential candidates.

The mayor did little direct lobbying of Council members.

Here at home, we increasingly recognize the futility of polite lobbying of politicians.

The New Rochelle BID (Business Improvement District) recounted their successful lobbying of the New Rochelle City Council for a change in overnight parking regulations.

Miner's lobbying of Albany to help pay for repairs of over century old sewer lines that have been collapsing more than usual this winter, has intensified.

The largest state - employee unions will ratchet up lobbying of the Legislature Monday with rallies outside the Capitol and 13 other sites, including the State Office Building in Hauppauge.

The political party has to set up a party secretariat in virtually every ward, state, and at the national level, pay staff, promote its brand and its agenda, organize meetings, pay sitting allowances, support candidates, run media advertisements, arrange receptions and entertainment, pay for logistics, buy vehicles, pay for air travels and road transportation, the organization of rallies and campaigns, reserve some tidy sum for lobbying at all levels including the lobbying of the media and other groups in civil society.

She claimed her lobbying of county committee members was simply normal outreach to prime Democratic voters.

LG Bob Duffy isn't merely carrying Gov. Andrew Cuomo's message (along with fellow cabinet members) on the «People First» tour, he's also assisting with the lobbying of Senate Republicans on the governor's top agenda items.

Mr Clegg seemed as irritated by the approach of European leaders as he was by the lobbying of eurosceptic backbenchers.

Intensive lobbying of the coalition in the run - up to Sir John's final report, published in September, eventually led to a recommendation that the split be delayed until 2019 — close to the end of the next parliament.

Of particular concern to the Housing Works crowd was Bloomberg's successful lobbying of Gov. David Paterson to veto the 30 percent rent cap bill for low - income New Yorkers living with AIDS.

While JCOPE oversees lobbying of most municipalities — those containing 5,000 or more residents — there is no standardized requirement for financial disclosure.

«As opposed to advocating for a more level playing field for those off all religions and none by stating thatChristian Churches have a unique position in British society and a particularly strong claim to be heard, he is supporting the increasingly strident lobbying of a minority of Christians for more influence in our public life and greater privilege for those with Christian beliefs.

The sites enable the lobbying of MEPs, Police and Crime Commissioner candidates and those standing in devolved elections for Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

He had also noted this was emphatically «a good thing»» and he showed himself ready to do whatever was required to achieve this goal, believing at first that it could be a simple open purchase but moving on to explicit lobbying of prime ministers.

Lady O'Cathain withdrew her motion, probably sensing that, despite intensive lobbying of Peers by conservative Christians, she would lose heavily in a packed House.

But the secretary also defended her relationship with Sidney Blumenthal, a former Bill Clinton adviser whose leaked emails showed regular lobbying of Clinton during her time in office.

McDonnell also attacks those he says misrepresent lobbying of MPs by members and activists as threatening.

There does seem to be an over-reliance on potatoes (and, thanks to the successful lobbying of potato growers, the new federal school meal standards won't prevent that practice from continuing), and the entrees tend to fall into the «doctored junk food» category of pizza, chicken nuggets and hot dogs.

There does seem to be an over-reliance on potatoes (and, thanks to the successful lobbying of potato growers, the new federal school meal standards won't prevent that practice from continuing), and the -LSB-...]

Last year we heard so much about Cobb's Creek and the setup at Merion, a most - exclusive venue that reportedly landed the U.S. Open largely due to the lobbying of one powerful individual, David Fay, and then never heard, uttered, or thought about that particular body of water again.

Two other people with direct knowledge said that the lobbying of the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, had helped Louisville.

«Corporations are also behind the lobbying of stricter patent enforcement in bilateral and multi-lateral free trade agreements such as RCEP, ASEAN and TPPA to ensure profit.

The strength of the European food industry's opposition to the traffic - light system is illustrated by the volume of scientific reports produced by food industry bodies in Europe and the intensive lobbying of EU parliamentarians around the time of the vote.

Marches, petitions and lobbying of the Soviet government eventually saw 27 Soviet Christians (and a dog) safely released from the American embassy in Moscow.

The U.S. economic embargo against Nicaragua as well as aggressive lobbying of U.S. allies to reduce political and economic support have been regular features of U.S. policy.

Republicans executed a plan - the timing, the language of the bills, the media strategy, and perhaps most importantly, the behind - the - scenes lobbying of top Republicans including Snyder.

I had been waiting in the lobby of Virgin's New York offices to talk with Richard Branson about «Don't Look Down,» the documentary about his record - breaking trans - Atlantic and trans - Pacific hot air balloon voyages.

President - elect Donald Trump stands with SoftBank Group Corp. founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son in the lobby of Trump Tower on Dec. 6, 2016 in New York.

Donald Trump, the entrepreneur's entrepreneur, announced his candidacy for president in a very Donald Trump way — taking to a podium in the lobby of the Trump Tower with rock music blaring in the background.

«Having physical office space was tremendously legitimizing,» says the 31 - year - old, who spent two months working from the lobby of a defunct credit union as part of the program.

A pair of parrots in the lobby of the company's headquarters was trained to say «buy» and «hold.»

He was talking with an associate in the lobby of the Hyatt Place Hotel in Utica, Mich..

Yesterday, there was a wall of Tesla patents in the lobby of our Palo Alto headquarters.

Sudden clouds have cooled the red rays of a setting sun, and the resulting grays cast soft shadows on the faces of students lazily thumbing their smartphones in the lobby of the library at St. Patrick's College Drumcondra.

You never know who you will see or sit next to on the plane; you may be embarrassed to be wearing ratty sweatpants and an old T - shirt as you run into a client in the lobby of the hotel.

Every day that week I would go and meet John at his hotel in l'eixample and we would go to Starbucks or to the lobby of his hotel and work on the paper.

In the lobby of SolarCity's glass and stone headquarters in San Mateo, Calif., six young men in Dockers and solid shirts — Silicon Valley's uniform — sit waiting, glued to their smartphone screens.

Not long ago, in the lobby of a hotel near Harvard Business School, I noticed a slightly disheveled man in a black ski jacket, singing softly to himself.

Jobs went to the lobby of Atari and refused to leave until they gave him a job, according to the seminal biography by Walter Isaacson, «Steve Jobs.»

I decided to walk a few blocks and look inside the lobby of the Ritz - Carlton, because I was told it's in an incredible historic building.

He backed it up with the bold symbolic gesture of clearing the wall of patents that once graced the lobby of Tesla's headquarters.

Signs for company Cambridge Analytica in the lobby of the building in which they are based on March 21, 2018 in London, England.

Help ruin it for everyone by making your way through the lobby of the Rosewood Hotel Georgia and having the concierge direct you to Reflections» dedicated elevator.

He ended up taking back a new shady character to our room to have sex each night while I had to hang out in the lobby of our crappy hotel, which turned off all power after a certain time in the evening.

Designed to resemble the lobby of a luxury hotel, The Great Room tries to give members the full hotel experience with a continental breakfast on Mondays, as well as events like whiskey tastings and a pop - up dessert bar during the week.

On the night that Jesús Vicente Zambada Niebla strode into the lobby of the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in Mexico City, the price on his head was $ 5 million.

FILE PHOTO - The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building is pictured in Langley, Virginia, U.S. on August 14, 2008.