Sentences with phrase «lobbying on behalf of any of»

If Cohen was instead lobbying on behalf of any of these companies by contacting government officials, including Trump, on their behalf, he may have violated federal lobbying registration laws, which punish knowing and corrupt violations with up to five years in prison.

Not exact matches

They note how President Bush demoted the SBA from the cabinet status it enjoyed beginning in the Clinton administration and that the loss of attendant prestige has made it even harder for it to lobby other agencies on behalf of small contractors.

It was around that time that Manafort and Gates «solicited two Washington, DC, firms (Company A and Company B) to lobby in the United States on behalf of» the Ukrainian government, according to the newly unsealed indictment.

«We're going to YouTube,» Musk said, referring to the owner of a channel on the video - streaming service who had lobbied the CEO ahead of time for the chance to ask questions on behalf of retail investors.

This is another membership benefit which, like its current lobbying activity on behalf of motorists, doesn't derive a direct profit for the RAC but still sits comfortably with its core business.

Flynn has been under investigation for a wide range of allegations, including lobbying work on behalf of Turkey, but the fact that he was charged only with a single count of false statements suggests he is cooperating with Mueller's investigation in exchange for leniency.

The Trump White House, by contrast, in its vetting of Flynn either failed to detect or overlooked the fact that Flynn had been lobbying on behalf of Turkish government interests throughout the latter half of 2016.

But Delrahim, who has lobbied on behalf of AT&T in the distant past, said in an interview on Canadian television last year he didn't see the deal as having a major antitrust problem.

The company also paid $ 1.2 million to consultants who were lobbying on behalf of the company's efforts to change law related to how grant funds are taxed, the report said.

The lobbying on behalf of Inovo BV, a Dutch - based company owned by Alptekin, occurred from August through November.

The pair did lobbying work on behalf of these entities in the US, and were later charged by Mueller for failing to disclose the nature of their foreign sponsors to federal authorities.

Between 2006 and 2009, Manafort was paid millions to lobby on behalf of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska.

Dr. Robert Wah, president of the American Medical Association, which lobbies on behalf of doctors and promotes public health, discussed the medical industry's adoption of technology with Fortune.

It has long been suspected Kinsella and Jiles were lobbying the provincial government on behalf of various clients.

Pence's own former congressional chief of staff has lobbied him on behalf of insurance company Aflac, tech giant Microsoft, biofuels trade group Fuels America, and telecom firms Verizon and AT&T.

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

After a pause, Musk said «We're going to YouTube,» referring to the owner of a channel on the video - streaming service who lobbied the CEO ahead of time for the chance to ask questions on behalf of retail investors.

One of the premier's most vocal right - wing backers has registered to lobby the government about its carbon capture and storage laws on behalf of the province's largest greenhouse gas producing firm.

The AGA, which lobbies on behalf of casinos and gaming companies, has been leading the charge to kill PASPA (the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992), the federal statute that essentially banned sports betting everywhere in the US but Nevada.

In October, Mueller charged Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and former deputy campaign manager Rick Gates with money laundering and failing to properly disclose their lobbying work on behalf of foreign clients.

It is not clear Hart had direct contact with the EPA on behalf of any of his lobbying clients in 2017, according to a Bloomberg News review of disclosures.

Sometimes, the best friends a minority can have are adherents of other religions, who see it in their interest to lobby on behalf of the minority.

At the 1935 Confessing Synod at Steglitz, he and his students traveled to Berlin to lobby on behalf of the increasing number of racial victims of Nazism..

Eliot himself had tolerance for divergent views (he lobbied strongly on behalf of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses, for example), but would all members of the Christian elite demonstrate such tolerance?

To many, it is basically a middle - class organization catering to those who want to take advantage of its insurance policies or its vacation discounts; they do not know of its legal and lobbying work on behalf of legislation to benefit the elderly of all economic levels.

The United Church of Christ has continually played an active part in media advocacy, devoting much of the time of their Office of Communication to media criticism, lobbying, and organizing community and legal - action groups against the television industry on behalf of disenfranchised groups.

The lobbyist whose wife rented a bedroom in a Capitol Hill condo to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says he met with Pruitt last July with the charitable arm of pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc., despite earlier saying he hadn't lobbied the agency on behalf of clients in the past year.

With GFI, Joanna lobbies on behalf of the plant - based and clean meat industries.

He called WTT founder Billie Jean King, who had long lobbied Sampras on behalf of the league, and agreed to play atleast part of the July - only season.

The companies have the Department of Trade and Industry lobbying legislators on their behalf, while the Department of Health, WHO and UNICEF have said in joint statement that the draft bill: «aims to support multinational companies while damaging the Filipino society: families, the mothers and children.»

The email is entitled Reducing the c - section rate could save $ 5 billion annually and it was sent out by the Childbirth Connection, a group that lobbies on behalf of «natural» childbirth professionals like childbirth educators, doulas and midwives.

we have been lobbying the USDA (on behalf of ourselves) for over two years to allow schools to use vegetable purees in lunches and meals.

I have written about the meat lobby's tactics previously, and in May submitted a letter on behalf of plant - based food companies supporting the recommendation to eat less meat and more plants.

«Further, it is our understanding that the Committee is intending to lobby on the behalf of a third party — namely, Governor Andrew Cuomo — and therefore must include the Governor's name, address, and phone number on the Committee's statement of registration.»

Am I not lobbying on behalf of the mob, by trying to protect the suits who make their lives easier?

Rep. Brian Higgins is in Kennedy's corner, while Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson is lobbying on behalf of Stachowski and recently placed a call to the local WFP chapter chair to implore him to stick with the incumbent.

Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort was hit with new charges, including an allegation he secretly recruited and funded a group of former European politicians to lobby in the United States on behalf of Ukraine.

She has lobbied on behalf of AEQ in the past and is an outspoken advocate for same - sex marriage.

The city also used to give $ 40,000 a year to the Niagara Military Affairs Council, a citizen group that lobbies on behalf of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.

He also lobbied on behalf of Competitive Power Ventures, which paid Percoco's wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, for curriculum development work.

The New York Post also hammered her on her involvement in various leftist causes, incuding her lobbying on behalf of the «Cuban Five» and her support for Bolivia's «socialist and anti-American» President Evo Morales.

Downing Street was initially hesitant about whether it would lobby on Mr Blair's behalf at the council of ministers» summit on Thursday and Friday, but eventually admitted discussions were taking place on the margins in Brussels as Mr Brown was «very supportive» of his predecessor.

However, in its proposals, the term «lobbyist» is narrowly defined as those who undertake lobbying activities on behalf of a third party client.

But suspicious backers of Rice's primary opponents pointed to the fact that state Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs was lobbying hard on her behalf at the Crowne Plaza last night and this morning.

Quinn lobbied hard on behalf of the same - sex marriage bill in Albany two years ago, and she married her wife, Kim Catullo, last May.

He also lobbied on behalf of the firm — unsuccessfully — to allow fracking in the state.

Personal lobbying on behalf of legislation?

He said he researched all the ethical questions about applying for the job, and that he did not do any lobbying on behalf of the group before he applied.

Citizens Party office holders are forbidden to represent or lobby on behalf of any foreign government or corporation for a period of (8) eight years after the end of their service.

GNYHA, which also lobbies on behalf of hospitals, told its members on Monday that it will «aggressively push for legislation to establish a health insurance guarantee fund that would not only protect health care providers in the event of an insurer insolvency, but also be able to make retroactive payments.»