Sentences with phrase «lobbying organizations»

"Lobbying organizations" refer to groups or associations that work to influence government officials and policies. They try to persuade lawmakers to make decisions or pass laws that benefit their interests or the interests of their members. Full definition
They are a privately owned political lobbying organization opposed to ALL breeding of animals.
It also makes possible one of the most effective grassroots lobbying organizations of any kind, anywhere.
Here there is fault in our unions and our professional associations, which for too long have served as top - heavy lobbying organizations.
However, state motor - vehicle dealer associations generally have very effective and active lobbying organizations.
When it comes down to it, the media lobby organization bit off more than it could chew.
It seems to be a great idea for a massive group of licensed professionals to have an independent lobbying organization.
So I did my own analysis of incoming mail and learned volumes about how lobbying organizations effectively influence legislation.
We have grown well beyond our role as traditional lobbying organizations.
The endorsement is the second one issued by the state's largest business lobbying organization for governor, which in 2010 also gave Cuomo its nod over Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.
Recently, Ms. Moskowitz and a charter lobbying organization with which she is closely associated, Families for Excellent Schools, have criticized the Education Department as not doing more to address violence and physical abuse by teachers in the city's regular public schools.
The main education government sector lobbying organization is the Missouri School Boards Association.
Despite Marsh's sanctimoniousness, Ars Technica points out that earlier this year a Tennessee senator described AT&T as «the most powerful lobbying organization in this state by far» as it battled to stop Google from using utility poles in Nashville.
Many school districts complied with USDA requirements by downloading «boilerplate» policy templates from agribusiness lobbying organizations such as the American Dairy Council or state Departments of Education.
The leader of the Rochester Business Alliance — a business lobbying organization that the lieutenant governor is rumored to be one day take over — announced this morning she would delay her retirement a year.
On April 4, a terse letter signed by the heads of the major education lobbying organizations in Washington — teachers unions, school boards, superintendents, principals and governors — landed on the desk of John King Jr., the secretary of education.
A tax parity addition to the casino expansion legislation led to the state's top lobbying organization for racinos to back the measure, reversing its earlier skepticism over the plan.
COMMENT: According to Wikipedia, «The Chamber has emerged as the largest lobbying organization in America.
The commission mandates reports from lobbying organizations, but can withhold the records of contributors to the lobbying groups if the donors might suffer «harm, threats, harassment or reprisals» from public knowledge of their support to the specific entities.
Moss is chairman of the state's Sheriffs Association, an influential law enforcement lobbying organization that knows Albany well.
The letter was released by the main lobbying organization for farms and agriculture industries in New York, the state Farm Bureau.
And another group behind the effort, ConnCAN, the charter school lobby organization, that was set up by the directors of Achievement First.
Yet Jewell, who helms the state's leading lobbying organization for roughly 70,000 educators, is nonplussed.
Video - game executives who attended the meeting Thursday included Robert Altman, the CEO of ZeniMax, the parent company for games such as Fallout; Strauss Zelnick, the chief executive of Take Two Interactive, which is known for Grand Theft Auto, and Michael Gallagher, the leader of the Entertainment Software Association, a Washington - focused lobbying organization for the industry.
A recent thread in the right - wing blogosphere has it that law firm Perkins Coie has billed Obama's lobbying organization more than a million dollars while trying to suppress lawsuits over Obama's eligibility to be president, an issue that has long been considered settled by the courts but continues to simmer on the Internet.
Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation is a nonprofit 501 (c)(4) grassroots lobbying organization which works to enact, strengthen and protect state animal welfare laws.
After all, lobbying organizations spent more than $ 3 billion last year petitioning Congress on their favorite issues, while the average Congressmen must raise and spend more than $ 1 million every two years to get elected.
While it's true that smaller firms can band together to form lobbying organizations, such groups lack clout compared to the huge companies that dominate the legislative agenda.
Diocesan lawyers filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Hartford May 29 asking that a decision by the Connecticut Office of State Ethics determining the Bridgeport Diocese was subject to laws governing lobbying organizations be overturned.
There have been some attempts to redesign the food pyramid to improve this problem, but several lobbying organizations always get involved in the process, which limits the influence of these efforts.
Beofre JCOPE Commissioner Ravi Batra was hauled away in an ambulance, the state's major good - government advocacy groups gave differing interpretations of how much information lobbying organizations and registered non-profits should disclose on who funds their efforts.
Connor: I think Cuomo's very beholden to corporate interests, particularly individuals from the finance sector of New York City who have donated tens of thousands of dollars to his campaigns — directly to Cuomo himself but also to his affiliated organization, the Committee to Save New York, which is this opaque lobbying organization that has fought for his various budget proposals.
A vice president of government relations at Con Edison and, before that, a high - ranking City Council staffer, Mr. Banks is now the leader of perhaps the city's most consequential lobbying organization.
As usual, the top lobbying organizations included health care, telecommunications and education, while relative newcomer Uber Technologies continued to flex its muscle in New York.
The letter from Ecology and Environment Inc. «s in - house counsel Colleen Mullaney - Westfall asserts that the firm has never been a corporate member of the Independent Oil and Gas Association, one of the key energy lobbying organizations pushing for the state to allow high - volume hydrofracking.
New York's largest agricultural lobbying organization has a number of priority issues, and it outlined the top three on a conference call with reporters this morning.
Bill de Blasio's terrific showing in the Democratic mayoral primary has business leaders nervous about what's to come from the liberal candidate, but Steven Spinola, who leads the real estate industry's chief lobbying organization, is insisting that both de Blasio and his Republican rival Joe Lhota are equipped to deal with the city's greatest need: the budget.
Government reform and other groups are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto or fix a bill requiring more disclosure by Super PACs and non-profit lobbying organizations.
Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy defended the relatively narrow look - back period for the disclosure of contributors to lobbying organizations proposed by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, saying it reflects well on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's transparency policy.
Insiders also note that a group of powerful business interests created its own well - funded lobbying organization to support Cuomo's agenda.
For about the past year, national research council chiefs have been discussing merging their informal organization, known as EuroHORCs, with ESF to create a new, high - profile lobbying organization that would represent the interests of research councils at the European level.
Greg Schnacke, CEO and president of the Americans for American Energy (AAE), a Lakewood, Colo. — based lobbying organization, agrees.
Her boss (Sam Waterston) has landed a meeting with the head of a lucrative lobbying organization for the firearm industry, who wants to stop legislation that would expand background checks for gun purchases.
School Board lobbying organizations, such as the Tennessee School Boards Association, have been some of the most vocal and successful opponents of voucher programs.
(Va.) A well - connected lobbying organization closely aligned with conservatives has taken up the cause of charter school funding with an emphasis on facilities.
Students for Education Reform — is the quintessential corporate «astro turf» lobbying organization bankrolled by a variety of education reform groups.
And journalist Richard Whitmire, author of «The Bee Eater,» an admiring biography of Rhee, expressed his gratitude in the book to Democrats for Education Reform, a pro-charter lobbying organization, for serving as the «pass through» for funds from the Broad Foundation which allowed him to «invest everything in book research.»
The Ethics Pledge contains a specific commitment to adhere to a ban against accepting gifts from registered lobbyists or lobbying organizations during the period of service as an appointee.
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