Sentences with phrase «lobbying push by»

Last year, after a huge lobbying push by charter advocates, Mr. Cuomo rewarded them with the school - space provision.

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The prospect of further exclusions should trigger a push by U.S. allies in Europe, Australia and elsewhere to lobby for similar treatment to Canada and Mexico.

The three lobbyists tapped by Dick's to push for gun control are listed by name in the federal disclosure forms, which are required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to be filed quarterly: Joel Johnson, who worked for both President Bill Clinton and Senate Democrat leadership; Andrew King, who worked for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

Many theologians lobbied for elections of bishops by laity and, of course, pushed for the ordination of women priests.

You can speak up for these animals and lobby to prevent further cruelty by urging your local MP to push for a ban on live exports.

See Lucy Barbour, «Push by farm lobby groups for «effects test» in competition review leaves economists worried» (ABC Rural, 13 August 2014).

In the wake of unfair wage lawsuits taken up against the league by players — which the league has emerged victorious from so far — MLB is pushing harder than ever to make sure minor leaguers are not privy to the benefits of normal hourly workers, lobbying lawmakers constantly to push this into law.

Free push chair and baby walker rental (although you should bring your own, as the resort is quite large and requires a lot of walking) Free of charge (and very good quality) cots / cribs for the room US$ 5 / hr babysitting service Gushing staff who will shower your baby with due attention Lots of shady spots by the beach Very good atmosphere for children (heavy drinking / smoking / partying areas are the lobby bar and pool bar, but much of the resort is quiet and relaxed) Very, very clean and well appointed rooms.

Consider this idiotic press release published by the Big Push for Midwives, the professional lobbying group trying to obtain state recognition (and therefore insurance reimbursement) for CPMs:

In lobbying individual members of the state Legislature, the coalition supporting New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's push for universal pre-Kindergarten is coming prepared with district - by - district statistics breaking down who benefits.

Their lobbying had a huge positive impact; giving the push for marriage equality new momentum, as did lobbying and reporting by Benjamin Cohen of Pink News.

A much bigger financial push has come by way of lobbying and independent expenditures.

I completely understand why her colleagues were infuriated by her pushing off to the jungle from the Village, while they toiled long and hard in the lobbies.

A bill designed to push up the pay of janitors, security guards and groundskeepers at utility companies has touched off a lobbying bonanza as it awaits action by the governor.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been avoiding Albany and the state Capitol like the plague, choosing instead to hit the road in a customized RV to push his statewide $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage plan — a tour paid for by an outside registered lobbying group, the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA) prepares to lead roughly 700 LGBT advocates to the State Capitol in Albany for the group's annual Equality and Justice Day lobbying effort on April 30, supporters of a decade - old transgender civil rights measure are stepping up the push to secure Senate passage this -LSB-...]

The New York push comes amid a well - funded advertising and lobbying campaign by the hotel industry.

De Blasio has spent the last several months lobbying for a multi-year extension of mayoral control, backed by a wide variety of surrogates who have sent letters to the Senate pushing for a lengthy extension.

The companies pushed ahead on their own, but legislation stalled when insurance requirements were increased after lobbying by the state's trial lawyers.

Despite extensive lobbying by Uber, there's been push back from taxi drivers.

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.

This wrong - headed policy, pushed by an aggressive farm lobby, gives a 51 - cent tax credit for each gallon of ethanol blended into gasoline.

After being asked by the head of the gun lobby to conduct a campaign that makes guns more palatable to the female voter, Sloane abandons her conservative lobbying firm to join a small band of lobbyists pushing for a stricter gun control bill.

The rules are designed to make it easier for districts to comply with the 65 percent policy than under a plan being pushed by a national group lobbying for ensuring that classrooms get that share of school spending, said Texas Commissioner of Education Shirley Neeley.

«Yeah, I'm lobbying that bill,» Raleigh - based McGuire Woods lobbyist Harry Kaplan told N.C. Policy Watch on Monday of the proposed legislation that he's pushing on behalf of a political organization created by the Oregon financier.

At issue is the California Teacher's Association's use of member dues and mandatory agency fees from non-members to lobby for school discipline legislation pushed by the Obama administration.

The Courant reported that this year, unprecedented amounts of money were spent to push the charter agenda by ConnCAN, the charter lobby; Northeast Charter Network, another charter lobby founded by disgraced Jumoke leader Michael Sharpe and others; and a newer group operating in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts: Families for Excellent Schools (FES).

Rep. Pat Nelson, R - Southaven, said the endorsement of the bill by The Parents Campaign, which had been lobbying against it, as one factor that pushed it toward passage.

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.

The Partnership for Fair & Open Skies, a lobbying group founded by the Big 3 U.S. carriers and unions to push for government action against the Gulf carriers, issued its own statement calling for its opponents in the open skies dispute — including the U.S. Travel Association, JetBlue and FedEx — to condemn Al Baker's comments.

If anything, split - screen multiplayer should be pushed further with four player offline split - screen in a full or customised championship season and the ability to have an incredibly social experience by hosting three friends locally and a further 18 players online or joining another player's lobby for four player split - screen online multiplayer; fans of split - screen racing can only hope this will be addressed in the next F1 game.

They're backed by an intense lobbying and public relations campaign by groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute, and a number of unions — which, like environmentalists, are part of Obama's political base — are pushing for the project too.

Ever notice that statutory limits on contingency fees are never pushed by everyday Americans who use contingency fee attorneys, but rather by special interest lobby groups representing those who get sued?

The ideas have been pushed by the mental health lobbies and by individuals who either don't understand or don't care about some higher priorities.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers, aided by banking and housing groups, are beginning a strong lobbying push to forestall a scheduled drop in the maximum sizes of mortgages backed by the government - sponsored enterprises.

The rental averages nationwide for AirBnB will be pushed down by a combination of factors mainly consisting of Hotel Lobbying pressures, government rent seeking, government regulation costs, neighborhood antipathy, and market saturation.

High heels can be heard crossing the lobby when no one is there, laundry carts move along the halls with no one pushing them, doors open and close by themselves, cold spots are often felt, orbs of light drift through rooms, and voices are heard out of nowhere.