Sentences with phrase «lobbying spending for»

Of the approximately $ 131 million in total lobbying spending for January through June of 2015, about $ 101 million was spent on compensation to retained or in - house lobbyists, and $ 30 million went to advertising, events, and other expenses.

Public records indicate that legal maneuvers by Small's law firm facilitated nearly $ 700,000 in anonymous lobbying spending for Pledge 2 Protect, a nonprofit founded in 2013 to fight the city government's plan to build a marine waste transfer station on the Upper East Side that would haul away garbage by barge.

This represents a substantial increase, almost doubling BP's declared lobby spend for the previous year, when it spent up to # 1.16 m ($ 1.5 m).

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This has a growing number of technology industry executives spooked, and for good reason: Companies including Amazon, Apple and Google rely on foreign talent, and have spent millions lobbying Congress to raise the H - 1B visa cap.

The rising trend for taxes on sweetened drinks has prompted beverage industry giants like PepsiCo and Coca - Cola to spend billions of dollars on advertising and lobbying campaigns against the measures.

Novo Nordisk also spent $ 3.2 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies in 2017, its biggest - ever investment in directly influencing U.S. policymakers, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Lobbying records show that in November 2012, Google spent $ 79 on dinner and transportation for Padilla when he visited Washington, D.C., as well as $ 9 on a gift bag.

One study found that corporate lobbying and political campaign spending has been responsible for a significant portion of the rise in corporate profits since 2000.

The company reintroduced the drink at the behest of The Surge Movement, a Millennial - led online fan base that had spent years lobbying for its return.

We commend Google for updating disclosure on its website on political spending and lobbying but Google still does not disclose details about indirect lobbying, maintaining secrecy about its payments used for lobbying by trade associations.

We commend Alphabet for disclosure on its website on political spending and lobbying but the website still does not disclose details about payments used for lobbying by trade associations.

We believe IBM should establish high standards for evaluating and disclosing IBM's participation and extensive spending in the legislative process through lobbying.

That's part of the reason US companies spent the past few weeks lobbying against the proposed tariffs, arguing that they'd raise costs for their businesses and make Chinese - made goods, like iPhones, more expensive for US customers.

The well - funded dairy lobby spends a great deal of money (an estimated $ 80 to $ 100 million each year — ironically paid for by the higher prices consumers pay), persuading federal and provincial politicians that supply management «protects the family farm,» «ensures food security» and that, because these farmers are so numerous, doing anything to upset them would be political suicide.

Adapt has worked with state legislators and federal policymakers about adjusting laws and removing burdens for access, and spent $ 470,000 on lobbying in 2016 and 2017, according to OpenSecrets.org, which tracks political spending.

Americans for Financial Reform reported that the financial sector spent $ 2 billion on political activity in the 2016 election cycle, including $ 1.1 billion in campaign donations and the rest for lobbying.

Companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft spend many millions of dollars lobbying government each year, but their cries for immigration reform long have failed to penetrate the partisan divide on Capitol Hill.

The report includes facts about lobbying spending that hit $ 2 billion in the last election cycle, and continues unabated, Wall Street executives in the Trump administration and regulatory agencies, tax cut windfalls for the finance industry, and a deregulatory free - for - all.

Republicans are panicking about the potential for conflict ahead of the 2018 midterm elections and have spent the past few days privately lobbying within the White House.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, the trade group that advocates for drug companies, spent almost $ 10 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2018, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

For example, one study finds that for each dollar spent lobbying for a tax break, firms received returns in excess of $ 2For example, one study finds that for each dollar spent lobbying for a tax break, firms received returns in excess of $ 2for each dollar spent lobbying for a tax break, firms received returns in excess of $ 2for a tax break, firms received returns in excess of $ 220.

Their coherent policy agenda of tax cuts for high - earners, spending cuts for everyone else, and increased low - skill immigration favors the business lobbies.

Said «non-profit» spent $ 11 million dollars for media advertising, $ 7 million on mailings an $ 1 million on lobbying in 2009.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics in the US, Nestlé is spending about US$ 4 million per year on lobbying, with US$ 200,000 specifically by Nestlé Waters North America (and US$ 120,000 by Nestlé Infant Nutrition).

The mere $ 440,000.00 that trade groups spent lobbying against this bill would improve the quality of school lunches for every kid in my state for twelve years.

Spending boatloads of money on professional lobbying and a massive postcard campaign to legislators, the organization and their deep - pocketed friends like PepsiCo, Coca - Cola, Con Agra and Schwan's killed the state school nutrition bill, ensuring many more years of junk food for New York's schoolchildren.

Campaign for One New York, a lobbying organization set up by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign strategists, spent close to $ 1.7 million to advance his agenda during his first six months in office and got donations from unions, developers and people like Google's Eric Schmidt.

In this case, though, the ad appears in a paper aimed directly at congressmembers, congressional staff and the lobby community, who by many accounts pay attention to who's buying space in Roll Call, The Hill, Congress Daily, etc. — both for the direct messages and for the indirect message sent about who's willing to spend money to raise the profile of their issues.

Overall, education spending was a major driver of lobbying costs last year, accounting for $ 15.6 million of the nearly $ 25 million spent by the 10 largest lobbying entities.

Total lobbying spending accounted for some $ 131 million between January and June 2014.

Malito said he hopes to be a rainmaker for the firm, bringing in business and assisting with lobbying when he can, though he probably won't be spending very much time in Albany.

A group that pushed for the education investment tax credit spent more than $ 5 million on the effort, according to a report from lobbying and ethics regulators released on Thursday.

The state's Catholic Conference has spent $ 1.8 million over six years lobbying Albany to, among other things, derail a bill to make it easier for sex abuse victims to sue.

The Lobbying Act amended legislation to restrict spending by «non-party campaigners» during election periods (there are different thresholds for registered (# 20,000) and non-registered (# 320,000) campaigners; the threshold for registered campaigners is higher but also attracts onerous reporting requirements on spending and donations.

Some money is being diverted - like the # 200m spent on the tiny island of St Helena's new airport, after apparent lobbying from Lord Ashcroft - equivalent to the DfID's entire budget for clean water and sanitation.

Nixon, who said she's been lobbying for 17 years at the State Capitol for education spending reform, said she's thought about running for governor for eight years.

And it wasn't for a lack of trying on Uber and Lyft's part after they spent a combined $ 1 million lobbying state officials.

(Members of the conservative John Birch Society spent Wednesday at the Capitol lobbying against a bill calling for Congress to convene a national convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.)

Members of the conservative John Birch Society spent Wednesday at the Capitol lobbying against a bill calling for Congress to convene a national convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Advocates spent a million dollars on television ads and countless hours lobbying and holding demonstrations in favor of adopting a publicly funded, matching small donor system for statewide races, including the governor and the legislature.

Nixon, who says she's been lobbying for 17 years at the State Capitol for education spending reform, says she's thought about running for governor for eight years.

My goal as County Legislator is to make a difference in the long - term financial sustainability of our community, by bringing an independent voice to our County Legislature to stop reckless spending while lobbying our State for needed reduction in healthcare cost, pension reform and mandate relief».

Based on the first six months of the year, Facebook is on track to spend nearly $ 10 million on federal lobbying in 2014, close to double what it spent in 2013, reports Russ Choma for the Center for Responsive Politics.

By contrast, another Cuomo - backed group, New Yorkers United For Marriage, spent $ 1.8 million lobbying for same - sex marriaFor Marriage, spent $ 1.8 million lobbying for same - sex marriafor same - sex marriage.

Meanwhile, the flow of political donations from centenarian Leonard Litwin's Glenwood slowed to a trickle following the arrests in Albany, and the real estate industry as a whole is falling behind in spending as hedge funds pump money into lobbying for education reform.

Late Tuesday evening, with de Blasio overnighting in Washington between an appearance with Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and a call for more infrastructure spending, the Times reported that the state's lobbying oversight entity, JCOPE, was questioning why Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit set up to boost de Blasio's agenda and pay for his trip, hadn't registered its activities.

The Business Council of New York State tweeted that the proposal was «disappointing» because public employee unions often lobby for more spending that the Business Council said hurts the state's business climate.

Businesses, being businesses, will invest these massive amounts of money because the politicians, being beholden to them for their positions, and for lucrative «revolving door» lobbying or consulting positions, post-office, will pass measures that pay back those businesses many times over through legislation and direct government spending that favors those contributors.

Bill sponsors insisted they had the votes available for a Friday vote on the measure, but the effort has been met with stiff resistance from racino operators, who spent much the day personally lobbying lawmakers in the Senate.

BASC spent a lot of time talking to the government about this issue and in the latter stages of the lobbying process; we collaborated with other organisations to push for this critical measure to be extended to four weeks.»