Sentences with phrase «many powerful interests»

The rest of MAGAnomics is of the same vein: transfers of economic and political power from ordinary working families to the powerful interests that have backed Trump and his billionaire cabinet.

It was a peculiar confederation to be sure, especially given that the Times» civic mission relies on vigilance and skepticism toward such powerful interests.

Offers a unique history of US health care that has never been told in depth through analysis of the centers of national politics, powerful interest groups, and even individual insurance companies and physicians» offices

«The president has moved to expose hardworking Americans to unfair, deceptive and predatory practices, perpetuating a massive con on those who thought he would stand up for them against the powerful interests,» Pelosi told reporters.

President Obama called it «a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans.»

In sum, proxy access is bad public policy, unsupported by the empirical evidence, and the pet project of a powerful interest group.

Deep states tend to arise when powerful interests are threatened.

He acknowledged, however, that «powerful interests» remained aligned against DOL, «insisting that the only good rule is no rule at all.»

You have a lot of lobbyists, I think every lobbyist in town is involved in this hearing in some way or another, a lot of powerful interests.

It has weathered attacks and hacks and «community conflict» and plenty of powerful interests and questionable characters trying to bend it to their will.

Powerful interest groups in many places, especially large cities, are often antagonistic to the traditional religious values of family, sexual self - control, objective morality, and individual responsibility.

The opportunities for religious reform movements to achieve their goals were largely determined, therefore, by the relations present among the state, state church, and other powerful interest groups.

But this pretty speech may simply have been a ploy to protect powerful interests, which Juan and Pedro's investigations threaten.

Obama said that while some voters were «tuning out» and «staying home,» powerful interests are busy raising money to influence Washington.

There are far more powerful interests which will determine the country's long term future.

These campaign ‐ style battles are being waged through an increasing number of «veiled actors» third ‐ party coalitions with misleading names that ask voters to «Save New York» or fight for «Fiscal Fairness» without revealing the powerful interest groups behind these messages.

«Despite the powerful interests working to protect the status quo at the expense of our students» success, this state must become a national leader in student performance.»

As this article has inferred, mutualism has been somewhat underplayed in relation to private sector institutions, not least because it challenges powerful interests and appears to contravene the establish norms of neo-liberalism, which despite the crisis remain deeply embedded in the global economic order.

It's standing up for the wrong people — for powerful interests and not hardworking musicians, giving in to lobbying and not giving support to our music industry.

«Powerful interests have already spent millions trying to beat Mayor de Blasio.

«I'm running to be the people's lawyer, to stand up to powerful interests,» he said, adding that he didn't think «that a passive «go along, get along» approach» is what New Yorkers want.

«Jonathan Tasini has already shown a willingness to stand against powerful interests who have chosen already to undermine the American dream, lessen the character of our young people by denying them a complete ability to comprehend their own political power.

As attorney general, Eric will continue Andrew Cuomo's aggressive but fair tradition of standing up to powerful interests so that everyone in New York State has equal justice and protection from their government.»

Our strategy was to project inevitability and invincibility to scare off potential challengers (if we hadn't, our next mayor very well may have been Anthony Weiner) and dissuade a host of powerful interests (unions, Democratic Party officials, Democratic donors) that there was no point in trying to beat us.

How it develops over the next six and a half months will reveal fundamental truths about our state's most powerful interests — and ourselves.

While the development of alternative sources of income has allowed the parties to offset the decline in subscriptions, the growing dependence on donations raises questions about the political system being captured by powerful interests.

I know very well there are powerful interests that want to deprive families their God - given freedom.

And when key decisions are at hand, we'll light up the Wall to let politicians who side with powerful interests against clean energy do so at their own peril.

The powerful interests stopping common sense gun control have refused to listen to the American people.

«Eliot Spitzer has been our friend, standing up to the same powerful interests and backroom politicians supporting Stringer, fighting to get low - wage workers their back pay, fighting against fraudulent mortgage workers targeting our community, and investigating stop and frisk before anyone else,» according to Spitzer's spot.

Opposing the convention is a broad array of powerful interest groups — including most of state's unions and environmental advocates — who argue that it would give business interests and other well - financed groups an avenue to weaken existing labor and environmental protections.

In an interview last April with The New York Times, Mr. Spitzer raised questions about whether Mr. Cuomo, who also succeeded him as attorney general, had the will to challenge powerful interests and faulted him for failing to aggressively pursue abuses by Wall Street.

«It is not a surprise, and we've seen it in many other cases — when a progressive tries to get something done, there's lots of powerful interests that put money into trying to stop it,» said the mayor.

«Being able take on powerful interests in order to protect New Yorkers is the greatest job I've ever had and my plan for 2018 is to run for re-election,» Schneiderman stated.

To take on the powerful interests.

The tax code is riddled with special favors for politically powerful interest groups.

The government's welcome proposals could help stem frivolous or abusive threats of libel and prevent powerful interests coming to Britain to shut down criticism and debate.»

And related to this, I think, was (is) a lack of ideas about how to stand up to certain kinds of powerful interest.

In some parts of the party, I do think this has led to a profound reconciliation to these powerful interests so that there is no longer even a desire to challenge them.

In the end, the placement of casinos is being decided by the state, but a well organized local opposition campaign could have a huge impact on powerful interests.

Indeed as this podcast shows, when a Congressman is choosing between money from a big powerful interest group or the letters from his constituents, he'll choose the letters every time.

Saying their patience is at an end, conservative activist groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and other powerful interests on the right are mobilizing to pressure Republicans to fulfill their promise to swiftly repeal the Affordable Care Act.

A key donor to de Blasio's fund - raising was subpoenaed, as the growing probe zeroes in on whether his campaign broke rules pursuing checks from powerful interests seeking favors from City Hall.

Astoria Democrat Jeremiah Frei - Pearson said he has fought powerful interests and gotten results for the residents of his neighborhood and plans to do the same if chosen by voters as the replacement for state Assemblyman Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria) this fall.

It is the Labour party's task and vocation to provide a «countervailing force» protecting communities against wealthy, powerful interests.

On top of that, powerful interests close to Cuomo, like the hedge funders behind the charter school movement, some business people and municipal unions that have been fighting with the mayor (like the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association) could pounce if a challenger emerges, insiders say.

In New York, however, he has positioned himself at a nexus of powerful interests that have grown frustrated during Mr. de Blasio's tenure, and are increasingly determined to recruit a formidable challenger in 2017.

«And I have shown, really throughout my whole career, that I'm willing to stand up and be independent and stand up against powerful interests, and I can do that in Washington as well.»

«When gifts are exchanged, a feeling of gratitude is natural, but voters should be concerned how policymakers show their gratitude towards powerful interest groups.»

And so the two houses of the Legislature aligned against each other, each backed by a powerful interest group: charter school advocates who have contributed generously to Senate Republicans (and Gov. Andrew Cuomo) and teachers» unions that are core supporters of Assembly Democrats, and see charter schools as a persistent threat.