Sentences with phrase «mention lobby groups»

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Lawyer Richard Jones, the party's nominated candidate in Calgary - Acadia, has been mentioned as a potential candidate, as has former lobby group spokesperson Derek Fildebrandt.

Although he also mentioned adultery, theft, and failure to pay wages to workers, homosexual lobby groups were outraged by his mention of homosexual behavior.

In addition, although the investigation of independent expenditure groups was part of the commission's mandate, the governor's staff allegedly told commissioners not to mention a pro-Cuomo organization, the Committee to Save New York — which spent more than $ 16 million on lobbying and elections without fully disclosing the source of its contributions — in their final report.

The release conveniently made no mention of E4E's funders or whether any of the advocacy group's money was spent developing or lobbying for their «teacher led changes.»

But the prospect has spawned a fierce lobbying effort by conservative Republicans and some coal, oil and industry groups, which are urging Mr. Bush to abandon his campaign stance and any mention of carbon dioxide.

Though hardly a shadowy lobbying group, the CBI bark whenever they hear mention of environmental regulation.

In the tight little world of greenhouse lobbying, the Prime Minister saw nothing improper in going to the country's biggest greenhouse polluters to ask them what the Government should do about greenhouse policy, without extending the same opportunity to other industries, not to mention environment groups.

It's the mention of «Operation Angry Badger», where apparently Heartland is actively lobbying for a specific piece of legislation — a no - no for their type of non-profit group.