Sentences with phrase «most powerful lobbying group»

Silver told AQE members that he «respectfully» disagreed with Cuomo's claim in the State of the State last week that New York's public school students lack a lobbyist, adding: «The most powerful lobbying group for our students is their parents.»

Meanwhile, one of Washington's most powerful lobby groups and CFPB critics, the Chamber of Commerce, said it will «consider every approach to address our concerns,» which many interpreted as a threat to sue.

The National Rifle Association, the country's most powerful lobby group for gun rights, said Thursday that it would support an effort to restrict bump stocks — an unusual move for a group that has long pushed back on efforts to impose new firearms regulations.

In fact, school choice groups are poised to become the single most powerful lobby group in the state, edging out bankers and realtors; who would thought such a thing was possible just a few short years ago?

AARP operates as a non-profit advocate for its members and as one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States.

As one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the U.S., the group works to ensure dignity and respect for senior citizens across the country.

Realtors are the second most powerful lobby group in the United States and have been successful passing laws that make this form of representation legal ONLY for them.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — There are many ways to measure and proclaim political prowess in the nation's capital, and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®» recent appearance in Fortune magazine's first - ever listing of the 25 most powerful lobbying groups is one to take notice of.

There are many ways to measure and proclaim political prowess in the nation's capital, and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®» recent appearance in Fortune magazine's first - ever listing of the 25 most powerful lobbying groups is one to take notice of.

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Lobbying expenditures by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the most powerful business group in Washington, D.C.,...

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A group devoted to continuing his education agenda and founded in part by his longtime schools chancellor has become one of the most powerful forces in Albany by pouring millions into lobbying and adroitly exploiting rivalries in state politics.

For almost 30 years, Polak has nurtured the Conservative Friends of Israel and developed the organisation, of which he is honorary president, into one of the most powerful and influential lobbying groups in the history of the Tory Party.

For well over a quarter century, the NEA and the AFT have been the most powerful groups in the politics of education — with more than four million members, formidable sums of money for campaign contributions and lobbying, well - educated activists manning the electoral trenches, and organizations that blanket the nation, allowing them to coordinate all these resources toward political ends.

Over the past few months, across the Atlantic, teenagers have taken on one of the most powerful and sinister lobbying groups in the world and have scored victories that should inspire us all.

«It's unproven at best,» Mark Jewell, president - elect of the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE), one of the most powerful teacher lobbying groups in Raleigh, told House lawmakers last week.

The stated goal of some of the most powerful animal welfare organizations — and the one I am mostly thinking of functions more as a political lobbying group that anything else — is the elimination of all exotic animals from the purview of private ownership.

The Australian Aluminium Council has without question been the most powerful and effective fossil fuel lobby group in Canberra.

Starting today, the Washington Examiner is running a special report on «Big Green»: the alliance of progressive activists, environmental groups like the Sierra Club, and the Democratic Party that has become perhaps the most powerful single lobby in Washington today.