Sentences with phrase «nonpartisan issue groups»

With one of the largest political law firm practices, Perkins Coie represents numerous affiliated and multi-organizational structures such as those connected to PACS and progressive and nonpartisan issue groups.

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Members of many of the new progressive groups, in fact, say they want a more civil discourse, and are leaning toward a nonpartisan model of action that focuses on issues and values.

He and the CEP appear frequently in the New York Times and the Washington Post commenting on education issues and are variously described as «nonpartisan» (Times, January 27, 2004; March 14, 2004; «Post, March 16, 2004), «nonprofit» (Times, August 18, 2004; February 7, 2006), «a research group» (Times, April 4, 2005; May 11, 2005), and «independent» (Post, February 19, 2004; August 29, 2004; March 24, 2005).

«The provisions dealing with teacher quality in No Child Left Behind have done a wonderful job of focusing attention on the issue of teacher quality in the United States,» said Jack Jennings, the director of the Washington - based Center on Education Policy, a nonpartisan advocacy group that sponsored the gathering.

StudentsFirst, like Stand for Children, presents itself as an issue - based nonpartisan group willing to back candidates from both major political parties.

To help tackle this critical issue, New Leaders has joined a nonpartisan, interdisciplinary group of education, public health, and other organizations and experts calling for the adoption of evidence - based strategies to prevent gun violence in schools.

The council is a nonpartisan group of business leaders who try to help resolve community issues.

Joe Romm, the former Energy Department official who now blogs on climate and works for the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan / liberal / progressive (depending on who's choosing the adjective) research group in Washington, has again taken issue with something I've written, partly because I left out a link to supporting sources for my statement that the world could face a tripled demand for energy by midcentury.

The Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) is an independent, nonpartisan research group at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, specializing in issues related to young children, teens, and their parents.