Sentences with phrase «of federal politicians»

They know, as apparently many of our Federal politicians do not, that «clean, beautiful coal» is a lie.

We need a Canadian complement to this innovation lobby, centred on Canadian - domiciled companies selling Canadian ideas globally, to obtain the full commitment of federal politicians and policy - makers to act in ways that support their profitable growth.

Not exact matches

He recalls a speech by former federal politician Alastair Gillespie, who served as minister of Industry between 1972 and 1975.

When federal politicians finally did intervene in health care with the passage of Medicare in 1965, the insurance company model had been developing for decades.

Dithering on the part of policymakers on a cohesive digital strategy by federal politicians didn't help either, the Internet Association suggests.

«There's a bunch of people currently serving time of jail, politicians who engaged in bribery or kickbacks, and were prosecuted under honest services instead of the federal anti-bribery statute,» says Henderson.

British politicians aren't exactly known as paragons of good decision - making right now, so Canadian regulators and the federal government may want to do the opposite of anything that's happening over there.

The Democratic senator's proposed legislation will face an unlikely road to passage, considering that most lawmakers (including those in the White House) are reluctant to end the drug's federal prohibition, but the bill is still the latest attempt by a prominent politician to update federal marijuana laws at a time when a clear majority of Americans support legalization.

Since then, fighting unemployment has become a high priority, yet federal and provincial politicians support the export of raw resources.

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.

DENVER — The first report in the Energy Institute's Energy Accountability Series finds that proposals from Hillary Clinton and other politicians to ban oil, gas, and coal production on federal lands and waters would cost America hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions in revenue.

It's been my view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.

Canada's earliest federal politicians understood the folly and lack of accountability of one level of government funding another ad infinitum.

Despite the day's developments, there was deep skepticism in Washington that anything would change because of the long history of inaction by state and federal politicians after similar mass shootings.

Politicians in question period may work themselves into a lather assigning blame, but the truth of the matter is that today's situation was a result of a decline in economic growth outside any federal finance minister's ability to manipulate the situation.

Mr. Kenney is a skilled politician, but he would ominously follow in the footsteps of another former federal Conservative cabinet minister, Jim Prentice, who jumped into provincial politics in 2014 before leading the 44 - year old PC government to defeat in May 2015.

The Federal Reserve Act set staggered terms for the Federal Reserve Board members (selected by local business and financial leaders, not Washington politicians) so that the President could not «pack the bench» as Jackson had done in 1833 by removing Secretary Duane in favor of Taney.

The fate of the civil rights movement, its leaders recognized, lay in its ability to convince politicians and administrators in the federal government that it was in their interest to enforce the law and defend the Constitution in the South in the face of the massive resistance by politically potent segregationists.

One week later, the CENTURY challenged politicians to develop «an adequately planned national economy» (March 11, 1931), one that would enable federal policies to curb the excesses of capitalism.

There's the federal exchange, of course, but when they're encouraged by their politicians, their churches, and their news stations into not even attempting to sign up they're going to have a coverage gap.

«After spending time with police officers on ride - alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grassroots organizations fighting for human rights, it's clear that our criminal justice system is still crippling communities of color through mass incarceration.»

-LSB-...] Kristi Noem (R - SD) recently introduced a federal bill which would not only lift the calorie caps (a frequent target of conservative pundits and politicians), but also allow school districts to waive any and all requirements of the HHFKA if doing so would -LSB-...]

You reflexively assume that «improving the health of American children should be a bipartisan issue» and a rightful job for Federal politicians — but are puzzled why ``..

As politician, Romario served as a Federal Legislator for Rio de Janeiro from 2011 before being comfortably elected Senator in 2014, winning 63.4 % of the vote for the Rio de Janeiro seat.

In the wake of another wrenching shooting rampage, and in the absence of any federal action, gun - control advocates, Democratic politicians and others are pointing to the success of states like Connecticut in addressing the spiraling toll of gun violence.

If the politicians didn't appoint all the judges, this would be a great subject of a federal lawsuit on equal protection grounds.

Because no one knows what is really happening, it's difficult for anyone, except a federal prosecutor with the power of the FBI behind him, to hold the politicians accountable.

A close associate of former state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio testified before a federal judge Tuesday that the corrupt Richmond Hill politician used her organization to bilk funds from other groups and ruined not only their friendship but her business when he did not get his way.

But the course of the investigation changed when the Federal Police uncovered evidence of a corruption scheme inside Petrobras, involving contractors, politicians and company executives.

Prosecutors also filed a similar response this week in federal court to the bail request of another once - powerful, now convicted, New York politician, Dean Skelos.

City Council Watch has previously covered the nexus of Latino politicians, including Espaillat, Melissa Mark - Viverito, and Julissa Ferreras, all of whom in apparent conjunction with their political consultant MirRam Group, wrote letters demanding federal action on Herbalife.

But in the long term, if New York politics start to resemble what has happened at the federal level, New Yorkers will have very different types of leaders and a very different generation of politicians.

While local governments, the state of New York, and the federal government continue to work to make the sale and possession of designer drugs like bath salts illegal, there's one politician who says this is the wrong way to deal with the crisis.

Suffolk voters are smarter than the politicians, they are sick of cross-endorsements that gave us Spota under indictment, politics in law enforcement, Bellone's hand - picked Chief Burke in federal prison, and now they want to buy the DA's race,» Perini said.

Because of a July Supreme Court ruling on the «honest services» statute (often used to prosecute allegedly corrupt politicians), former State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's two felony convictions will likely be overturned, federal officials conceded yesterday.

Sheldon Silver is a lawyer, Democratic politician, and former Speaker of the New York State Assembly, an office he held from 1994 until February of 2015, when he submitted his resignation following his arrest on federal corruption charges.

Outsiders, however, have frequently viewed these confines of the law as inherently debilitating and responsible for the large role federal prosecutors have taken in investigating New York politicians.

A lawmaker who was one of New York's most powerful politicians has been convicted by a federal jury of charges that he used the power of his office to earn $ 5 million illegally.

The disgraced former politician, who was removed from the state senate for assaulting his girlfriend and served time in federal prison for fraud, said he's «the candidate of the people, not of the special interest like other candidates in this race.»

The sole politician in the Huntley recordings who isn't the subject of an ongoing federal investigation is Ruben Wills — and it turns out he's the subject of an ongoing state investigation by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

Sheldon Silver, who held a seemingly intractable grip on power for decades as one of the most feared politicians in New York State, was found guilty on Monday of federal corruption charges, ending a trial that was the capstone of the government's efforts to expose the seamy culture of influence - peddling in Albany.

A federal judge handed indicted Albany politician Dean Skelos a pile of legal defeats Tuesday, tossing out his motion to dismiss two of his corruption charges and ruling that prosecutors...

A federal judge handed indicted Albany politician Dean Skelos a pile of legal defeats Tuesday, tossing out his motion to dismiss two of his corruption charges and ruling that prosecutors can use all the evidence they scored by wiretapping his cellphone, new court papers state.

On Day 4 of deliberations, WNYC Radio is reporting that jurors in Councilman Larry Seabrook «s federal corruption trial asked for more transcripts of testimony from a half dozen witnesses — including the embattled politician's former girlfriend.

Bharara, of course, is the federal prosecutor whose corruption investigations resulted in the convictions of two of New York's most powerful politicians, ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

In their opening statement in the corruption trial of state Senator Dean Skelos on Tuesday, federal prosecutors painted a picture of a powerful politician who abused his office to benefit his son and co-defendant, Adam.

In an unusual occurrence in 2000, for example, the two dominant parties in the state of California cooperatively redrew both state and Federal legislative districts to preserve the status quo, ensuring the electoral safety of the politicians from unpredictable voting by the electorate.

Sheldon Silver, who for years was one of the most powerful politicians in the state, was «blinded by greed,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in opening statements at Silver's bribery trial in federal court in Manhattan.

Manufacturing isn't coming back to upstate New York, according to Alice Rivlin, a budget director for former President Bill Clinton and a former member of the Federal Reserve Bank's board of governors, and it's time for politicians to focus their attention elsewhere.