Sentences with phrase «of lobby system»

v0.9, v0.9.2) with the last one being the largest, Arena Commander v1.0, with fifteen new ships for backers to fly (all the Aurora and Hornet variants, Mustang family, Base Avenger and Cutlass Black) as well as significant gameplay additions like the signature system and social features like the first version of the lobby system allowing you to join up with your friends.

Mr Staines refuses to be part of the lobby system.

We are all aware of the lobbying system in the U.S. and the persuasive power of campaign contributions, for example, and we can surmise that similar incentives exist in Europe.

Not exact matches

But to the apparent surprise of the Trudeau government, and, frankly, to some of us who pay attention to these things, the opposition and the business lobby have decided to take a stand over a business owner's right to squeeze as much as he or she can from the tax system.

Technology companies, such as Microsoft and Cisco Systems have ramped up lobbying ahead of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, looking to avoid any future restrictions on cloud storage and to promote an international pact to eliminate technology goods tariffs.

Hartsock harks back to her own status as a Chilean immigrant in describing the less obvious, more emotional impact of lobbying Congress to maintain the H - 1B visa system.

Business Insider reported last week, meanwhile, that the California State Teachers» Retirement System, one of the biggest pension funds in the world, was lobbying shareholders to vote against the proposal.

Yet in spite of this power, most S&P 500 companies lack a formal system of lobbying oversight and don't fully disclose how monies are being spent, particularly through third - party organizations like trade associations.

Unchecked corporate cash in the form of political donations and lobbying expenditures has the power to exert undue influence over public policy and regulatory systems and threaten our democracy.

In a week when business lobby groups are appearing before the House of Commons Committee on Finance and calling for more tax breaks, the federal R&D Panel appointed a year ago released a very good report saying Canada's very generous system of R&D tax incentives haven't been effective and what we need instead are more direct grants -LSB-...]

But recent bank lobbying has been remarkably successful in distracting attention away from classical analyses of how to shape the financial and tax system to best promote economic growth — by public checks on bank privileges.

After MAT (a campaign that will continue with the shift to the WTO where there is a project to coöpt, in the framework of the American lobbying system, a part of the opponents) concentration could be focussed on the tax on capital (Tobin tax etc.), the struggle against the plans of the IMF, the struggle against Third World debt.

The editors of Christianity Today have chosen to support the American political system, becoming a strong Christian political lobby within it.

«Power to the people» was originally a rather provocative phrase with what sonic considered anarchistic or socialistic overtones; today it predicates a middleclass, in - the - system attitude acceptable to 200,000 members of the citizens» lobby Common Cause.

The burden falls on the GOP establishment and conservatives to tell the employer lobbies that the party of lower taxes, lower government spending, and lower regulation will not design an immigration system to ensure that low - skill workers never get a raise.

The strength of the European food industry's opposition to the traffic - light system is illustrated by the volume of scientific reports produced by food industry bodies in Europe and the intensive lobbying of EU parliamentarians around the time of the vote.

MASIPAG, along with an alliance of PGS practitioners and supporters have been lobbying for the amendment of the RA 10068 to officially recognize the first - and second - party certification systems.

Read a sample of e-mails sent to MEPs by lobbyists High time for CIAA to come clean on its lobbying CIAA's $ 1 - billion campaign to promote the GDA labelling system was clearly a key element in its political strategy to combat other, stricter labelling options which it feared would damage sales of unhealthy food, such as the «traffic light» system.

Here's the back story: when it comes to health and wellness initiatives, Nettelhorst, my neighborhood public elementary school, has moved mountains: we successfully lobbied to become a Healthy Choice Pilot School, giving us one of the system's coveted salad bars, honored by the Healthy Schools Campaign and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.

The green paper exhibits a genuine desire from the Government to promote integration, but until it stops feeling obliged to bow to the every demand of a small but noisy religious lobby, genuine integration in the education system will never be achieved.

We then heard how the process of marketisation is accelerated by the system of revolving doors, campaign finance and corporate lobbying, which was the focus of Tamasin Cave of SpinWatch's talk.

But as ProPublica has detailed again and again, Intuit — the makers of TurboTax — and H&R Block have lobbied for years to derail any move toward such a system.

I suppose the benefit is that those with money would be able to influence policy much more directly than the current system of lobbying and donations.

Williams tells us about some of the ridiculous issues he's lobbied for, the steady flow of money that congresspeople need, and how he wants to take down the crazy campaign finance system.

An analysis conducted by the pro-charter school lobbying group Families for Excellent Schools shows NYC's Special Commissioner of Investigation charged with policing the school system opened the fewest cases in at least five years in 2016, even as complaints of school worker's misdeeds reached record levels.

The West Wing is undergoing renovation over the next couple weeks, while Trump vacations in Bedminster, N.J.. On the list of repairs: the replacement of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, as well as restoration of the South Portico's steps and repairs to the Navy mess kitchen and the lower lobby.

ALBANY — The end of session reform package passed by lawmakers early Saturday morning includes a dozen changes to the state's campaign finance system, lobbying law, and constitution.

Working with lobby journalists «The lobby is an essential part of the system.

Sen. Eric Schneiderman called Donovan a «nice man,» but noted he had lobbied against Rockefeller Drug Law reform as the head of the state DA's association (Rice was on the board, too, which has become an issue in the primary) said he «represents the past» and the «old, failed ways of thinking about the justice system.»

Advocates spent a million dollars on television ads and countless hours lobbying and holding demonstrations in favor of adopting a publicly funded, matching small donor system for statewide races, including the governor and the legislature.

The Mayor is currently lobbying Albany for the renewal of mayoral control of the school system, but parents feel that, more than halfway through his term, there is insufficient progress turning around chronically struggling schools.

Conference instructs the National Executive to lobby the Westminster Government and Ofqual to: (i) provide urgent clarification on the criteria for the new grading system for all subjects and (ii) review the impact of the new grading system on the prospects of young people.

In Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.

Mr Blair's backing came after the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) denied it had lobbied for changes to the occupational pensions system and accused the Treasury of «a convenient bit of spin».

Control of the city's public school system was given to the mayor in 2002, following a massive lobbying effort by Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

He quickly established the lobbying firm Empire Stragetic Planning and after the two year grace period ended, he picked up clients that include the Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers Public Schools, Genting New York, Cable Telecommunications Systems of New York, which includes providers Cablevision and YNN parent company Time Warner Cable.

He'll also, again, have to confront an inevitable chorus of advocates (including some elected lawmakers) to reform the systems of lobbying, campaign finance and economic development subsidies that made the alleged schemes possible.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the recently - passed New York State budget is a mixture of «simple pros and cons» and vowed that he will lobby Albany on his proposal to impose a new tax on sales of properties worth $ 2 million and to see his administration's power over the city's school system extended at least another year.

The report, released by State Senator Daniel Squadron, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, also found that half of the area's New York City Housing Authority buildings did not have security cameras and many intercom systems and lobby locks were broken.

The scope of work for the two 18 - story buildings included: replacement of exterior windows; replacement of kitchen cabinets, counter tops, sinks and faucets, stoves and refrigerators; painting of all kitchens, upgrade of fire alarm system; repair of roof parapet railings, new carpet in common areas and community rooms and replacement of vinyl tile in elevator lobbies.

«However, irregular reporting by lobbyists and antiquated online filing systems have weakened the effectiveness of the laws and undermined lobbying transparency.»

The group said regulators could benefit from having a more standardized system of reporting by updating web forms and drop - down menus, similar to New York City's lobbying filing system.

Lobbying Disclosure Reports Available on JCOPE Website The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics has recently implemented the nation's first system of disclosure of funding sourcesfor specified entities spending in excess of $ 50,000 per year on lobbying expenLobbying Disclosure Reports Available on JCOPE Website The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics has recently implemented the nation's first system of disclosure of funding sourcesfor specified entities spending in excess of $ 50,000 per year on lobbying expenlobbying expenditures.

Floss, however, contends that without professional expertise, it's harder for a Water Authority administrator to effectively lobby for state and federal support of water system needs.

In addition to his work with the CFI, Polak is chairman of the advisory board of a consultancy called The Westminster Connection, which has lobbied MPs successfully on behalf of Elbit Systems, Israel's major defence contractor.

The caucus is currently composed of two senators and 20 Liberal MPs from across Canada and is, as Adams puts it, «a lobby group within the system.»

Yet without investing more resources in skilled public managers in health care, energy systems, and national security, we are probably doomed to remain stuck in the hands of vested interests and lobbies.

It is a confederation of non-governmental organisations and pressure groups lobbying for a ban on producing and deploying fully autonomous weapon systems — where the ability of a human to both choose the precise target and intervene in the final decision to attack is removed.

The online shines above that of most sandboxers however - taking a group of friends to raid a hideout is great fun, not so much as a lone wolf, although the posse system works well in public lobbies.

The lobby system is the only downside of this game, but other than that, the gameplay is super solid, the voice acting is amazing and the plethora of modes make it both engaging for fighting game veterans, and fun and accessible for newcomers and fans alike.