Sentences with phrase «of the advocacy group american»

Kotlikoff attempted to run for President of the United States in the 2012 election, and sought the nominations of the advocacy group Americans Elect [1] and the Reform Party of the United States before ending his campaign in May 2012.

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Earlier this year, a survey by online advocacy groups found that nearly half of Americans under the age of 35 have been bullied, harassed or threatened online.

«Instead of working to protect American families, President Trump's plans put the interest of big - money special interests over people,» said Nat Mund, legislative director of the Southern Environmental Law Center, a Virginia - based advocacy group.

Among the most vocal opponents of the new fee is the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, which called it a «backdoor border adjustment tax.»»

«««By voting to roll back the CFPB's work, senators have emboldened banks and finance companies to engage in racial discrimination by charging millions of people of color more for a car loan than is justified,» said Rion Dennis of Americans for Financial Reform, an advocacy group.

«A new U.S. rule aimed at restoring consumers» ability to band together to sue financial companies has survived its first challenge, as a top banking regulator on Monday said he would not petition for it to be suspended... «The rule is a well thought - out response to the serious consumer harm of forced arbitration,» said Brian Marshall, policy counsel for advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform.»

However, imposing taxes on products used daily by American consumers and job creators is not the way to achieve those ends,» said Myron Brilliant, executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce, an advocacy group that has long been opposed to Trump's trade policy.

CNN: Expectations high for first Hindu member of Congress Just days after Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii was sworn in as the first Hindu member of Congress, Hindu American advocacy groups made it clear that they hope Gabbard will help represent the nation's wider Hindu community, on top of her Hawaiian constituents.

People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group and dedicated Bachmann opponent, resurfaced the petition earlier this month after news that the congresswoman would remain on the high - profile panel despite spearheading a controversial campaign against Muslim members of President Barack Obama's administration last year.

We must also make room in our schemes for the likes of the American Jewish Committee, World Vision, Bread for the World, the Christian Coalition, local right - to - life groups and denominationally linked gay - lesbian advocacy groups.

«Of course none of this is necessary,» said the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a Washington advocacy grouOf course none of this is necessary,» said the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a Washington advocacy grouof this is necessary,» said the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a Washington advocacy grouof Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a Washington advocacy grouof Church and State, a Washington advocacy group.

As a result, Jewish groups, though usually nervous about evangelicals» intentions regarding public schools, have pointedly distanced themselves from the position of People for the American Way — one of the active liberal advocacy groups — that parents with religious concerns should enroll their children in private schools.

Her organization, an advocacy group representing a growing number of nontheistic Americans, recently conducted a silent poll of members of Congress about their faith and personal beliefs.

«Sometimes, what looks good on paper doesn't work on the ground,» said Katherine Shek, a legislative analyst for the National School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislation.

It's why I'm thankful for breastfeeding advocacy groups such as Best for Babes and The American Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine that are making strides to do just that.

Field organizing has been a top priority this year of Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch and other wealthy donors.

The group takes lobbying groups from a range of the political to spectrum to task, including the Cuomo - friendly Committee to Save New York, the Alliance Quality Education and American Beverage Association, for failing to disclose who is behind their advertising and advocacy.

But Faso has come under fire from liberal advocacy groups after backing the passage in the House of Representatives of the American Health Care Act, the bill that would dismantled the Affordable Care Act.

People for the American Way, a major progressive advocacy group, has issued a statement condemning the judiciary committee's version of 1171.

-- Grover Norquist, president of tax - cutting advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform, on President Trump's failure to sell the tax law.

Alan taught the first - ever college course on digital politics (1995), created and built the Center for American Progress's social media program (2007 - 13) and has trained more than 15,000 people across the world in digital & social media strategy, including civil society leaders across the Arab world in 2009; key staff at leading advocacy groups and news media outlets; Members of Congress and their staff; as well as political and business leaders from several countries, including a couple future kings.

At 5 p.m., he New York chapter of the Council on American - Islamic Relations, a leading advocacy group for the civil rights of Muslims, will hold a press conference with other groups in response to Trump's expected announcement of new restrictions targeting Muslim immigrants, Washington Square Park Arch, Manhattan.

At 11 a.m., members of progressive advocacy groups will deliver turkeys stuffed with cash to the Trump building on Wall Street, «highlighting how Trump's tax plan will take massive sums of money from working people to benefit the richest Americans,» 40 Wall St., Manhattan.

The ad, paid for by the liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change, targets Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, and Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio.

«Ron DeSantis: I would not disinvite Dinesh D'Souza» via Danny McAuliffe of Florida Politics — In a video clip sent to media from progressive advocacy group American Bridge 21st Century, DeSantis is seen speaking with media.

The American Medical Association and some of the nation's largest healthcare advocacy groups opposed the legislation, saying it would be «fundamentally harmful to patients.»

Americans for Prosperity, the advocacy group backed by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, is emerging as the most powerful ally of the Republican Party ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, bombarding Senate Democrats with early air attacks that could help the GOP retake the Senate.

Danny Corning is the co-director of the American Association of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry, an advocacy group for people with disabilities.

Joe Pinion, 34, is African - American, founder of the Conservative Color Coalition, a spokesman for climate change advocacy group RepublicEn, and a prominent political commentator on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Radio.

The American Heart Association was one of several groups that came out in support of the boost: «The higher the better,» said Julianne Hart, the state organization's advocacy director.

New York, NY — A coalition of more than two dozen non-profit organizations, labor unions, and advocacy groups sent a joint letter to the New York Congressional Delegation demanding that the delegation reject the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Friday.

In response to the misleading messages delivered by Scientific American Mind and elsewhere by the media, scientific experts, advocacy groups and national medical organizations have released statements to the effect that no amount of alcohol consumed during pregnancy can be considered safe.

In October 2014, researchers for the liberal advocacy group Center for American Progress cited the Pygmalion Effect as an argument in favor of the new, more rigorous Common Core State Standards, a bold education reform adopted by more than 40 states starting in 2010.

That language has alarmed dozens of advocacy groups, including the American Library Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Reporters Without Borders, which sent a letter (PDF) to Congress last month opposing CISPA.

A research project launched today will blend the muscle of a huge Chinese genome sequencing center with the funding prowess and ambition of a high - profile American advocacy group, to create the world's largest library of sequenced genomes from people with autism.

This has been a long - term agenda item of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the corporate funded bill mill and many State Policy Network «think tanks» and advocacy groups funded by Bradley.

Early - career scientists can prepare themselves by engaging with groups — including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the one that I run — which offer science communication training, opportunities for scientists and engineers to engage in policy, and tools for catalyzing advocacy.

The American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA) is a group of member veterinarians and allies who are elevating the veterinary profession through innovation, education, and advocacy of integrative medicine.

«You have now officially joined the list of Companies Promoting Immorality (CPI)-- a growing list, indeed,» wrote Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth, a conservative Christian advocacy group, in a letter to Neil Clark Warren, who has retired but is still on eHarmony's board.

Tristan Laurent, President of advocacy group Online Dating Rights said,»... Americans (have) to divulge all sorts of highly personal information to a complete stranger or scammer abroad before the American can even say hello or know to whom he is writing.»

Just as Paramount / Skydance's sci - fi adventure Annihilation was heating up in its word of mouth before its February 23 release, two advocacy groups this week — MANAA (Media Action Network for Asian Americans) and American Indians in Film and Television — took aim at the film for whitewashing its two leading characters, played by Natalie Portman and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Pro-school choice lawmakers adopted these charter - like requirements because some of us accountability hawks and advocacy groups like Howard Fuller's Black Alliance for Educational Options and, yes, Betsy DeVos's American Federation for Children pushed for them.,

«Legislators in Ohio have once again stood up for families that lack access to high - quality educational options, and we thank them for putting kids first,» said Betsy DeVos, Chairman of The American Federation for Children, a school - choice advocacy group.

Among its members are the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, Save the Children, and various state youth - advocacy groups.

In March 2010, at a meeting of like - minded teachers in a coffee shop on Avenue B in the East Village, they decided upon a particularly American course of action: they would form an advocacy group with the audacious aim of transforming the profession that many of them had so recently joined.

Memoirs should be written only by extraordinary people, and as we read Radical, Michelle Rhee's chronicle of her Korean American upbringing, college years, Teach For America experience, tenure as D.C. schools chancellor and now as head of a national advocacy group, we should keep in mind what makes her noteworthy in the education world.

The liberal advocacy group People for the American Way has dropped its annual report that chronicled incidents of alleged censorship in U.S. public schools.

The Mexican - American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a Latino advocacy group, had sued on behalf of Lucresia Mayorga Santamaria, saying that two of the Dallas mother's children were discriminated against because they were assigned to English - as - a-second-language classes at Preston Hollow Elementary School based on their ethnicity, not their language...

The Quality Education for Minorities Network, a Washington - based advocacy group, announced the program this month; it was planned in partnership with several organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers and the National Urban League.

But Tanya Clay, legislative director of People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group, said it is not clear if state legislatures will follow suit or if other black urban politicians will join them.