Sentences with phrase «passing political interest»

To complicate matters further, this same period has seen waves of passing political interest from the parallel energy policy realm of the Treasury.

A lot of it is fairly familiar stuff to anyone with a passing political interest.

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It betrays legislative history, which reveals that Congress passed antitrust laws to promote a host of political economic ends — including our interests as workers, producers, entrepreneurs, and citizens.

So where I disagree with Larison is his claim that «Conservatives actually know very well that they do not speak for a majority in this country, and they are also well aware that changes that would allow for more direct, plebiscitary democracy, whether in presidential elections or in passing legislation, would work to the detriment of their smaller states and their overall political interests.»

For while the media, and particularly television, serve mainly as mediators of the culture, the political and economic interests of the media controllers pass the culture through discreet but generally well - defined filters which are effective in serving their own purposes, namely reinforcing the economic status quo and suppressing challenge in the form of specific critique or overall diversity.

Among other things, the chapters cover Judt's genealogy, his English upbringing, his fascination with Israeli kibbutzim and Zionism, his early adherence to Marxism, his sustained interest in French political and intellectual history and his interest in Eastern Europe (never fully realized by the time of his passing).

«I would be less concerned and I am less concerned with the internal political machinations of who has political power and I'm more interested in social change, Brian, and I'm more interested in passing the Women's Equality Act,» Cuomo said.

Cuomo has tried to pass this proposal before, with no success, but told guests in the room that while political interests in Albany are against his plan, the people of New York want it.

The Citizens» Election Program was Connecticut's landmark effort, passed in 2006, to remove the taint of special - interest money from elections and to level the playing field for candidates through voluntary public financing of political campaigns.

«Unfortunately, Cuomo seemed more interested in using the Women's Equality Agenda to score political points with the public than he was in passing actual legislation to deliver needed changes,» Hawkins remarked.

So unless you're doing it as an academic exercise, then you know the predictable political interests and shape a package that can pass, and is fair and equitable.»

«The political muscle memory will be that each legislative house will pass their own proposals, they magically won't match and yet lawmakers will feel like they have enough political cover to face voters in November,» the New York Public Interest Research Group's Blair Horner said last week, before the revelations about Percoco.

An amendment to the 2013 spending bill passed in March limits NSF's political science funding to cases «when a project is deemed vital to national security or the country's economic interests.»

Repetition of talking points passes for political discussion, and serious interest in issues and options is treated as the idiosyncrasy of wonks.

For those interested in private school choice, two political advantages are claimed: 1) High - regulation addresses some objections, winning votes among skeptics to improve the political prospects of passing and sustaining those programs; 2) High - regulation protects private school choice programs from the political damage caused by scandals and embarrassing outcomes.

For example, «Congress has passed a number of silly bills based on narrow political interests.»

«Our collective goal should be to develop effective public policy that will stand the test of time, not pass flawed legislation for the interest of what would be a short - term political win,» he wrote.

The original concept, which passed following the conviction of Governor John Rowland in 2005, was that in return for a multi-million dollar campaign donation from the public, candidates would agree to forgo private funds raised from state contractors, lobbyists, political action committees, the wealthy and other special interest.

In fact it serves their interests not to have a new political and diplomatic model, and the UN only passes for one.

Rep. Vic Snyder (D - Arkansas), who represents Little Rock and much of Pulaski County, was the only member of his State's delegation to vote for the American Clean Energy and Security Act, cap - and - trade legislation that passed through the House of Representatives in late June, and he has been hammered over the airwaves by utilities, agriculture interests, and political opponents ever since.

If it does pass, its execution will create an interesting legal and political situation.