Sentences with phrase «political interest groups»

When teachers act collectively, they are a potentially powerful political interest group; their sheer numbers give them voting power that politicians can not ignore.

The media have been warned to prevent political interest groups from using their platforms to perpetuate violence that might undermine the peace and security of the country.

There has been, of late, open derision directed against those «tradition - impaired» seminaries (as Thomas Oden has called them) that are still chasing the caprices of theological novelty or getting caught up with the whirling dervishes of ever more rarefied political interest groups.

(New York state law requires disclosure of all contributions to state and local candidates, political action committees, party committees and other political interest groups.)

He said that insecurity in some parts of the country was caused by political interest groups for selfish reasons and urged Nigerians to unite against violence in the interest of development.

He accepts the bribe of a ten - million dollar insurance policy from an industry political operative (Sorvino), sets up a hit on his life and goes off to offend various political interest groups, from Jews to African - Americans, by committing not adultery, but the worst sin of all in politics: subjecting the already - committed to a dose of unfettered, unfiltered honesty.

Once all these folks have made their purchases, they could all run their respective countries, religious followings and political interest groups right from their condos.

Among the points made was that, despite the bishops» declared intention, a statement such as «Political Responsibility,» issued by the United States Catholic Conference (USCC), is in fact a political platform, and it inevitably presents the Catholic Church as but another political interest group.

The visit of the Rivers State Governor has underscored the need to draw the attention of all political interest groups in Rivers State that the Nigerian Army will remain neutral and apolitical but will not spare anyone in the discharge of its security duty and the maintenance of peace.

The «passive aggregator» model involves «credulous members of the public who can be manipulated by false information being transmitted at the behest of economic or political interest groups.»

You see it in the responses in this blog where some people comment that all the scientists want is government money to pay for their work, and people making these comments view the scientists as just another political interest group.