Sentences with phrase «political lobbying»

The very next day, they used their collaborative teamwork skills to organize themselves into committees to tackle fundraising, political lobbying at the state capital, and community outreach.

The study did not examine political lobbying done through trade associations.

They are a privately owned political lobbying organization opposed to ALL breeding of animals.

I wonder how much of their money is used on the clean - coal technology vs. political lobbying and marketing (have you seen their tv ads?).

The practice has become so profitable that private equity firms are buying stakes in the businesses, and political lobbying over the issue is fierce.

In March 2010, Hewitt was suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party over the question of political lobbying irregularities, alleged by the Channel 4 Dispatches programme.

Toxin monitoring and ecotoxicological assessment as a basis for political lobbying in licensing processes for toxic substances will be the center of attention in the future.

Ms Moran faced public condemnation once again in 2010 when she was featured on Channel 4's Dispatches programme, in which she appeared to offer influential political lobbying for financial reward.

That's because far from being broadly dispersed, steel consumers are heavily concentrated in the construction and automotive industries — which have very powerful political lobbies of their own.

ACCCE spent over $ 12 million on political lobbying from 2008 - 2010.

Some, like Lee, want to destroy supply management and open markets, while others, on the left and on the right — political lobbying makes strange bedmates — will fight to keep them.

The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board's political lobbying efforts have won the national Political Action Committee (PAC) Team Award for 2005.

Sørensen also benefited from factors that don't show up in financial data: Novo Nordisk offers insulin at a steep discount to consumers in developing countries, it has transparent and limited political lobbying practices, and it abides by a what Sustainalytics deems a «responsible» policy on animal testing.

According to Sustainalytics, the company benefits from, among other things, its decision to offer insulin at a steep discount to consumers in developing countries; its transparent and limited political lobbying practices; and its responsible policy on animal testing.

Convergence between the two parties reflects the privatization of politics by political lobbying and campaign contributions.

Hewitt was one of the MPs named in the 2010 sting operation into political lobbying by the Channel 4 Dispatches programme, in which she appeared to claim that she was paid # 3,000 a day to help a client obtain a key seat on a Government advisory group.

If that's the case, they should shut down the «lab», perhaps reconstitute it as a left - wing political lobby or think - tank independent of NYU.

«With minor exceptions, no one has succeeded in getting a voucher system adopted, thanks primarily to the political power of the school establishment, more recently reinforced by the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, together the strongest political lobbying body in the United States.»

A long - standing political lobby in Sacramento, the coalition generally focuses on big picture budget issues that both teachers and administrators can champion — even though the two sides are often simultaneously at loggerheads on a variety of other issues.

I'd be happy to triple the amount, to a whopping $ 75 or $ 80 per month per agent, to fund a war chest to enable CREA to mount a viable, vigorous, long - term and multi-pronged defense of our industry through the courts, through political lobbying and in the court of public opinion.

A conservative political lobby that is part of the Koch brothers political network recently argued against states offering tax incentives to Amazon.

On the political end of the spectrum, Proxy Preview notes an increase in the number of shareholder proposals regarding political lobbying, which «has clearly surpassed those on election spending.»

What is new in the last two decades or so is the wholehearted Catholic entry into the more recent con figuration of partisan political lobbying in Washington and state capitals.

The brand of Christianity highlighted in this story is of particular concern to secularists becuase Focus on the Family / The Family Research Council are powerful political lobbies with the stated intention of establishing the US as a Christian theocracy.

Surely you can not failed to have noticed the nearly uncountable numbers of Evangelical and Catholic clergy who engage in overt, specific, aggressively political lobbying of their congregation, basically (or even explicitly) telling them they'll spend eternity in Hell if they don't vote Republican.

So now we are exactly where we have always been, ever since 2006, when Sir Rod Eddington said of high speed rail: «The challenge to be tackled was not fully understood before a solution was generated, due to intense political lobbying from advocates.»

Parliamentary rules prevent Webb from direct political lobbying for the first two years.

I pressed the question; is it really appropriate to use taxpayers» money for party political lobbying?

Citizens Union, an anti-corruption group, labeled the Campaign for One New York and Mr. de Blasio's other political lobbying groups a «shadow government» that created a pay - to - play culture at City Hall.

The bill's demise, says Vaughan Rees, director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, also highlights the rise of intensive political lobbying in this arena.

One benefit of pursuing education reform through the judiciary is that the power of special interest groups — namely, the teachers» unions — is drastically diminished in courtrooms, where political lobbying and campaign contributions are far less influential.

Eight Justices, citing different reasons, ruled in Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association (Case No. 89 - 1217) that teachers» unions can not use nonmembers» fees to support political lobbying that is unrelated to collective bargaining.

Testing companies win political support by pumping thousands of dollars into political lobbying campaigns to ensure that candidates who support testing are voted into office.

For 2012 - 2013, the AFT spent $ 32 million on political lobbying activities and contributions...; this, by the way, doesn't include politically - driven spending that can often find its way under so - called «representational activities».

Although California law allows teachers to opt - out of the thirty percent or so of their dues devoted to overt political lobbying, they may not opt out of the sixty to seventy percent of their dues the union determines is devoted to collective bargaining.

As part of HSI's high profile campaign to end the trade, which combines political lobbying, public campaigning, and direct rescue of hundreds of dogs each year from slaughter trucks and markets, HSI rescued this group just one day away from being killed.

Groups such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and HSUS (Humane Society of the United States, no direct affiliation with local humane societies) conduct major political lobbying at the state and federal levels and spend millions of dollars annually to promote their agenda and to elect candidates that favor their agenda.

This organisation - run by Marijo Gillis, is an international political lobby and advocacy force based in New York City.

I wouldn't, however, question the continued political relevance because my view is that pro-mitigation political lobbies aren't simply going to let it die on the vine.

As the records show, Exelon does not hesitate to fund front groups and aggressive political lobbying to advocate for its interests and eliminate pro-clean energy policies when those policies conflict with Exelon's bottom line.

... The coordinated tactics of the climate denial network, Brulle's report states, «span a wide range of activities, including political lobbying, contributions to political candidates, and a large number of communication and media efforts that aim at undermining climate science.»

Along the way he dramatically increased the Club's membership, but also lost its tax - exempt status for excessive political lobbying.

Squire Patton Boggs (SPB) was formed in 2014 from the merger between two ostensibly American outfits, Ohio - based Squire Sanders and Washington DC - based law firm and political lobbying specialist Patton Boggs.