Sentences with phrase «powerful lobby groups»

In fact, school choice groups are poised to become the single most powerful lobby group in the state, edging out bankers and realtors; who would thought such a thing was possible just a few short years ago?

The National Rifle Association, the country's most powerful lobby group for gun rights, said Thursday that it would support an effort to restrict bump stocks — an unusual move for a group that has long pushed back on efforts to impose new firearms regulations.

Belgium, refreshingly, does not seem fazed by powerful lobby groups.

He's met with representatives from powerful lobbying groups like the the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry as well as representatives from the office of Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Teachers» unions aren't the only powerful lobbying group in America, of course.

Two other powerful lobbying groups — the Chicago Veterinary Association and The American Veterinary Medical Association have also put on the pressure.

Silver told AQE members that he «respectfully» disagreed with Cuomo's claim in the State of the State last week that New York's public school students lack a lobbyist, adding: «The most powerful lobbying group for our students is their parents.»

What is significant now is that the battle is being prosecuted not by those who supply and those who buy, but by the government and by powerful lobby groups, and being decided in the law courts.

The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), which boasted 600,000 members and had a retirement fund of $ 70 billion, was considered the most powerful lobbying group in the state.

In fact, they are one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States with close to 38 million members.

But then again, as the president and chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association — a powerful lobby group that represents more than 2,000 technology companies operating in the United States, including Samsung, Microsoft and Apple — he's supposed to be.

Meanwhile, one of Washington's most powerful lobby groups and CFPB critics, the Chamber of Commerce, said it will «consider every approach to address our concerns,» which many interpreted as a threat to sue.

That powerful lobby group also claims that earlier Buy American rules tied to President Obama's 2009 stimulus package, delayed «shovel - ready» projects as municipalities conferred with lawyers and manufacturers refrained from bidding on projects because they found it difficult to avoid sourcing their materials from abroad.

Some researchers have blamed the National Rifle Association, the firearms industry's powerful lobbying group, for blocking the government's ability to study guns and gun crimes.

The Business Roundtable, a powerful lobbying group chaired by JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, said Trump's tariff plan will «hurt the U.S. economy and American companies, workers and consumers.»

Democracy is not proving to be as steady and permanent as expected: powerful lobby groups and financial interests can too easily destabilize it.

Well Bill, I guess I do not see your group / religion as any more than a powerful lobby group, no different than oil and gas, defence industries, tobacco, NRA gun industry, etc..

US wheat growers in the states that helped elect Mr Trump are up in arms after analysis by their powerful lobby groups showed Japanese tariffs on wheat imports from Australia will drop by $ US65 a tonne.

At the same time, powerful lobby groups have been working to curtail government legislation regulating formula marketing and promotion, in the Philippines and across the world.

A powerful lobby group in its own right it also ensures a voice in Europe though membership of the Federation of European Motorcyclists» Associations (FEMA).

(The plan has the backing of the Real Estate Board of New York, the developers» powerful lobbying group.)

Survivors of Wednesday's deadly shooting rampage at a South Florida high school vowed Sunday to march on Washington and take on the National Rifle Association and politicians who accept money from the powerful lobbying group.

The WFP's support for Ms. Lynch could also motivate the Real Estate Board of New York, the powerful lobbying group for the industry, to spend heavily against Ms. Lynch, observers say.

In May, the Real Estate Board of New York, the industry's powerful lobbying group, announced that it was leading the creation of a political action committee that would spend up to $ 10 million to influence City Council races around the five boroughs.

Cuomo engineered the creation of the uber - powerful lobbying group to protect him from labor attacks during the budget process.

Instead, she was accompanied by Tory peer Lord Polak, honorary president of the powerful lobby group Conservative Friends of Israel.

But as he was digging into the study, his source of funding came under attack from the National Rifle Association (NRA), a powerful lobbying group based in Fairfax, Va., that supports gun ownership.

It's the food industry that has the powerful lobby groups protecting and pushing protein - It's like protein has it's own billion dollar PR agency!

An implausible story, but then setting up a powerful lobby group and stirring up a moral outrage against confectionery probably wouldn't have made much of a game.

While most parties agree that the inequities brought to light during the Vergara v. California trial must be righted, there's a difference of opinion from those inside and outside the Legislature about whether that's possible in the current political landscape in Sacramento, where teachers unions are among the most powerful lobbying groups.

Further, White still has the support of Louisiana's statewide board of education, its legislature and the state's most powerful lobbying group, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

But there will always be endless greed in the mortgage banking industry (a powerful lobby group, by the way).

The president of another powerful lobby group, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, believes the oil - price slide may have helped his cause.

A powerful lobby group supplied their meeting space, helped with their travel documents & subsidized their meals.

California's farmers, who make up a powerful lobby group in what is seen as the agricultural powerhouse of the US, have escaped most of the new laws.

General Mills is also represented by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a powerful lobbying group and major financial backer of the campaigns that defeated proposed GMO labeling laws in California and Washington.

AARP operates as a non-profit advocate for its members and as one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States.

As one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the U.S., the group works to ensure dignity and respect for senior citizens across the country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — There are many ways to measure and proclaim political prowess in the nation's capital, and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®» recent appearance in Fortune magazine's first - ever listing of the 25 most powerful lobbying groups is one to take notice of.

There are many ways to measure and proclaim political prowess in the nation's capital, and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ®» recent appearance in Fortune magazine's first - ever listing of the 25 most powerful lobbying groups is one to take notice of.