Sentences with phrase «special interests use»

That is the very definition of establishment politics causing a citizen revolt and substantiating special interests use their money to get their way and government does not care about citizens.

In «Explaining the Trump Phenomenon» Stanford Professors Brady and Rivers consider if the anti-establishment rise is caused by American's believing «special interests use their money to get their way most or all of the time and the government does not care about people like them.»

I suspect leaders» want «science» to hide behind or provide a dramatic impetus, special interests use its incompleteness to advance their respective causes / careers, and the different publics use it to rationalize their situation vis - a-vis potential policy decisions.

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Bocking used was Starbucks as an example, suggesting the coffee chain could pitch special offers for coffee or other campaigns directly to interested customers.

This list underscores the surprisingly narrow scope of even the White House's opening bid on tax reform, before the special interests swarm in to protect the deductions they use.

The company has reportedly been hustling on a stealthy smart glasses project, and we now know that it recently became a member of a Bluetooth special interest group that will allow it to build products using the wireless communications technology.

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In addition, these low ownership thresholds would make it easier for stockholders with a special interest to use the company's proxy materials to publicize and campaign for their narrow agenda rather than the long - term best interests of all our stockholders.

They use funding from foreign special interest groups to undermine Canada's national economic interest.»

The Federal Reserve uses other tools to influence U.S. economic growth, too, including Discount Rate, which is the overnight interest rate at which banks can borrow money from the Federal Reserve; and special programs such as quantitative easing.

Dennis has a PhD in genetics / developmental biology from the University of British Columbia and a special interest in studying pattern formation and cell - cell communication during tissue development using fruit flies as a model organism.

This «Fairness Doctrine» has become the foundation of free speech on radio and television, and it has prevented many of the more blatant attempts by some broadcasters to use the public airwaves as nothing more than a sounding board for their own special views and interests.

However, direct mail, using computer technology, has great potential for allowing local churches to reach parishioners who have special interests in missions, or religious education, or evangelism, or a Bible - study course.

Computers, while not a narrowcast medium, strictly speaking, nevertheless must be considered by local churches for use as a helpful tool in allowing special interests groups to aggregate around topics of interest, for news and information, and for financial accounting and transfer.

These interesting adjectives all need a careful analysis in their various uses in ordinary contexts as well as in the highly special ones in which they may be attributed analogically to God.

It's not so much that the Bible is a blatant lie, but rather it has been used to severely distort the truth to fit special interests.

I wanted these cookies to be special so I used some interesting, homemade «batch - churned» butter, bittersweet Ghiradelli chocolate, and a slew of supplies ordered from my much - revered King Arthur Flour Company, including espresso powder, vanilla bean paste, and cappuccino chips.

Coconut oil is of special interest because it possesses healing properties far beyond that of any other dietary oil and is extensively used in traditional medicine among Asian and Pacific populations.

The special strains of bacteria normally used in production of yoghurt, as well as other types such as Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. reuteri, Bifido bacteria and certain species of Lactococcus lactis, are among those that have been found of interest for production of functional foods.

If there is no more interest, selling Payet back to Marseille would rid the club of a want - away player and they can use the money to buy some younger players who might turn into something special, or just play the kids now and spend it in the offseason.

There are a lot of methods that we use that don't work well in group classes, like one - on - one discussion, hands - on activities, more field trips, special interest projects, etc. and some of their methods don't work well for home schooling, like lectures and extensive workbook work (especially for the younger children, under grades 5 or 6, where hands - on experience is what they remember).

She is leaving one special interest group (Lamaze International) to work for a natural childbirth lobbying group (The Childbirth Connection), and I find it fitting that she uses her departure to firmly situate natural childbirth as quackery.

However, within Mass Audubon, we do use e-mail addresses to send occasional updates about our work and special offers or other invitations which we believe may be of interest to you.

Christine has special interests in teaching women how they and their families can thrive using herbal remedies, and she is particularly interested in supporting women desiring natural birth at home or hospital.

She has published many peer - reviewed articles on breastfeeding medicine, and has special research interests in chronic breast pain, human milk storage, nipple shield use, and outpatient breastfeeding education for health professionals.

Co-Sleeper (nice to have): If you're interested in co-sleeping instead of crib sleeping, you can go with a special bed height bassinet like the Halo Bassinest or a co-sleeper for use in the bed.

This is a fight to see which of them can be more out - of - touch with Hudson Valley families and work hand - in - hand with Mayor de Blasio and the New York City special interests who want to use our hard - earned taxpayer dollars on political campaigns and to give free college tuition to illegal immigrants.»

Use ads paid for with your millions of special interest money to define the other guy, and show how wonderful you are.

Good reporters are not swayed by special interests and we use common sense,» Funke added.

Bullshit, suggests Chait: Obama has in fact «used exactly the kind of rhetoric Westen accuses him of refusing to deploy,» but structural and practical obstacles like «special interest lobbying, the filibuster, macroeconomic conditions, not to mention certain settled beliefs of public opinion» can defeat the loftiest of presidential speeches.

In a large population, any corrupt decision by government (using the non-criminal meaning of corruption) has very low relative negative (obvious) impact on random populace member; and very high immediate positive impact on a special interest benefiting from that corrupt decision.

Enact Public Campaign Financing: In order to free state government from control by wealthy special interests and pay - to - play corruption, election and ethics reform must include full public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona and Maine.

«In New York the Governor has a great deal of power, but to use it requires political determination and a willingness to take on the Legislature, take on the special interests, and fight for the best interest of taxpayers.

Various special interests — and I use that term in the loosest of fashions, not necessarily in the axis of evil definition a certain governor has adopted to refer to a select few groups — are using this Hallmark holiday in hopes of breaking through the cacophony at the Capitol at the height of budget season.

«It's disappointing that Governor Cuomo and some state lawmakers — pushed by powerful, labor - backed special interests — continue to pursue the use of tax dollars to fund partisan political campaigns,» said the group's executive director, Brian Sampson.

I am the only candidate not using taxpayer funds, and I am not beholden to special interests,» Massey said in an email blast.

Kaminsky won an April special election to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was ousted after he was found guilty on charges of using his official power to aid his son's business interests.

Kaminsky was first elected in a special election in April to fill the unexpired term of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican who was ousted after being convicted on charges of using his official powers to aid his son's business interests.

BASC has insisted there is no justification for a site - wide ban on the use of lead shot in its response to Natural England's consultation on the proposed confirmation of the West Pennine Moors as a site of special scientific interest.

«How disgraceful that Maggie would use a Karl Rove - backed special interest group to launch the same false attack on Louise that Romney and Ryan tried to use on President Obama.

How hilarious is it that poor Mark Grisanti is using all of his downstate special interest cash to pay for an ad that doesn't mention the vote that got him all of that downstate special interest cash?

Stringer accused Spitzer of using vast wealth to fund his campaign («I didn't take money from special interests.

«What we won't do is use this one - shot funding to satisfy unsustainable and short - sighted special interest demands now with no plan to pay for it in future years.»

This creates a special challenge for practitioners, particularly on behalf of multinational firms and interests operating in Latin America that are more used to the campaign strategies and tactics developed and deployed on their behalf in Europe or the United States.

In a key speech on national security, he stressed extra safeguards would be introduced to protect individuals, including the use of a special advocate to defend their interests, and a requirement on the Treasury to report quarterly to parliament on its actions.

Similar to Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot - measure committee, Gray has used the second campaign account to accept larger campaign checks from special - interest groups and big corporations that lobby the Legislature, including $ 35,000 from the California Independent Petroleum Association, $ 25,000 from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and $ 15,000 from tobacco giant Philip Morris.

That negotiation typically involves the mayor, the speaker, the land use committee, special interest groups, community organizations, unions and trade groups.

WHITE PLAINS — State Senate candidate Bob Cohen (R, I, C — 37th District) today called on Senator Oppenheimer to quit protecting the special interests bankrolling her political campaigns and use her full authority as Senate Education Chair to launch a comprehensive investigation into the unexplainable decline in education performance standards in recent years.

In 2012, special interest groups circumvented state campaign finance laws by using Democratic Party central committees to funnel more than a quarter - million dollars to a crucial Orange County assembly candidate.

«Consequently, while we were interested in identifying disparities for all U.S. racial minority groups, we wanted to pay special attention to estimating the national prevalence of, and disparities in, substance use and suicidality among these understudied and historically ignored adolescents.»