Sentences with phrase «try public campaign»

But the legislature refuses to ban outside income, or try public campaign financing.

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Other cities have tried different approaches, with the Los Angeles Police Department launching a «look up, phone down» public information campaign and Augsburg, Germany, embedding traffic signals into sidewalks so people hunched over mobile devices can spot them.

The campaign called the suit a «frivolous,» «partisan» and meritless action that represents a «last - ditch effort» by a «nearly - bankrupt Democratic Party» still trying to counter the will of the American public.

In my last post I noted a recent memo from a higher - up at the Department of Justice, trying to intimidate public service workers who want to get involved in the current election campaign.

The full release could give the public a better sense of whether the Russian scheme was only trying to sow division or if it was intended to weaken Hillary Clinton's campaign or strengthen Trump's.

Zuckerberg is trying to restore public confidence after recent revelations that information from up to 87 million Facebook users was shared with Cambridge Analytica, a data mining firm used by the Trump campaign in the 2016 election.

Likewise, if a church tries to hide mistakes or craft seasons of failure into a ready - made public relations campaign, it's a big warning sign.

Doomsdayers aren't hurting Christianity, Mr Jeffres, as much as people like you are; you stole books from the Wichita Falls public library because they were trying to teach the children of gay people that their parents might be normal, loving human beings, and you accompanied it with a media campaign that raised $ 1 million that same year for your church through bigoted, close - minded sermons.

Few people are involved in small groups because they are trying to launch a political campaign or attract the attention of public officials.

In public statements Hindu nationalists tried to make their campaign against Muslims seem part of the US - led war on terror, and, as Nussbaum writes, «the current world atmosphere, and especially the indiscriminate use of the terrorism card by the United · States, have made it easier for them to use this ploy.»

Desperately trying to raise money to fund research that drives public health campaigns that literally stops babies dying.

Would Nestlé really try to undermine government and public efforts to normalise breastfeeding with a viral campaign that tells women their breasts are ogled when they go out in public?

One additional lesson was to keep a sense of proportion even as they took every public or private attack seriously, as for instance when they declined to respond to the Obama - is - a-celebrity meme that the McCain campaign tried to spread (Paris Hilton was there on her own, thankfully).

All the sites front pages are predominantly top - down (campaign - driven) tools, but at least Obama and Huckabee's sites try to feature their supporters and their enthusiasm (and provide a public reporting system for voting problems).

The Senate Democrats are again trying to use a 2009 chamber rule change to their advantage in hopes of forcing a public hearing on their reform agenda, which is contained in five ethics and campaign finance - related bills.

In that context, «you» meant «your nonprofit,» but we can extend the question to cover corporate brands, political campaigns and anyone else trying to persuade or inform the public.

The Tory victory looks like evidence of how little the public is now willing to tolerate compromise of any sort: the message that hit home hardest during the campaign was the threat of constitutional chaos if a minority Labour government had tried to cling to power with the support of the SNP and a host of other minor parties.

We've mostly talked about reaching public online communities so far, but campaigns can also try to reach online conversations that are taking place a little more out - of - sight.

Conservatives say Cuomo was just trying to win a headline for a potential 2020 presidential campaign by convincing the state Legislature to enact a plan to offer free tuition to middle - class students attending public colleges and universities.

For a week, some of President Donald Trump's top aides have tried to talk him down from his public campaign against Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

After a new wave of indictments against state lawmakers in the spring, Cuomo tried to convince the legislature to adopt public financing of campaigns, the closing of loopholes for large donors, and better policing of the laws.

Governor Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

Cuomo says he will try to sway the public to support campaign finance reform, working with a coalition of reform groups to «raise awareness» in the coming months.

Most campaigns will also need a dedicated Twitter feed, and it may also make sense for individual staffers to have campaign - affiliated fields of their own, particularly if they're trying using Twitter to influence journalists, bloggers and others involved in the ongoing public discussion.

Democratic Senate candidate Regina Calcaterra's campaign has posted the audio of a robocall received by a resident of the 1st SD that reveals the Republicans were trying to gague public reaction to a possible government shutdown over the weekend even as they signaled a willingness to provide votes to avoid it.

When we tried to ask him another question, specifically whether his campaign could still be competitive without the public cash, Liu quickly exited.

Meanwhile, government reform groups say New York's politicians need to enact public financing of campaigns, one day after a State Senator was arrested for allegedly trying to bribe his way onto the ballot for the New York City mayor's race.

Now we'll work on making public campaign financing a reality, and try to ensure that all candidates will, in the future, get equal coverage and air time.

The governor and legislators agreed to try out a system of public campaign financing with this year's race for state comptroller.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie warned that special interests could hijack the convention by trying to sway public opinion through an expensive campaign.

«To be clear, we all want comprehensive campaign finance reform with public financing at the core and we feel public financing is the real game changer, but we're hearing a lot of myths around public financing in particular and trying to connect that to corruption in a bad way as opposed it to being a solution so we wanted to focus on that today,» he said.

Will Cuomo 2 go light on the rhetoric as well and try to move boldly early on, or will we see a public unfolding of the campaign documents that many New Yorkers aren't aware exist.

Also, the 2012 race was dominated by spending (some $ 500,000) by outside interests trying to make Tkaczyk into the poster child for public campaign financing.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie warns that special interests could hijack the convention by trying to sway public opinion through an expensive campaign.

Finally, we run campaigns to try to raise awareness of construction issues and improve the contribution construction makes to the public good.

The organization Fair Elections for NY, which is calling for public financing of campaigns, has for weeks now been trying to raise awareness about the current system by revealing the donations that state lawmakers have recieved from corporations and interest groups.

However, WFP and Citizen Action do have a strange approach in how they use individual elections to try to claim a mandate for public campaign finance reform.

Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed - door meetings Monday, previewing the public apology he planned to give Congress on Tuesday after revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a data - mining firm affiliated with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, gathered personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections.

The Campaign Finance Board wants its money back — the public's money, that is — from a Bronx councilman who's trying to use it to win a state Senate seat.

«This would include working for organisations that seek to influence government policy such as trades unions and industry bodies; work for campaigning organisations and pressure groups who are seeking to influence government; and work for agencies working in the field of public affairs or government relations who try to influence government on behalf of their clients,» he wrote.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

Public records show Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera rolled $ 33,000 from his city campaign account over to his Senate account as he tries to unseat incumbent Gustavo Rivera in September's Democratic primary.

(WBEN) The Erie County Sheriff's Dept. has launched a public education campaign to try and combat underage drinking this summer with an effort to tell parents in stores, not to buy alcohol for kids The initiative, done in conjunction with Consumers Beverages and WNY United against Drug and Alcohol...

While the so - called official opposition continues to tear itself apart with their public campaign against itself, it is fitting that the latest person to try to oust their leader is Owen Smith — the one man they can rely on to put party before country.

For its part, the Legislature agreed to some changes to campaign finance reporting requirements, bribery laws and to try public financing of elections in this year's race for state comptroller.

News of Ravitch's potential candidacy is coming to light as talks on a major W.F.P. priority — public campaign finance — have broken down, and as the governor continues to line up labor leaders allied with the third - party to try and convince its state committee to support him.

«I was trying to think what are ways to restore public's confidence that special interests don't have overwhelming influence,» said Gillibrand, who promised during her campaign to publicize her schedule.

He's tried twice and failed to enact public campaign finance reform for all statewide offices, and last year lost on a battle to enact a Women's Equality Act that contained an abortion rights provision.

Government reform groups say New York's politicians need to enact public financing of campaigns, one day after a State Senator was arrested for allegedly trying to bribe his way onto the ballot for the New York City mayor's race.

Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed - door meetings Monday, previewing the public apology he plans to give Congress on Tuesday after revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a data - mining firm affiliated with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, gathered personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections.