Sentences with phrase «with lobbyists»

Therefore, corporate in - house lobbying teams will be exempt from the proposed new rules and the plans do not require ministers to declare meetings with lobbyists who are also friends.

His resignation came after he publicly admitted to having an affair with a lobbyist.

He made deals with lobbyists from health care industry groups so they would not run tv commercials against his health care plan.

First, the bill orders state agencies to track all contacts with lobbyists and to compile those interactions into a database.

But it made it possible for some candidates to run for state office, in some races, without constantly dealing with lobbyist and special - interest money.

Don't expect you can buy legislative votes with your lobbyists on an issue like this.

What did those back room conversations with lobbyists look like?

Whereas in previous years the fringe meetings and bars were packed with lobbyists and business people, this year the whole place seemed strangely quiet.

As he points out, hearings are often filled with lobbyists rather than educators and practitioners, who really know what is happening inside schools.

The public has a right to know what goes on behind closed doors when elected officials get together with lobbyists.

In one of the recordings with the lobbyist, Silver and the woman discuss an inquiry from a reporter about «affairs» with state legislators.

As a state lawmaker, he bought a house with a lobbyist but did not disclose it.

The government's new lobbying bill has very little to do with lobbyists, and everything to do with restricting the ability of trade unions to campaign for Labour.

Costs associated with lobbyists and memberships to government sector lobbying associations are not included.

The incident took place at 74 State, a downtown hotel and bar that is popular with lobbyists and lawmakers — not to mention the reporters who cover them.

Political experts said it doesn't matter if the mayor meets personally with the lobbyists.

The mayor said city commissioners and mayoral staffers will have to disclose their meetings with lobbyists starting next month.

Our government is in bed with lobbyists to the detriment of the little guy.

The other party conferences often feel like trade fairs, with lobbyists from this interest and that attempting to bend political ears.

Deputy Interior Secretary Keeps Meeting With Lobbyists For Client of His Former Firm Chris D'Angelo and Itai Vardi, HuffPost

An 80 - page federal complaint, unsealed in September, laid out in detail how LPCiminelli executives allegedly worked with lobbyist Todd Howe and SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros to secretly tailor the Request for Proposals to favor their company.

Garland F. Fulcher strives to remain on the forefront of these issues by working with lobbyists who represent the rights of commercial fishermen.

And interestingly enough, as Secretary Steve Cohen worked with lobbyists and fence - sitting lawmakers on the same - sex marriage bill, schedules released today show he absent from many budget planning sessions, though he was present for late February meeting on 30 - day amendments.

The news that Patrick Mercer has resigned the Conservative whip in response to allegations made by the BBC programme Panorama about his relationship with lobbyists looks likely to dominate the weekend headlines.

On Wedesday, Libous, who represented the Souther Tier district since 1988, was found guilty of lying to F.B.I agents who were investigating how the Binghamton Republican traded official favors with a lobbyist who directed money to his son.

Donald Trump just sat down for dinner with a lobbyist to make you pay to keep dangerous old reactors (and coal!)

Having worked for years with lobbyists in California the first thing you need to do is frame your approach in a way that is the least offensive.

Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told banking industry executives on Tuesday that they should press lawmakers hard to pursue their agenda, and revealed that, as a congressman, he would meet only with lobbyists if they had contributed to his campaign.

Will Pruitt defend himself from charges that he's too cozy with lobbyists by raising money from them?

Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told banking industry executives that they should press lawmakers hard to pursue their agenda, and revealed that, as a congressman, he would meet only with lobbyists if they had contributed to his campaign.

They will have rebutted all the criticisms he received over his record towards third world countries and over his relations with lobbyists for big business.

It's pretty much inexplicable from an environmental point - of - view, and the more likely explanation is that this is a hand - out to farmers (who are as good with lobbyists as they are with tractors).

As a NYC Council speaker candidate, then Councilman Corey Johnson pledged to disclose all his contacts with lobbyists bimonthly and publish his full schedule every three months without a FOIL request.

Court documents unsealed by a federal judge on Friday morning claim disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver conducted two extramarital affairs with a lobbyist whose clients had business before the state and a woman whom he helped secure a state job.

But after decades in the mud, dining with lobbyists and wealthy donors, trading favors and compromising their values for political points, some can't resist temptation.»

Then, amid media reports of city actions favoring Capalino clients, de Blasio declared in 2016 he would no longer correspond directly with his lobbyist friend.

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The Cuomo administration has ordered staff to cut off all communication with lobbyist Todd Howe — who previously worked for Cuomo when he was federal housing secretary and, earlier, for the governor's father, the late Mario Cuomo — and to suspend any regulatory dealings with CPV, a source with knowledge of the probe said.

As I predicted earlier today, AG / Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo has announced yet another settlement in connection with his pay - to - play pension fund probe, this time with a lobbyist with long - standing ties to his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday he has sharply curbed his conversations with lobbyists amid investigations into his administration and fundraising, a marked departure from his first two years in office.

Which begs the question: Why are the Senators working on this critical legislative effort spending so much time and energy negotiating with lobbyists for the dirty energy industry — the very sector that is largely responsible for our addiction to foreign oil and filthy coal and outsourced jobs?

POLITICO Florida reported Friday morning that Clemens, the incoming Senate Democratic Leader, had apologized for having an affair with a lobbyist during the last legislative session.

Bharara alleges that Kaloyeros, along with lobbyist Todd Howe, gamed the bidding system, in some cases even allowing key developers who made large campaign donations to Cuomo, to actually write the bids to tailor them to their own needs.

Gary Barnett's Extell Development, Larry Silverstein's Silverstein Properties and Joseph Sitt's Thor Equities are being asked to turn over reams of correspondence, including years of correspondence with lobbyists and elected officials, a source who examined a subpoena from the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption told the newspaper.

This would allow a legislator to have breakfast at a local fire company, sit down over a sandwich and soda to discuss the particulars of legislation with a lobbyist (provided the total was $ 14.99 or less).

Premier Alan Carpenter abandoned the economic tigers of India for leopards incapable of changing their spots when he returned home last Friday to deal with CCC findings against his Environment Minister of only a few months, who discussed his need for fundraising with lobbyist Julian Grill while saying he was considering overturning a decision detrimental to one of Mr Grill's clients.

In reality, those indices measure price movements of only 530 large companies in America — many of which have found loopholes to avoid the payment of taxes, are undermining our democracy with lobbyists, revolving doors to Washington and outsized campaign financing.