Steam Group Lobbies allow players to join lobbies created by other players in their Steam Groups.
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On capitol hill, money does more than just talk, it lobbies, and when it lobbies, Congress listens.
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He now lobbies officials to reduce Portland's pockets of blight.
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It now lobbies against every gun control bill, quite successfully.
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They create lobbies supporting them, and become hard to cut.
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Ang reckons lobbies in particular are where deals get done.
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Rand Paul and lobbies on the issue of 702 Reform.
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Residents and workers have separate lobbies, elevator cores and terraces.
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There will be 2 residential lobbies and 6 residential elevators.
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Six major lobbies have taken the helm of political power.
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It also lobbies for better laws to fight human trafficking.
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The director general is also under pressure from competing lobbies.
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They certainly have lobbies behind the scenes to pressure politicians.
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Soft-lit hotel lobbies sweltered in the heat of glass fireplaces.
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It is detrimental to health, yet also defended by powerful lobbies.
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That group that lobbies for the rights of Wal-Mart workers.
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This has been called for by the biggest British business lobbies.
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THIS IS ALREADY BEEN CRITICIZED BY BANK LOBBIES ON TWO FRONTS.
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Music halls, restaurants, hotel lobbies—even your parents' basement could work.
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It appeared in elevators, building lobbies, and malls around the world.
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The newspaper lobbies for Trump to appoint either Taylor or Warsh.
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Surely nothing can actually "haunt" the multiplier lobbies of a videogame.
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He has multiple times suggested that the paper lobbies for Amazon.
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It is time to rein in the Washington democracy-promotion lobbies.
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Our lawmakers are not being bought and sold by powerful lobbies.
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So developers are trying to make warehouse lobbies feel like destinations.
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Caplan says he's seen patients visiting their pets in hospital lobbies.
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She primarily lobbies for change working as a sex toy consultant.
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Bars, casinos, hotel lobbies, and the sidewalk are all fair game.
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If there's inclement weather, runners can huddle in nearby hotel lobbies.
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Corporate lobbies have successfully pressured government officials to gut environmental regulations.
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Utilities murmur about supply insecurity; business lobbies fear rising energy prices.
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Philippe Starck hired her to make his hotel lobbies sound bigger.
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Lobbies do not always espouse smart policies from an American viewpoint.
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BGR lobbies for Credit Suisse and MassMutual, among other financial clients.
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Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, lobbies for gun safety legislation.
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He's been working for a firm that lobbies the health care industry.
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Other buildings without storage space resort to piling boxes in their lobbies.
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Tokyo-based GR Japan lobbies on behalf of MGM, Bowers told Reuters.
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So Amazon started putting lockers in nearby convenience stores and building lobbies.
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They came from lobbies for trade unions, civil-rights groups and businesses.
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Send choristers in costume out to the lobbies to pose for selfies.
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Beyond the facades and lobbies there's a feeling of calm and comfort.
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He added that the project was supported by the country's "worst lobbies".
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The two brands have separate names, separate lobbies and separate price points.
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Here in the US, food lobbies hold a surprising amount of sway.
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His plainclothes security agents loiter and listen in cafes and hotel lobbies.
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Lobbies, like this one, were empty, except for a lone security guard.
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Trump is cruder than his predecessors in support of the corporate lobbies.
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The powerful group lobbies policymakers and looks after corporate America's public image.
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BIO also lobbies on behalf of biotechnology innovators in agriculture and energy.
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His tours cut through bank and hotel lobbies and skipped traffic lights.
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Now, let's all go make some private lobbies and play this for real.
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Angelina lobbies, individually and in groups, that Jeremy is more threatening than Natalie.
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Meanwhile, vendors have been camping out in LeEco's lobbies waiting to be paid.
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Carmakers' lobbies had sought at least a seven-year period before tariffs disappear.
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Domestic business and financial lobbies are pressing to stay in the single market.
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Canada's 11,280 dairy farmers form one of the country's most influential political lobbies.
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Humane Society of America lobbies Congress on farm bill issues, including puppy mills.
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Getting access to Wi-Fi was easy at McDonald's, Starbucks and hotel lobbies.
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But Avalon and AVA's tale of two lobbies plays out a little differently.
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Like the FRC, the group manufactures fake research briefs and aggressively lobbies politicians.
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Elon Musk lobbies President Trump on China's automobile tariffs—on Twitter, of course.
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They slept in motels, dorm lobbies, even the shed on the football field.
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You would see people sleeping in them in airport lounges and hotel lobbies.
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Trending Lobbies and rooftop bars are popular with people who don't book rooms.
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The advocacy group lobbies for policies that reduce nuclear proliferation around the world.
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The auditorium and lobbies combined old-world elegance and a smart, contemporary look.
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Such an agenda would require governments to take on NIMBYS and corporate lobbies.
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French business lobbies called on Thursday for the TTIP talks to be extended.
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Instead, it's coming from well-heeled lobbies that frequently complain about excessive regulation.
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Powerful lobbies, and the voters who back them, entrench coal in the energy mix.
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A membership association, the group lobbies for legislation and changes in criminal justice procedures.
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Strong pro-life lobbies have been chipping away at abortion rights in each country.
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She also lobbies at the Illinois state legislature for the rights of undocumented immigrants.
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Lobbies like the NRA provide the same sense of community that newspapers once offered.
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Car owner lobbies decried the ban, saying it is not efficient to reduce pollution.
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Germany's powerful green lobbies warn against the possible contamination of drinking water through fracking.
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What same group lobbies, campaigns and sues to block efforts to combat climate change?
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In every one of Tromsø's hotel lobbies, screens glowed with images of the lights.
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She approached A Better Balance, a nonprofit that lobbies for more work-life equity.
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Hotels have already turned their lobbies into spaces where guests can socialize or work.
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Yet in all of these cases, corporate lobbies carry the day against public opinion.
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It is a damning indictment of how dangerous corporate lobbies are to our democracy.
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The trade group funds the Partnership for Safe Medicines, which lobbies against drug importation.
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"The gun ban lobbies are getting more and more extreme and aggressive," he said.
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But the providers' lobbies haven't had time to do a really rigorous model either.
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People talk about the powerful lobbies in Washington like the oil lobby, the pharmaceutical and medical lobbies, or the trial lawyers' lobby, but few have a better record of blocking positive change in markets than the farm lobby in the last several years.
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Nevadans are subsidizing NV Energy's green investments while it lobbies against private rooftop solar installations.
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Weak campaign finance enforcement has allowed business lobbies to optimize the laws in their favor.
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But the country's 11,280 dairy farmers form one of the most influential lobbies in Canada.
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That's why the lobbies of larger skyscrapers have elevators that only service the upper floors.
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The repeal is a big victory for the vigorous lobbies of makers of fizzy drinks.
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In practice, however, players are reporting that their lobbies have become nothing but Skull Troopers.
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BSA-The Software Alliance: Lobbies for enterprise software companies like IBM, Salesforce, Adobe and Siemens.
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The smell of frying tubers in fast-food lobbies is enough to turn my stomach.
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It is widely acknowledged as one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in history.
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So is the Entertainment Software Association, which lobbies on behalf of the video game industry.
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The Citizen M chain, based in Amsterdam, offers small rooms but "living-room-like lobbies".
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Hart is chairman of a firm that lobbies for the export of liquefied natural gas.
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Areas currently available for use of personal devices include offices, conference rooms, lifts and lobbies.
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Many hotels closed because of damage but some allowed travelers to camp in their lobbies.
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During the basketball season, the two discussed African art and analyzed pieces in hotel lobbies.
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Television screens at nail salons, sports bars and hotel lobbies were tuned to nothing else.
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On a recent visit, the lobbies of both hotels were populated primarily by Chinese businessmen.
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Even the entrances to several buildings were made new overnight, with sculptures tucked into lobbies.
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Demonstrators had filled the lobbies of at least two other government buildings during the day.
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Restaurants closed early, and hotels restricted access to their lobbies to guests carrying key cards.
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And the other on the coastline, the terrorism of the lobbies that run the economy.
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Although tastefully appointed, the individual lobbies were far more humble than the lavish main lobby.
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This wall and the ceiling in the lobbies are intact, but they are not landmarked.
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Public financing of campaigns and cost caps could contain the overwhelming pressure of economic lobbies.
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But their bills never went anywhere because the tax-preparation industry lobbies strenuously against them.
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" "My troubled spirit does not fit with your dirty economic ties and tight political lobbies.
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And the packages, often left unattended in lobbies and on doorsteps, are also luring thieves.
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Smoking is already prohibited in the lobbies and hallways of the city's public housing buildings.
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" But that connection was very much part of Lodge's thinking, independent of any "export lobbies.
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First-time meetings to check out a possible match take place in public hotel lobbies.
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The firm lobbies at the Statehouse and governor's office on health care and energy issues.
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She lobbies to join the Men in Black, despite objecting to the organization's sexist name.
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Part of that was due to entrenched lobbies that advocated against any engagement with Iran.
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Business lobbies, like the Northern Business Union in Schleswig-Holstein, clamour for something to be done.
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Hotel lobbies aren't usually super romantic, but Selena and Biebs did some serious PDA before dinner.
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With hundreds of lawmakers voting, the lobbies fill up quickly and a long shuffling queue forms.
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CTIA: Lobbies on behalf of the wireless industry on issues like spectrum access and 5G deployment.
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Eric Church is taking a stand against the NRA, one of America's most influential political lobbies.
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Turnberry also lobbies for wireless company T-Mobile and energy management company Redhorse Corporation, among others.
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We are a small mass, moving loudly, swarming building lobbies, waiting by service entrances, riding elevators.
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As it was nearing its end, Ms. Rutter was walking around the original building's dated lobbies.
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Solutions to violence are generated from facts, not tough talk from the gun and prison lobbies.
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It's no secret that the fossil fuel industry heavily lobbies Congress with well over $150 million.
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If the behavioral health state of farmers is poor, you can bet those lobbies are winning.
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Foreign business lobbies complain that Chinese internet restrictions go beyond inconvenience and actually limit business competitiveness.
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There's even an advocacy organization, Kids Listen, which lobbies for more and better content for children.
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These lobbies have used market power and political influence to write their own ticket to wealth.
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Many people who were unable to get rooms slept in the lobbies of the larger hotels.
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The forum is a left-right coalition that lobbies for unauthorized immigrants and expansive immigration policies.
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It was incredibly exciting — the sheer vibe of the place and the aliveness of those lobbies.
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She actively lobbies the city council to come up with another solution to the homelessness problem.
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Come December, lobbies turn into de facto post offices as packages roll in from online retailers.
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The staffers who had to evacuate turned nearby hotel lobbies and restaurants into temporary work spaces.
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This industry and the drugmakers are powerful lobbies, and their words will carry weight with the administration.
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It's clear that those state and territory governments have caved in to the environmental and rural lobbies.
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Most of the "no" campaigning was done by lay social-conservative lobbies, such as the Iona Institute.
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The 2005 policy has been a source of contention between powerful corn and oil lobbies in Washington.
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In America the Teamsters, a union for lorry drivers, lobbies against self-driving trucks on public roads.
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Hotels are turning their lobbies into WeWork-inspired coworking spaces that are like the office, but cooler.
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"He should be a bulwark against the oil and nuclear lobbies," the NGO said in a statement.
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Cows lumbered through former hotel lobbies, sheep grazed in old baths and chickens gobbled through the halls.
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AIPAC lobbies politicians on its pro-Israel agenda and energizes Americans around strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship.
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A 2012 Washington Post report highlighted how Cisco routinely lobbies the government to encourage scrutiny of Huawei.
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The company lobbies in at least 35 states, but does not disclose the details of this activity.
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Elaborate snow and ice sculptures abound, and heated lobbies and storage areas for luggage are also standard.
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Harper's successor, Justin Trudeau, continues to put up an optimistic face as he lobbies for NAFTA's survival.
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In Transit W Hotels Worldwide already hires D.J.s to spin in its lobbies, and stages live performances.
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It is the Financial Services Forum — not the Financial Services Roundtable, which lobbies for the financial industry.
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The group, founded in 2004, lobbies governments to fight disease, expand access to energy and combat corruption.
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The anti-statehood "commonwealth" party lobbies Washington and lavishes campaign contributions seeking to prevent statehood or independence.
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ERIC (the ERISA Industry Committee) lobbies on behalf of members to shape national and state benefit policies.
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Free, ad-heavy paper tourism maps are also provided in many hotel lobbies and local tourism offices.
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But for years, the US beef lobbies were frustrated by China's refusal to import US beef altogether.
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Portman completed his first foray into dramatically vertical hotel lobbies, the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, in 1967.
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"The developers plan to integrate images and objects into the lobbies of the buildings," Clement told Hyperallergic.
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The lobbies outside the Assembly and Senate chambers, on most days thronged with advocates, were frequently empty.
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Newbies want lobbies refurbished, the elevators upgraded, a roof garden, a doorman, a gym in the basement.
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It would be winding through lobbies and entryways of buildings, but we will be on the sidewalk.
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They are often displayed in homes and office lobbies, including The Times's Asia headquarters in Hong Kong.
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The Washington-based ITI lobbies on behalf of major technology firms like Google, Amazon, Oracle and IBM.
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It has already lost the support of key lobbies like the American Medical Association and the AARP.
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However, business lobbies have criticised the plans, which still need approval from national governments and the European Parliament.
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Traders and industrialists, who have come to rely heavily on Chinese-made merchandise and machinery, form powerful lobbies.
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But Aron said AMC will be bringing new amenities like reclining seat and alcoholic bars in theater lobbies.
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For one, the company is considering the Chromebox, a Chrome-powered computer, that could sit in branch lobbies.
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The farm and gun lobbies want Bolsonaro to move quickly to ease laws restricting the possession of firearms.
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First, it is deeply unappealing to small countries, which by the way also have protectionist lobbies to overcome.
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Many congressmen hope to quash it, but the powerful gun and farm lobbies will fight to keep it.
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Today Facebook is rolling out Live video scheduling, scheduled broadcast sharing, and pre-broadcast lobbies to verified Pages.
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Big Ag lobbies led the charge against the aborted Obama effort, and unquestionably big companies would fight Clinton.
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I was sitting in lobbies like I was Ice Cube and shit, thinking, 'Somebody gon' talk to me!
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"He should be a bulwark against the oil and nuclear lobbies," the campaign group said in a statement.
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"It cannot work because there are lobbies and people who intervene and there is no mission," Pouyanne said.
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But port workers have powerful lobbies, and changes to rules are not as glamorous as expensive new projects.
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Foreign business lobbies have long complained that Chinese internet restrictions go beyond inconvenience and actually limit business competitiveness.
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Some apartment buildings are trying to appeal to residents by welcoming public cafes and bars into their lobbies.
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Many Saudis mix in private, and men and women can usually meet in hotel lobbies with little problem.
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His portrait is hung adorned with marigolds everywhere from Bangkok office lobbies to the poorest of rural homes.
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The trade associations representing the beef, pork and poultry industries are among the most powerful lobbies in Washington.
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You can spot all manner of organisms peppering the walls, lobbies, and steps of Washington, DC's grandiose architecture.
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To an outsider—or someone who runs across one of his lobbies—there might not be a difference.
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However, while Exxon supports a tax, there's no evidence that the company actually lobbies lawmakers to implement one.
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Corporate lobbies are done up in billionaire-supervillain décor: pyramid-block walls, skeletonic hanging globes, gold-dusk lighting.
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Cobbled granite floors run from inside the tower lobbies across a sculpted plaza to the mid-rise buildings.
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In prison, Atkins became a model prisoner, married twice, taught other inmates, and launched controversial lobbies for parole.
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Lobbies will also have a private phone booth in the lobby, and meeting room spaces available for rent.
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Airline lobbies IATA and A4E also sent a joint letter, also seen by POLITICO, to CEN in November.
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But how hard will the real estate sales and home builder lobbies push back, and will they succeed?
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A few brave government officials asked to meet with me — but covertly, in coffee shops and hotel lobbies.
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The food offered in the Dolby Theatre's lobbies prior to the Oscars show will be entirely plant-based.
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They are often displayed in homes and office lobbies, such as The Times's Asia headquarters in Hong Kong.
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Needham will leave his job leading Heritage Action, which was founded in 2010 and lobbies for conservative policies.
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The cocoon-inspired armchairs were designed by the London studio Doshi Levien for open offices, lobbies and lounges.
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He's organized a group called Safe Walkways that lobbies local and state legislature for regulations of e-scooters.
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PVC pipe, for which the Vinyl Institute lobbies, has had the opportunity to prove itself for many years.
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Turning their lobbies, pools, bars and rooftops into concert venues lets hotels bring music-scene energy on-site.
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Last year, charter school lobbies spent $290 million on losing candidates for governor and state superintendent of education.
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Price will meet with the main drug lobbies, PhRMA, BIO and the Association for Accessible Medicines on Friday.
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The iRacing Daytona attracted over 500 teams and 10,000 drivers, split between 15 lobbies arranged by skill level.
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That's no surprise, though—the top iRacing lobbies are strictly for professionals, and I do mean that literally.
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Yet Apple actively lobbies against US efforts to force companies to give consumers more information about repairing their products.
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Google contributes to conservative political organizations and lobbies that are in support of regulatory efforts that benefit the company.
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Contrary to the illusions of some in Britain, Mrs Merkel thus has her own business lobbies firmly behind her.
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"When a lobbyist lobbies me on behalf of a client, I disclose it," he said during the television interview.
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They are loth to upset voters, who dislike taxes, or powerful lobbies in industries that would be hardest hit.
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Of note: CCF is an organization that lobbies on behalf of the fast food, meat, alcohol and tobacco industries.
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A similar breakdown of trust in the 1970s saw near-dead MPs wheeled from hospital through the division lobbies.
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The 3 Million, which lobbies for the rights of EU citizens in Britain, is to launch a registration push.
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It is now deeply conservative, and Democrats have thrived only by catering to both the coal and gun lobbies.
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While hotels usually have lobbies, you're more likely to access your motel room door straight from the parking lot.
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When it came to joining public lobbies though, you know I had to go with the really gross ones.
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The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which lobbies on behalf of PBMs, argued such a proposal violates trade secrets law.
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"Labor had a disastrous election in the Rust Belt," said Jake Bookwalter, who lobbies state governments at Stateside Associates.
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They clearly benefit well-defined and well-funded special interest groups: the farm lobbies and ethanol and biodiesel producers.
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The hotels with functioning generators were full, their lobbies packed with well-to-do Venezuelan families and their servants.
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Each week, she has a list of members she lobbies to support Medicare for All, a bill she wrote.
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Besides providing bouquets for apartments and lobbies, Mr. Ortiz makes sure the avenue's tree pits never look too bare.
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Four retail food businesses rent space in the lobbies, which are separated inside by a bank of elevators. Gov.
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They are often displayed in homes and office lobbies, such as at The Times's Asia headquarters in Hong Kong.
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It is well known among festival attendees that escorts ply their trade in the lobbies of Cannes' upmarket hotels.
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Fliers advertising investment-for-citizenship programs in other countries can be found in the lobbies of luxury apartment buildings.
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There has been strong criticism from banking lobbies and Italian authorities who fear a negative impact on domestic lenders.
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Any serious effort will create winners and losers, some of whom are well-protected by powerful K Street lobbies.
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The contemporary Jay-Z reflects on his rise from waiting around in building lobbies to taking meetings with Saudis.
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I just imagine that the lobbies of some of these apartment buildings have LED lighting that changes per mood.
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They spend less time in rooms and like to socialize and work in vibrant lobbies with a sense of community.
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Big tech lobbies are leaning on their senators to get it done and foreign allies are lobbying through back channels.
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Jameson Taylor is the vice president of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, an organization that lobbies for conservative principles.
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They primarily do this by renovating the existing property — adding private gyms, updating the lobbies, and changing the building's exterior.
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Amazon, too has considered joining the organization, which lobbies for copyright protection, anti-piracy protection and tax credits for productions.
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Contradictory findings on the carcinogenic risks of the chemical have pitted farming and chemical lobbies against consumer and environmental groups.
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The entrance is sleek but understated and lacks the grandeur typically associated with expansive lobbies seen in ultra-luxury hotels.
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The ESA lobbies on behalf of the gaming industry, and, generally, this event was about building up goodwill with Congress.
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Swapping out old kitchens and bathrooms, sprucing up lobbies and hallways and redoing electrical and plumbing systems raise property values.
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CALinnovates lobbies on behalf of the tech industry and sent letters to city officials favoring Airbnb's position in the fight.
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Because abstraction—well, the best abstraction, not those nice big dopey paintings hanging in hotel lobbies—is about inner structures.
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Instead, it's set of HTC Vive headsets in the lobbies of IMAX theaters in Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto.
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Eager for more access to reservation lands, farm and mining lobbies in Brasilia are exploiting divisions between Ibama and Funai.
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Making Change at Walmart, a group that lobbies for the rights of Wal-Mart workers, was skeptical of that promise.
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The paintings were dispersed to department conference rooms and lobbies throughout the university hospital, according to a Boston Globe report.
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She lobbies against the Magintsky Act, a 2012 law that allows the US government to target Russian human rights abusers.
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Behind this activism is a concerted effort by some 30 organisations on the left, from environmental lobbies to trade unions.
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Campaign staffers and volunteers have set up makeshift headquarters in the various lobbies and restaurants and lounges around the hotel.
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Grassroots organizations like Black Lives Matter or the National Women's March, meanwhile, lack the deep pockets of these liberal lobbies.
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In this work, Terris gathered furniture typically found in lobbies and office buildings, then reconfigured them into abstract sculptural works.
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Mr Corbyn is a longtime supporter of Hands Off Venezuela, a British outfit that lobbies for the ailing chavista regime.
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Even if they unite, their voices are too often distorted or drowned by the louder voices from well-funded lobbies.
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Powerful health-care lobbies are pushing lawmakers to delay the implementation of the taxes, worried about taking a financial hit.
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Individuals also endure de-banking fallout in the shadows, for there is no organization that currently lobbies on their behalf.
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The government has said it wants to outlaw glyphosate within three years but has faced stiff resistance from farm lobbies.
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He lobbies investors on the benefits of setting up factories here in this industrial city in the northeast of England.
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Lobbies, atriums and canopies will rise up to 105 feet, inviting spaces that will allow for views of the station.
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If a future Congress compromised with those powerful lobbies, as Congress often has in the past, the savings would diminish.
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The Congress, in thrall to corporate lobbies, is complicit in letting the President unilaterally dismantle environmental and consumer-protection regulations.
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Others simply felt there were too many forces already marshaled against them, including the state's strong agriculture and ranching lobbies.
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It lobbies companies that buy large quantities of meat and eggs to demand higher animal welfare standards from their suppliers.
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Chase & Papi holds fancy "Yappy Hour" parties around Manhattan in private lofts and in the lobbies of glossy apartment buildings.
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Hotels have begun to turn their lobbies and common areas into WeWork-like gathering places, attracting both guests and locals.
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People smoke walking their dogs in the West Village, and they smoke in apartment building lobbies in the South Bronx.
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He then moved into one of the building's two lobbies and was "engaged" by four police officers, the chief said.
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At nearly all branches, the café lobbies are now closed, with orders served at drive-thru windows instead of inside.
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He advises top White House officials, works for GOP campaigns, lobbies for major corporations and opines on political talk shows.
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A video posted on Facebook showed hotel roofs caved in, and mounds of concrete and coils of steel in lobbies.
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"It can be dangerous," says Abramovic, who would like to see eye-gazing stations built into hotel lobbies and malls.
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Alarms went off inside deserted lobbies, as members of the staff went door-to-door telling guests to get out.
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What about a tool for security guards in the lobbies of buildings or to help hotels greet guests by name?
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The NRA does make campaign contributions, but that isn't what makes it one of the most powerful lobbies in America.
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The commission is a great generator of newsletters and position papers, and it advises, lobbies, and facilitates various worthy projects.
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Catanzaro lobbies for many fossil fuel companies and associations, such as Devon Energy and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers.
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In addition to conservative elements in the police and armed forces, Bolsonaro is backed by powerful evangelical and agrobusiness lobbies.
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To meet visitors where they are, New York retailers like Macy's and Bloomingdale's have set up shop in hotel lobbies.
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That process is famously difficult, with every change producing winners and losers, all of them ably represented by powerful lobbies.
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The drug industry is one of America's top lobbies and campaign contributors, befitting a massive economic sector rolling in profits.
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The bill, which has angered business lobbies who warn it could endanger some companies' solvency, will still need parliamentary approval.
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There are security gadgets planted in elevators and lobbies, coffee shops and convenience stores, all of which keep a watchful eye.
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Lobbies, which often benefit from the importance of fishing to specific places, push for short-term profit over long-term sustainability.
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On July 9, he attended a candidate forum organized by Moms Demand Action, a group that lobbies for gun control laws.
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Burton, it should be noted, is an anti-vaxxer who now lobbies for an organization founded by the Church of Scientology.
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Norway's Lutheran church, for example, urges its members to join arms with broader human-rights lobbies against all forms of persecution.
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That group, led by former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration head David Strickland, lobbies on behalf of the autonomous vehicle industry.
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Nearly twenty years in, it's been plagued by delays and budget cuts, fought by agricultural lobbies, and remains nowhere near completion.
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He is now chairman of The Spectrum Group, which lobbies the U.S. government on behalf of the defense and other industries.
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Mining lobbies had asked for a price-based royalty structure to ease the tax burden during a period of depressed prices.
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Sometimes business lobbies like the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity borrow populism's language of anti-elitism to camouflage their self-interest.
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But in most U.S. airports, security starts well inside airports, leaving trains, shuttles, lobbies and parking lots less secure, experts said.
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The policies the NRA [National Rifle Association] lobbies for makes it easy for domestic abusers to get their hands on guns.
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Two powerful trade lobbies in Washington -- the US Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable -- which represent companies like Walmart Inc.
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The agency's growing efforts to combat opioid abuse have also meant clashes with the powerful lobbies of drug makers and pharmacists.
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The Straphangers Campaign, a consumer advocacy organization that lobbies the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for improvements, is a particular source of ire.
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U.S. business lobbies argue that their members are restricted in those industries while Chinese companies operate freely in the U.S. market.
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Ask Real Estate Last year, our co-op board selected a design firm to renovate the two lobbies in our building.
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Beyond the gold and glossy exteriors and marble lobbies, the private spaces are low-key, decorated in grays, cream and chocolates.
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Among its amenities, there are 10 lobbies, 96 guest houses, an 11,000-acre playground, and a 103,000-square-foot entertainment venue.
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Rooms are shrinking, but lobbies are growing, providing ample seating and tables — and even cabanas, for those who want more privacy.
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Time Out, the magazine you love to pick up from hotel lobbies, just upset some devout foodies with its latest video.
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Foreign tech lobbies and businesses operating in China have said internet rules are too strict and could hit their local operations.
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Tourists who have taken shelter in the lobbies of the hotels close to the Promenade stand and wait, their gazes uneasy.
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Asked whether he had called any lawmakers, he said he had only talked with the White House unit that lobbies Congress.
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Yet the American Medical Association, the largest professional organization of physicians, actively lobbies against the administrative simplicity of Medicare for All.
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The resulting parade of innovation began with the W chain, with sleek in-room furniture and lobbies that felt like nightclubs.
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"Lobbies are distracting because there is so much going on, with people coming in and out and also socializing," she said.
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State gun laws are tracked, in detail, by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which lobbies for gun control.
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The final polls before Election Day showed Mr. Bolsonaro's lead widening as the evangelical and agribusiness lobbies rallied to his side.
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The 2020 election is our urgent opportunity to retake power from the corporate lobbies and breathe new life into American democracy.
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We visited a hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, and while all the clinic lobbies were full, the cashier's desk was basically empty.
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In housing-project lobbies and three-generation family apartments, outside methadone clinics and art studios, people take note of the inequity.
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Along the way, BoJack lobbies for an Oscar nomination at film festivals and at a bat mitzvah—for an actual bat.
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Other health lobbies, such as the American Heart Association and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, have made the same argument.
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The screams of opposition from America's organized lobbies for doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers ought to provide a clue.
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It also lobbies at the country level, where the makeup of FCTC delegations is determined and treaty decisions are turned into legislation.
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The organization's mission is to end free Wi-Fi access to porn in public places, including malls, restaurants, hotel lobbies, and planes.
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And for many, the celebration lasts far into the night, at after parties and, as the R. Kelly said, the hotel lobbies.
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A battery of traditionally aggressive Republican lobbies and fundraising groups, too, have said they will pressure Congress to more comprehensively repeal Obamacare.
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If it isn't input lag, it's modes, characters, lobbies or any number of issues you can read about in forums and subreddits.
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Lobbies from the food industry to the City of London are increasingly vociferous in warning about the dangers of a hard Brexit.
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In those places, too, it seems likely that the law will eventually be changed, even though vocal lobbies may drag their feet.
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Milton Friedman said that you can tell who benefits from licensing by watching who lobbies for it—and rarely is that consumers.
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The promise is welcome, but not convincing to Sekhar Raghavan of the Rain Centre, an NGO that lobbies for better water management.
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The voting rooms are known as division lobbies and form two C-shaped corridors wrapping around the outside of the debating chamber.
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Those in favor of the voting process say the division lobbies are a rare chance to catch senior ministers unaccompanied by aides.
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Mr Bolsonaro heads a ramshackle alliance of populist-nationalists (notably two of his sons), religious zealots, business lobbies and the security forces.
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Initially it was game companies or the ESA [the organization that lobbies on behalf of video game companies in the United States].
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Actually, this is a strikingly moderate, organic movement, backed by local lawyers, priests, scholars and by business lobbies that usually shun politics.
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NumbersUSA, which lobbies and mobilizes for strict immigration laws, put out a statement of opposition just at the suggestion of McCaul's name.
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She was heavily criticized by industry lobbies and many lawmakers for curbing lending even as the economy struggled to emerge from recession.
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The bill has support from lawmakers in both parties, but has been stalled all year as the drug industry lobbies against it.
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Advocates, who include the United States Conference of Mayors as well as financially powerful business lobbies, still see a window for victory.
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The local artists do not live in the hotels but spend about 30 hours a week working in studios near the lobbies.
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According to Williams' office, it's illegal to obstruct entrances, lobbies, offices and parking lots of federal buildings, like one in southwest Portland.
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The corporation commits over 320,000 abortions every year, and lobbies for abortion with no restrictions — up through the ninth month of pregnancy.
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They have been cooking makeshift meals in microwaves, doing homework in hotel lobbies and learning the ways of life on the mainland.
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Promoted in theater lobbies with jungle-themed decorations, the film probably earned about $4 million, according to the cinema historian Andrew Erish.
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"It is pretty scandalous," said Graham Smith, chief executive officer of Republic, a group that lobbies for the abolition of the monarchy.
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Now, rental buildings and condominiums in New York City have caught onto the idea, infusing lobbies, hallways and fitness centers with fragrances.
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Now, the lobbies of all DDG properties, including the condos XOCO 325 on West Broadway and 41 Bond, share a sultry aroma.
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The ICC lobbies for the code to be enacted into law, and earns revenue by selling code books and running accreditation programs.
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Wilmer Hale, the law firm where Ennis previously worked as a partner, lobbies for a number of clients with business before Interior.
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She has seen violent felony charges attached to people who simply stole luggage or Amazon packages from the lobbies of apartment buildings.
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Two powerful lobbies are now battling each other, with the pharmaceutical industry arguing that 340B has grown well beyond its original intent.
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Opponents have set up card tables in the lobbies at Seward Park, next to posters that outline the benefits of the deal.
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KIND (Kids In Need of Defense): The organization provides legal representation to migrant children and lobbies to ensure their rights are protected.
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Here, only heavily Mormon Utah has moved toward a sensible threshold, and the liquor and restaurant lobbies are trying to stop it.
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Hundreds of tourists camped out in the airport terminal and in the lobbies of nearby hotels for two days as they waited.
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Sanders' movement aims to wrest power from the corporate lobbies to reinvigorate our democracy -- and that is exactly what the country needs.
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The Kochs' public relations drive takes a page from minority outreach by other industry lobbies, like those representing tobacco and soft drinks.
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Legislation being pushed by various special interest drugstore lobbies would undermine Medicare Part D and destabilize the program for millions of seniors.
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Warren would revamp the definition of lobbyist to require anyone who lobbies to register with the LDA, removing the 20 percent baseline.
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Someone has to paint those graffiti walls in the condo lobbies, but few artists can afford to actually live in such places.
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The right wing and corporate lobbies are already hyperventilating: It is unachievable; it will bankrupt us; it will make us into Venezuela.
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Both are key elements of the Republican House plan, but have drawn fierce opposition from the powerful real estate and retail lobbies.
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It lobbies federal politicians, arguing against aid dollars being given directly to foreign organisations and governments, which would risk cutting its members out.
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Such pens are typically framed and displayed in lobbies and office waiting areas all over Washington as trophies of presidential proximity and power.
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Today, with funding from Republican figures like Karl Rove, CFIF lobbies to overturn FCC rules and policies disapproved of by the telecommunications industry.
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At the same time, business growth is turning the pot industry into a force in the lobbies of Washington and of state capitols.
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The bills would also expand smoke-free areas to include bars, workplace break rooms, small businesses, warehouses and hotel lobbies and meeting rooms.
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Many of the lobbies are getting remodeled; Clemens loses his bearings and actually takes us upstairs in the wrong building at one point.
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From waiting rooms to museum lobbies, Teresa Moro creates gouache paintings that depict still lives of furniture arrangements found in organized human environments.
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He and his team build large-scale installations that are often placed in museums, building lobbies, or wherever cool, connected art can go.
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At a minimum, all these people are on the receiving end of pressure from evangelical lobbies with easy access to the White House.
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But lawmakers within Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have criticized the idea of subsidizing private car sales, as have environmental and taxpayers' lobbies.
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The FTTH Council Europe, which lobbies for access to high-speed networks, defines this as 20 percent of households having a fibre connection.
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Computer & Communications Industry Association: Lobbies on behalf of many of the same companies, and defends tech giants against charges that they act monopolistically.
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Macra na Feirme, which lobbies for young Irish farmers, argues that forest payments are now preventing good land from coming onto the market.
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The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), which lobbies on behalf of European lenders, urged the BoE to take a "pragmatic" approach.
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And while West Hollywood lobbies for Trump's star to be removed, Bill Cosby is still honored despite being convicted of aggravated sexual assault.
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Much of the Switch's online experience — which is to say, lobbies and voice chat — is relegated to an app for unspecified smart devices.
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The American Gaming Association, which promotes and lobbies on behalf of casinos, wields influence on Capitol Hill and state legislatures across the country.
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Pharma has a lot of lobbies and a lot of lobbyists and a lot of power, and there's very little bidding on drugs.
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It is a climate-responsive building and the passageways, the lift lobbies are naturally ventilated or have the potential to become naturally ventilated.
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Rather than casting doubt on Judge Gorsuch, the complaints about Reese demonstrate the lawless attitude of some elements of the gun control lobbies.
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In contrast to Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor who now lobbies for Mr Putin, Mrs Merkel has become a steadfast ideological opponent.
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His tax cuts and deregulatory ambitions appeal to Republican business lobbies, and his get-tough immigration politics enjoy the support of House Republicans.
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Four years later, Bahrami left the F.A.A. to take a job with the Aerospace Industries Association, which lobbies for Boeing and other manufacturers.
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As they continue to communicate about shared economic interests, they could one day form fledgling lobbies, perhaps first of traders, says Mr Kretchun.
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Hanging around lobbies has lost its lurid or malevolent connotations, though it's still seen as faintly sad, something to be avoided if possible.
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Read more: Crowded streets and hotel lobbies make venturing outside city limits to national parks worth it — if you don't mind the drive.
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Matt Salo is the executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD), which lobbies on the interests of state Medicaid directors.
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"We're not starting from ground zero," said Isaac Brown, a principal at 38 North Solutions, which lobbies on behalf of clean energy clients.
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In the earliest stages of a criminal case, defense attorneys and prosecutors will congregate in courtroom lobbies and attempt to resolve their cases.
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ShareAction, which lobbies worldwide for a responsible investment system, called for expanded use of detailed case studies and guidance on what to include.
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A few years ago, he began playing with a Yamaha piano of the kind that you often see playing itself in hotel lobbies.
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Police departments in the California towns of Bakersfield and Delano also said they were closing their front lobbies, according to CNN affiliate KGET.
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By the time the holidays roll around, building lobbies look like post offices, with packages piling up in mailrooms and behind concierge desks.
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Chris Chmielenski, the deputy director of NumbersUSA, which lobbies for lower legal immigration, said companies should be pressured to hire more Americans instead.
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The elevators get so packed after school lets out that some building managers put employees in the lobbies to keep peace and order.
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Making hotel lobbies socially magnetic and in-house restaurants and bars urban destinations has become the blueprint for a lot of boutique hotels.
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This consulting firm has represented a diverse clientele: from the grocery and restaurant lobbies fighting against unionization efforts to big pharma and Starbucks.
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As in any industry, such as fishing, lobbies often pressure governments to issue unsustainably high permits even at the cost of species collapse.
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With charming optimism, she lobbies her mother to let her spend the summer the way her well-off classmates do: at sleepaway camp.
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The fate of twin lobbies designed by Noguchi is uncertain as the developer of the building plans to renovate and dismantle the work.
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Mr. Dixon, however, says that the lobbies are semi-enclosed spaces that stand on their own regardless of the changes off Fifth Avenue.
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We often discuss the influence of the gun and pharmaceutical lobbies, but the real estate lobby has spent much more than either group.
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The technology can track long wait times, the cleanliness of lobbies and the number of customers who leave without being seated or greeted.
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Unlike its American counterpart, the Italian Senate has not just representatives from various regions but also "lifelong" appointees and stakeholders from various lobbies.
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The lawmakers and/or policymakers who aid and abet these lobbies have clearly not considered the issues to which they lend their names.
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People in the 40th marched against violence, pleaded with police commanders for help and set up tenant-manned checkpoints in housing project lobbies.
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The group that lobbies for them in Washington said Tuesday that opponents are mischaracterizing the proposal to alter the nation's flight navigation system.
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The Regency brand was meant to appeal to both business and leisure travelers, and even kicked off the trend of sky-high atrium lobbies.
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The CBA lobbies on behalf of Canadian banks including Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal.
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"They should have a position on the decriminalization of sex work," argues Kate D'Adamo, an advocate for sex workers' rights who regularly lobbies Congress.
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That suggests that he may be more responsive to pressure from centrist lobbies than is President Donald Trump, with whom he shares some traits.
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Television images showed dozens of pilots and stewards holding picket signs in the lobbies of major airports in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
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Business lobbies and, quietly, the Treasury, are pushing to stay in both the single market and the customs union during transition, to minimise disruption.
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Does this imply a Brexit on March 29th with no deal, the most disruptive outcome and the one business lobbies are most strongly against?
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But if that led to the removal of ISDS provisions, the American business lobbies are saying it would jeopardise their support for any renegotiation.
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But absent from the town hall was a representative of the National Rifle Association — the gun ownership group that lobbies against gun control measures.
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The hilarity of Ramesh continues throughout the entire episode, as he repeatedly lobbies to go to a seafood restaurant instead of a Thai restaurant.
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Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is seen as another strong candidate to replace Zuma as party head and has the support of powerful business lobbies.
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I recorded in front of temples, standing next to rice paddies full of croaking frogs, in screaming pachinko parlors, bowling alleys, cafes, hotel lobbies.
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Gianna Puerini, vice president of Amazon Go, said the tiny format could serve office lobbies, communal floors inside tall buildings and perhaps a hospital.
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While the majority of major medical groups and lobbies oppose the bill, a few have either remained neutral or voiced support for the legislation.
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Business lobbies representing auto manufacturers and retailers have pushed out statements establishing their support for preserving the deal, while making changes to modernize it.
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The mullahs' lobbies on both sides of the Atlantic have launched a smear campaign against these figures, and yet they have maintained their positions.
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Ennis previously worked as a partner at the Washington-based law firm WilmerHale, which lobbies for a number of clients with business before Interior.
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Hotels have been dousing their lobbies with fragrances for years, hoping we'll keep booking rooms at the Westin because it smells like White Tea.
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Globally, Philip Morris also lobbies regulators to not classify iQOS as a regular cigarette, an argument that, if won, can lead to lower taxes.
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A health care success could give Trump legislative momentum as he lobbies for a tax reform; a defeat could make it that much tougher.
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Either way, it's time to face facts: there's no replicating the feelings of those unforgettable nights out, in coffee shops or luxury flat lobbies.
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Farmers across the state balked at this idea, particularly those in the sugar industry, one of the more powerful agricultural lobbies in the state.
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Several Mexican business lobbies, including the Auto Industry Association and INDEX, said some manufacturers had accepted the workers' demands so they could resume production.
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In Germany, by contrast, each plaintiff must file individually and pay legal fees upfront, a system criticized by consumer lobbies as hostile to claimants.
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Its former chief executive Sadayuki Sakakibara is now the chairman of Keidanren, the influential business organization that lobbies on behalf of Japan's largest companies.
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One of the biggest is the hugely controversial border adjustment measure, which Walmart, the Koch brothers, and other influential business lobbies are loudly opposing.
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Winter is the president of the Parents Television Council, a nonpartisan advocacy group that lobbies the entertainment industry against marketing graphic violence to children.
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Among the members of its national advisory board is Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the Susan B. Anthony List, which lobbies against abortion rights.
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He singled out Mr. Schumer's own former spokesman, Brian Fallon, who now leads a progressive coalition that lobbies against the appointment of conservative judges.
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Whether it's the altitude, the snowy, craggy landscape, or the movie deals being made in hotel lobbies, Sundance seems designed to throw you off.
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As he lobbies lawmakers to back his legislative priorities, he has castigated Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and other Republicans crucial to passage.
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At times, the memo appears to step up to the edge of what tactics are considered acceptable for the Pentagon as it lobbies Congress.
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But if RNG is made into a valuable commodity, it will bias the industry (and the lawmakers it lobbies) to seek expanded dairy operations.
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Leaders can listen and be open to adjusting their policies, but nothing much will get done until the wealthy, corporations, lobbies, investment firms, etc.
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Congressmen live and breathe for campaign funds, and also to avoid crossing the interests of powerful corporate lobbies that might fund a primary challenger.
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"We're all a little dizzy," said Margie Lehrman, the chief executive of the American Craft Spirits Association, which lobbies on behalf of small distillers.
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Throughout the halls, ballrooms, and lobbies I spotted intricate details such as frescos, murals, tapestries, sculptures, and carvings, which cultivated a sense of luxury.
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At each location, the cologne-drenched lobbies hummed with chatter from foreign businessmen in boxy suits, but there was no sign of the mayor.
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Nelson bought Lafayette Boynton in 2011 and has spent $17 million to renovate lobbies and hallways in the 20153-unit, four-building complex. Robert.
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In the 90-degree heat, they waited in long lines in housing project lobbies for a single working elevator because the others were broken.
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Luxury landlords have been catering to this millennial trend for years, putting in dog runs on rental tower roofs and pet salons off lobbies.
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Pharma, pharma has a lot of lobbies and a lot of lobbyists and a lot of power and there's very little bidding on drugs.
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European stocks have been on fire this year as ECB President Christine Lagarde lobbies for more fiscal stimulus in the region, particularly from Germany.
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Where it is: Everywhere in the interior design world, from home kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms to public spaces like restaurants and hotel lobbies.
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Already panned by multiple factions of the Republican Party, it has also lost the support of key lobbies like the American Medical Association and AARP.
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The energy ministry, which often lobbies for the interests of the domestic producers, had expected the new tax system would tentatively be introduced from 2018.
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" The Muzak corporation piped the National Fascist Militia Band's tunes into hotel lobbies, restaurants, and homes under a sanitized alias: "The Pan-American Brass Band.
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The tropical system spawned its first tornado warning and flash flood emergency in the New Orleans area Wednesday as streets, homes and hotel lobbies flooded.
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The government's move to impose direct rule received the backing of several influential Catalan business lobbies, which called on firms to stay in the region.
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It aggressively lobbies against right to repair laws and recently pushed out an iOS update that insinuated it could brick phones repaired using unauthorized parts.
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Last year, she founded the American Kratom Association, a consumer group of more than 2,000 members that lobbies against state bills to ban the substance.
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The "solutions" to such problems often only exacerbate the daunting complexity of today's tax code—and, if lobbies have their way, add extra loopholes too.
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That is largely thanks to Jinja Honcho, which lobbies for conservative causes, for the sake "of our nation and nationhood", as Mr Tanaka puts it.
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In past Summer Skirmish events, Epic has let players drop into random lobbies and crowned a winner based on how many kills that person has.
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I, on my phone, accepted the invite, then, in the game, trundled over to the section of Splatoon 2 where you can join online lobbies.
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Observers were struck by how quickly the crowds disappeared; the roads empty where cars had once been double and triple parked, the hotel lobbies empty.
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America's political establishment is riven; Japan's politicians are too timid to confront lobbies; and the euro area seems institutionally incapable of uniting around new policies.
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The company continues to try to turn the state laws in its favor, but it faces strong resistance from powerful dealership lobbies across the country.
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AARP, the powerful group that lobbies on behalf of nearly 38 million Americans above the age of 50, has been aggressively opposed to the plan.
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Several hospital divisions face closure, according to Chris Hopson, head of NHS Providers, which lobbies government on behalf of the local trusts that run services.
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"Places like parking lots, baggage claim, and hotel lobbies are kind of neutral, places you move through on the way to another place," Burton explains.
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The Catholic and insurance industry lobbies have fought so hard against revealing the cover-ups that we've normalized claiming victory for a one-year window.
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Individuals and families don't have much power to change that, given the powerful, well-funded lobbies that are are fighting to preserve the status quo.
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Calls would get right to the point and save everyone time, and unicorns would frolic in small business lobbies whilst simultaneously spraying saved-time glitter.
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The US attorney for Oregon said it's illegal to obstruct entrances, lobbies, offices and parking lots of federal buildings, like the one in southwest Portland.
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ITI is a trade association that lobbies on behalf interests of major technology firms like Apple, Google and Microsoft in government, both domestically and abroad.
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Major health insurance lobbies on Friday said they would support reopening enrollment in Obamacare markets if the government covered anticipated losses, despite some initial reluctance.
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So when a nation like India lobbies to secure better conditions for its migrant workers, recruiters simply start hiring women from a less demanding country.
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In an industry challenged by Airbnb and other home-sharing competitors, hotels are happy to attract local laptop tappers and cocktail crowds to their lobbies.
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In addition to the lobbies, he used the flagpoles and even a small space in a garden, where four of Rochelle Goldberg's sculptures are displayed.
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Parent associations genuinely concerned about children's wellbeing want both sides of the story, seeking greater transparency from health authorities on their relationship with pharmaceutical lobbies.
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And not far away, empty lobbies, empty dressing rooms, empty back rooms, empty bar areas, empty kitchens, empty lounges, empty sound booths, empty loading zones.
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He is now also the chairman of the environmental organization Mighty Earth, which lobbies food and agriculture companies to deploy more climate-friendly production methods.
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Customers can scan their phones in store lobbies to pick up pizzas from a heated compartment, or put instructions for drivers in the instruction area.
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Scott Segal, a lawyer with the firm Bracewell who lobbies on energy issues, said he was skeptical that the proposal would satisfy the ethanol industry.
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To bypass crowds, some duck down 19453½ Avenue, a midblock chain of plazas and public lobbies that run from West 51st and West 57th Streets.
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A spokeswoman for the American Auto Alliance, which lobbies on behalf of the largest automakers, declined to comment until any plan had been made public.
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Sitting in those hotel rooms, in lobbies, reading a strange newspaper in the poor lamplight; taking a walk down a street in the evening, smoking?
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Lawmakers have also noted that the money for the foundations was collected through the Federation of Korean Industries, which lobbies on behalf of the chaebol.
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"We don't see how this could be permanent," said Andrew Radford, a senior policy adviser with the American Petroleum Institute, which lobbies for oil companies.
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Nor are all contributions potentially venal; they come in all forms — in support of causes and issues, as well as corporate interests and industrial lobbies.
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According to the Giffords Law Center, which lobbies for tougher gun laws, there have not been any successful legal challenges of any similar state laws.
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Mr Obama cut a deal with America's powerful health-care lobbies and built a grand coalition for reform that included hospitals, insurers and Big Pharma.
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It is be the first of many meetings Kavanaugh is expected to take on Capitol Hill as he lobbies senators ahead of his confirmation vote.
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Meanwhile, business lobbies have sought to stop further tariffs, particularly on automobiles, which could have a wider, more significant impact on the economy and jobs.
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Exploring the holiday decor in hotel lobbies and checking out the window dressings in the Big Apple should be enough to get you feeling festive.
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The United States does not require labelling of GM food and some of its farming lobbies believe Europe is unfairly stigmatising their products with labels.
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New residential developments across the city are installing significant works by artists both emerging and established in outdoor plazas, lobbies, common spaces and model units.
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Karl Lagerfeld, in his only residential project in the United States, was involved in designing the lobbies before his death in February, Jules Trump said.
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Business lobbies said major investments are still proceeding as planned, but smaller firms focused on the U.S. market are less able to absorb potential shocks.
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Taylor Swift has donated $113,000 to the Tennessee Equality Project, a nonprofit LGBTQ+ advocacy group that lobbies against discriminatory bills in the singer's adopted home state.
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But, of course, all nuance is lost with the Trump administration when anyone does anything not in line with the preferences of corporations with powerful lobbies.
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You can also use designated parking lots In addition to lobbies, some police stations allow residents to use their parking lots as "internet purchase exchange" locations.
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The NRA - one of the most powerful lobbies in the United States and a frequent donor to Republican politicians - has for decades rejected gun control efforts.
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Libby Baney, the founder and executive director of ASOP, which lobbies against illegal online pharmacies, has been tracking and raising awareness about the issue since 2009.
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Similarly, when Churchill sternly lobbies that she and her children take her maiden name of Windsor, Elizabeth fights to keep her married name at Philip's request.
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Currently players can create or join online lobbies called Battle Arenas where the host sets the rules or use quick play to find a match fast.
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Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander acknowledged Tuesday that powerful medical lobbies will spend the summer aggressively pushing to water down or outright kill the bills.
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Since the last year has been filled with many trips to hospitals for Lincoln's treatment, Tanner began to notice many facilities had pianos in their lobbies.
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Still, needs are likely to grow, says Derek Brockbank, executive director at the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, which lobbies for coastal governments and businesses.
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Given those advantages, it may appear strange we aren't seeing more electric AVs being developed—until you remember the realities of energy lobbies and proprietary technology.
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Breakfast plans to sell custom Brixel units to corporate clients that might display it in their building lobbies, museums, and wherever else you see expensive art.
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Another danger is the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, as Theresa May lobbies EU leaders for another delay to avoid crashing out on April 12th.
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She walks an impressive eight kilometers each day between her home and her office, at an organization that lobbies to protect maids and other household workers.
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One group, the Washington-based Secular Coalition for America, which lobbies for atheists, agnostics and other nontheistic Americans, also called for a veto of the bill.
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The gluten-intolerant have their own foundations and communities, and the peanut-averse have lobbies working tirelessly to remove the legumes from planes and elementary schools.
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The environment ministry is one of France's most sensitive posts as powerful lobbies of the nuclear, automotive and agriculture sectors limit its ability to introduce reforms.
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But the gambling licenses may open the companies up to more attacks as the fantasy industry lobbies states for laws that more clearly authorize its contests.
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More specifically, movie theater lobbies, or any other space like a mall or museum that could be a friendly home to a walk-by VR station.
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Internet restrictions and heavy smog in major cities, such as the capital, Beijing, are also a challenge in attracting foreign talent, according to foreign business lobbies.
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Human Life International Ireland, like the WCF, boasts consultative status at the United Nations, where it says on its website that it lobbies against abortion rights.
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Top Republicans are making no promises that the provision will stay in the bill if Trump personally lobbies lawmakers against it or issues a veto threat.
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Unscrupulous sellers often add methanol to alcohol to increase the amount of liquid sold and its potency, said Safeproof, a group that lobbies against counterfeit alcohol.
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The president and CEO of the trade group that lobbies for the ISPs that are trying to end net neutrality would like everyone to just chill.
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The pharmaceutical industry remains one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington and there are significant differences among the parties as to which policies to support.
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"I know they're worried about it," said Joel White, the president of Horizon Government Affairs, who lobbies for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
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The effort includes making lobbies and lounges more inviting hangouts, rather than simply places to stare at your smartphone while awaiting a car to the airport.
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ILGA-Europe, which lobbies for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, said employers needed to address the exclusion of the transgender community from the workplace.
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I can see how the Frame might be wonderfully appealing for the lobbies of fancy office buildings or as incognito sports-watching installations at nice restaurants.
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As one of the most powerful lobbies on the hill, it will be important to watch who stands up for this legislation and who stays quiet.
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Agents visiting the two hotels saw surveillance cameras in the lobbies and hallways, which might help determine if anyone was outside the rooms during the incidents.
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"Politically, we were trying to be in every conversation," says Jennifer Hanscom, executive director of the Washington State Medical Association, which lobbies on behalf of doctors.
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U.S. and European officials have issued formal warnings, matching international business and human rights lobbies that fear the changes would dent Hong Kong's rule of law.
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In the past handful of years, hotels have started to create lobbies and common spaces that are a destination in themselves for both guests and locals.
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Coal subsidies also continue in many places because of powerful coal lobbies - or because politicians prefer to delay decisions that could have political consequences, she said.
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However, her plans to further tighten gun laws, including the creation of a registery, talled this week due to resistance from opposition parties and gun lobbies.
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Under American law, anyone who lobbies or conducts public relations on behalf of a foreign interest in the United States must register with the Justice Department.
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But agribusiness, under the banner of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, lobbies governments to subsidize expanding fossil-fuel-based fertilizers and commercial seeds.
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The move will help Amazon's standing as it lobbies lawmakers to raise the federal minimum wage, which has been $7.25 an hour for almost a decade.
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Earlier in January, the rail agency told members of Access Living, a Chicago-based organization that lobbies on accessibility issues, that a trip to Bloomington, Ill.
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The group that lobbies in Washington for most major carriers has rejected the idea that separating air traffic control from the FAA is equivalent to privatization.
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To me, greatness goes a little deeper than how much marble we put in our hotel lobbies and whether we have a Soviet-style military parade.
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Every major industry lobbies for its interests, but congressional aides said that lobbyists for pharmaceutical companies were special: They outnumber the lobbyists for many other industries.
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I remember daydreaming through my Modelling Theory course at university, wondering if there really were soaring skyscrapers in America, with branches of Starbucks in the lobbies.
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Most state-level groups have been more like libraries than lobbies, acting as depositories for shared information—and even those more modest groups have gone under.
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In apartment buildings without doormen, residents — and anyone else passing through — can pick through boxes piled in lobbies or hallways in a kind of honor system.
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The corporate lobbies are now urging the SEC to add extra scrutiny on a little-known but critical pocket of the investment world: proxy advisory firms.
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Indonesia lobbies for Aisyah Indonesian authorities said earlier this week that Malaysia had agreed to release their citizen due in part to intense lobbying by Jakarta.
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It&aposs not uncommon to see sportier winter coats in office lobbies nowadays, and we have faith you can pull it off if you so choose.
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However, her plans to further tighten gun laws, including the creation of a registery, stalled this week due to resistance from opposition parties and gun lobbies.
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By definition, lobbies at the highest rungs of the ladder spend more than those lower down, but "the differences are staggering," Drutman and his colleagues write.
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It had the support of the emergency room doctors and the insurance plans, two lobbies that often find themselves at loggerheads in these type of debates.
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Those same hotel lobbies offer patios where other attendees post up for hours, scheduling meetings every 30 minutes and ordering lunch over and over and over.
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"Folks are nervous," said Jonathan Gold, a vice president of the National Retail Federation, which lobbies for companies like Sam's Club, Macy's and Modell's Sporting Goods.
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Hundreds of Israeli citizens, including at least 36 American citizens, have been killed by Hamas attacks in crowded restaurants, buses, hotel lobbies, and cafes since 2001.
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My own fear is that – as in the past – our muddled up geopolitical thinking, and ferocious lobbies, will again get in the way of sound trade negotiations.
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President Trump's rhetoric around price controls and public outrage over high drug costs have forced the industry to soften, as it heavily lobbies politicians behind the scenes.
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Sidewalk Labs describes data being collected everywhere from building lobbies and retail stores to ride-hail vehicles, parks and markets, but no way to opt out entirely.
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The company's goal is to spread thousands of these pantry boxes, which are unlocked and billed via app, around apartment lobbies, offices, gyms, and other central locations.
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Republican lawmakers and business lobbies have questioned the Democratic administration's calculations, which did not account for any possible impact on jobs, business investment or public sector budgets.
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Such advertising has "nothing to do with freedom of speech," said Or Keshet, who lobbies Israeli politicians on behalf of a coalition of 14 Israeli LGBT+ groups.
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Streamers will be able to create lobbies for fans to join and play with them on YouTube, and Stadia will support instant clipping to the video service.
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"That information might fall into the hands of kidnappers... is the perfect excuse," said Nicholas Shaxson of Tax Justice Network, an organization that lobbies on tax havens.
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Lobbies, she added, should avoid putting pressure on the negotiators for "comfortable" deals that jeopardise the single market's four freedoms—of moving goods, services, capital and people.
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Industrial and farm lobbies have criticized the government for its decision to set minimum freight prices, saying it would raise their costs and final prices for consumers.
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The group lobbies for the 25,2003 or so vendors, most of them immigrants, who sell food, jewelry, clothing and just about everything else in New York City.
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An energetic public relations machine promoted his popularity, which led to his portrait being adorned with marigolds from Bangkok office lobbies to the poorest of rural homes.
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If you've logged on to Fortnite over the last 24 hours, you've probably noticed that lobbies are overflowing with players who are wearing the same spooky costume.
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And they accuse gun lobbies of intentionally watering down legislation and hamstringing agencies so the laws are useless, a point lobbyists contacted by CNN declined to address.
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Adding methanol to distilled spirits enables sellers to increase the amount of liquid and its potential potency, according to SafeProof, a group that lobbies against counterfeit alcohol.
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Karroubi also said that by vetting candidates in elections, Khamenei had reduced parliament to "an obedient assembly" under his thumb and the influence of Revolutionary Guards lobbies.
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Companies and foreign business lobbies have often accused China of doing too little to rein in risks related to intellectual property rights, despite having anti-piracy laws.
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Rangel oversees an in-house government affairs team that lobbies on a range of programs from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the littoral combat ships.
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He then suggested it was the business-friendly (and historically GOP-supported) policies pushed by those lobbies that created the trade deficits he was tasked with narrowing.
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For Terris, the lobbies and interior designs of financial institutions have a consistent aesthetic, one that flaunts global capital and finance but also tries to humanize it.
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Corporate lobbies or well-funded NGOs that lose battles at the local level can try to persuade state legislatures or members of Congress to reverse the results.
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Matt Bevin's reelection bid but also jokingly called Bevin "such a pain in the ass" over how much he lobbies the administration on his home state's behalf.
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He joined Covington after retiring from Congress and now lobbies on a wide array of issues for a diverse group of clients, including Anheuser-Busch and Merck.
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In the meantime, plans to connect the lobbies in the other two buildings, as well as for a gym and a re-landscaped courtyard, are on hold.
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He set up the Pavement Dwellers Rights Association, which lobbies for welfare benefits and permanent homes within a 3 km (1.9 miles) radius of their current homes.
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There was the party thrown in honor of Ohio politicians by Squire Patton Boggs, which lobbies on behalf of Amazon, Airbus and Gazprombank of Russia, among others.
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That morning, several manufacturers of commercial furniture — the kind you find in hospital waiting rooms, offices and hotel lobbies — were rolling out models using the new technology.
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Business lobbies, such as the International Chamber of Commerce, back Brazil's accession because it will spur the country to improve its tax system and become more competitive.
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The group, which lobbies on behalf of cable and television companies, supports the principles of net neutrality — the idea that all internet traffic should be treated equally.
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Lavinson's team at PG&E lobbies Congress and the administration on energy, environment and taxation issues, all while keeping a sharp focus on the utility's sustainability strategy.
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"That information might fall into the hands of kidnappers... is the perfect excuse," said Nicholas Shaxson of Tax Justice Network, an organisation that lobbies on tax havens.
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"It's very difficult for turkeys to vote for Christmas," said Murray Hunter, a researcher and former spokesman for Right2Know, a group that lobbies for access to information.
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"It's not controversial to say lobbies influence American politics," Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of the Jewish Voice for Peace, a pro-BDS Jewish organization, told VICE News.
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He nevertheless became one of the most popular members of HBO's announcing crew, often holding court with fans in hotel lobbies in Las Vegas and other cities.
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But farmers are among the most powerful political lobbies on both sides of the Atlantic, and trade is one area where the European Parliament wields significant power.
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The new rule appears to reflect many of the requests made by the oil industry, including the American Petroleum Institute, which lobbies on behalf of oil companies.
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Politicians beholden to powerful lobbies would rather kids have four-day school weeks and packed classrooms than ask their donors to pay a fair share of taxes.
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At the same time, the lobbies lost their original marble floor, a riff on Manhattan's grid, as well as polished marble walls that reflected the luminous ceilings.
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Throughout his administration Trump has tried to please both the corn and oil lobbies in his approach to U.S. biofuel blending laws, at times angering both sides.
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It's deeply indebted to Woody Allen—Bobby Short on the soundtrack, shots of picturesque mews and gilded apartment lobbies and interracial couples at lively-looking dinner parties.
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"My wife and I have realized that basically our tastes meet at the intersection of hotel lobbies and speakeasy bars," Lewis had told me, in New York.
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And we know that 20 to 30 of the states in the United States with big agricultural lobbies and Boeing plants will be putting pressure on Congress.
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These taxes were drastically scaled down from a 1.3 billion euro revenue target in the original draft, in the face of protests from the affected industry lobbies.
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But strippers have always been targeted by the same laws and lobbies that want to eradicate prostitution, and they plan to speak out on International Whores' Day.
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Since more accurate availability and pricing data would clearly illustrate broadband market failures, the broadband industry routinely lobbies against efforts to shore up data collection and publication.
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In almost unprecedented language, Britain's business lobbies are arguing that their concerns, and those of the wider economy, should be put at the heart of the Brexit negotiations.
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Alongside Uber, it lobbies state legislators to preempt local regulations, which may limit the ability of cities from organizing road space in the most environmentally efficient way possible.
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One of the biggest that Republicans have proposed is the hugely controversial border adjustment measure, which Walmart, the Koch brothers, and other influential business lobbies are loudly opposing.
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It lobbies against laws that would make it easier for repair shops to access parts, sues repair shops, and fearmongers about the mostly non existing risks of repair.
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However, business lobbies have thrown their weight behind the ouster of Rousseff, as they look to Temer to restore business confidence and growth to the $2 trillion economy.
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For motorists who didn't wish to traipse across stuffy lobbies in road-worn clothing, the convenience and anonymity of a field or lake shore was an attractive option.
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Across Europe, pro-Russian capitals and lobbies will be hoping to use the Chancellor's apparent weakness to force a change in her position on sanctions against the Kremlin.
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Silicon Valley players and cable operators are lining up their talking points and the Washington lobbies are getting together a game plan to convince you of either case.
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The only "us" to whom the Chamber can plausibly claim kinship is made up of the powerful corporate lobbies that have bought our democracy and captured our government.
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Call of Duty fans who made the unfortunate of mistake of giving Microsoft their cash are left sitting in lonely multiplayer lobbies waiting for games that'll never start.
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" Broome also claimed that powerful political lobbies behind those four cities would, "destroy Amazon's economic future by organizing regulatory activities to shut down the inventive nature of Amazon.
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This week Britain's five biggest business lobbies demanded the government seek early agreement on a transitional deal to form a bridge between Brexit and a new trading arrangement.
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United said that Apple employees have been in the baggage hold areas, customer services areas, and lobbies at United's SFO terminal, but it's staying deliberately vague on details.
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Zakka, a resident of Washington, D.C., is the leader of the Arab ICT Organization, a trade group comprising 85033 countries that lobbies for information technology in the region.
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"We're already at the edge of feasibility," said Nancy Young, the vice president for environmental affairs at Airlines for America, a group that lobbies for the airline industry.
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Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which lobbies on behalf of technology companies, believes the industry has more leeway when it comes to criticizing Trump.
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More than any other policy matter, BDS has highlighted both the power that pro-Israel lobbies continue to exert over American politics and their panic at losing it.
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U.S. and European officials have issued formal warnings - concern matched by international business and human rights lobbies that fear the changes would dent Hong Kong's rule of law.
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Cuba has long argued its system it more democratic than western ones as it is not driven by parties funded by lobbies seeking to push their specific interests.
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In full, the statement from the organization that lobbies for the games industry and puts on the annual E3 show said: The case in question was Brown vs.
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Simmons previously worked with the Institute for Energy Research and the American Legislative Exchange Council (a right-wing group that lobbies against progressive policy at the state level).
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"It's a combination of shrewd legislative maneuvering and political necessity," said Ken Spain, a former official with the National Republican Congressional Committee who now lobbies on tax issues.
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I think that is language that is being used by the right and by the gun lobbies to try to scare people away from an assault rifle ban.
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After nearly 20 years of activism (both paid and unpaid) he now lobbies in Colorado and Washington, DC, for Livwell Enlightened Health, one of Colorado's biggest weed retailers.
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President Reagan famously declared open war on solar energy, and was determined to reverse as many environment regulations as possible in service of the drilling and mining lobbies.
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Hotels, too, have typically remained off limits to all but their guests, even as the global trend has shifted toward lobbies and restaurants that double as neighborhood clubhouses.
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The Russians wear their bathrobes everywhere and keep to the gilded hotel lobbies, where they play chess with one another as mole-removal videos loop on overhead TVs.
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The reason you don't see an increase in taxes is that there are powerful lobbies fighting against it, Battaler said, adding that taxes are much higher in Europe.
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It blares in hotel lobbies, airport lounges, nightclubs and the dozens of bedroom recording studios where young men and women dream of stardom in this clogged, overheated city.
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FAIR lobbies members of Congress and their staff from its offices on Massachusetts Avenue, a short walk from Capitol Hill, while maintaining strong contacts with talk-radio hosts.
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The new cybersecurity law has met with a barrage of opposition from foreign business lobbies and governments, which say it is vague and could discriminate against overseas companies.
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Ceres, a nonprofit that lobbies for companies to take action on climate change, applauded BlackRock's decision, particularly its intention to direct clients towards sustainable investment funds by default.
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Too many state officials are happy to perform less oversight in checking compliance with a work requirement, while dependency lobbies are happy to keep more government subsidies flowing.
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UK labor unions and business lobbies rarely speak with one voice, but they have been united by fears that a disorderly Brexit would wreak havoc on the economy.
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Just outside the lobbies in a passage connecting West 53rd to West 52nd Street, a former water wall of vertical blades stands, an upright version of the ceiling.
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When they do choose art, "we try to do safe art — no people," said Marilyn Sygrove, a Manhattan interior designer who specializes in residential lobbies and common areas.
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The group lobbies for the 20,000 or so vendors, most of whom are immigrants, who sell food, jewelry, clothing and just about everything else in New York City.
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"Funai has been taken by assault by people who serve the interests of farming and mining lobbies," said minority leader Jandira Feghali, a congresswoman from Rio de Janeiro.
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But pro-gun control lobbies are countering the NRA's war chest, thanks in big part to former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who launched Everytown for Gun Safety.
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A newly elected government is able to "undo" key infrastructure plans approved by a previous cabinet simply due to a "change of priorities" or pressures from different lobbies.
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"Funai has been taken by assault by people who serve the interests of farming and mining lobbies," said minority leader Jandira Feghali, a congresswoman from Rio de Janeiro.
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Mr. Cohen envisions a national network of Cuberts in office lobbies and public plazas, or open spaces in retail malls — any place a vendor might encounter hungry people.
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"This is a huge undertaking," said Hudson Hollister of the Data Coalition, an industry group that lobbies for government data to be posted online in standardized, accessible formats.
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Keep in mind that you may have trouble finding another apartment with easy outdoor access and a landlord who would welcome an outdoor cat that wanders into lobbies.
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"Work doesn't stop at NHTSA," said David Strickland, the agency's chief under Obama, who now lobbies on behalf of Ford, Google, Uber and other self-driving car companies.
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Ferrara spent a lot of days in settlement hearings and a lot of nights sleeping in hidden corners of hotel lobbies so he didn't have to pay for rooms.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's pending cyber security law will not create obstacles for foreign business, China's Foreign Ministry said, responding to concerns by international business lobbies over the planned rules.
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Business lobbies also say requirements to hand over sensitive data or source code to the government could put business secrets at risk and boost the capabilities of domestic competitors.
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Mr Antani points to lobbies such as AAHOA, a hotel association, and a political action committee (PAC) belonging to the Hindu-American Foundation, as being influential among Indian-Americans.
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While Japan's banking lobbies have complained about the pain from the BOJ's policies, financial regulators have urged regional banks to cut costs and find new ways to make money.
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Hundreds of parliamentarians filed, dead-eyed, through the lobbies granting Theresa May the untrammelled power to conduct and conclude exit talks most of them believe will do Britain harm.
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PUBG is one of the most popular games in the world right now, but its lobbies are often filled with players shouting ethnic slurs and other deeply hurtful words.
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This time around, human-rights lobbies were further angered by the fact that every new member was voted in on a "clean slate", meaning that no candidate faced competition.
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Schlapp is president of the American Conservative Union and a registered lobbyist with a firm called Cove Strategies, which lobbies on behalf of casino operator Twin Rivers Management Group.
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I was looking outside of my window and half of the people outside were normal and the other half of people were running off the beach into the lobbies.
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Law firm DLA Piper posted a handwritten sign in one of its lobbies instructing employees to remove all laptops from docking stations and to keep all computers turned off.
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His group lobbies to prevent universities from taking ownership of student start-ups created on their property and has provided legal help to students trying to defend their stake.
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Do they have professional goals, seeking to rise to the highest floors, or are they just content to hang around different lobbies and make sure the cars operate smoothly?
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Palm Springs offers a rich backdrop: bright colors; slightly outdated, borderline-tacky hotel lobbies; vintage cars; drinks with umbrellas and maraschino cherries; desert drives under blue skies and mountains.
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UPS service is designed to let delivery people enter into common areas, rather than individual apartments, so they can leave packages in lobbies and foyers when residents are out.
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ISTANBUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Turkey's business lobbies said on Tuesday that tighter monetary policy is needed to stabilise the lira and U.S.-Turkish disputes should be solved through diplomacy.
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Available data shows the company lobbies primarily on financial legislation in an effort to decrease federal oversight and dismantle consumer protections, weighing in on nearly 85033 bills per year.
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However, business lobbies have thrown their weight behind the ouster of Rousseff, as they look to Temer to restore business confidence and growth to the world's ninth largest economy.
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If the anti-gun lobbies were correct—if Gorsuch had a bias in favor of felons—then he would have decided the issue himself instead of asking New Mexico.
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A preliminary agreement on the labor pact was reached in March but on-off talks between individual trade unions and business lobbies continued right up to the Friday deadline.
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On a more practical plane, years of patient work by Japan's powerful business lobbies to protect and expand their market shares in China also appear to be paying off.
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Small-business lobbies have also been most focused on the need for greater tax relief at the level of the pass-through business structure that dominates the entrepreneurial landscape.
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After seeing its members working from the lobbies of their gyms before and after classes, it started adding conference rooms and other work areas a couple of years ago.
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President Temer, who is deeply unpopular, has sought support from powerful agricultural, ranching and mining lobbies to push economic changes through Congress and shelter him from a corruption investigation.
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The main lobbies for the industry — the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization — said they had not taken a formal position on the legislation.
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As the overseer, it hires workers to cut the lawn, take out the trash, clean lobbies and common areas and maintain pools, tennis courts, golf courses and other amenities.
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She has photographed artworks in museums, in office lobbies (including Verbund's), and in private homes, most famously in the New York and Connecticut residences of Emily and Burton Tremaine.
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The American Suppressor Association lobbies against regulations on silencers, like the one legally owned and then used in the attack on a Virginia Beach municipal building that killed 12.
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The law requires anyone who lobbies or does public relations for foreign individuals, companies, governments and political parties to reveal detailed information about their work and payments for it.
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Leading industry groups — including the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, and utility lobbies like the Edison Electric Institute — have pressed the administration for a replacement.
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A plan to convert an unused public housing block into a quarantine site incited protests on Sunday, with demonstrators setting fires in the lobbies of two of the buildings.
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As the other high-income countries amply prove, America's problems can be solved if our democracy can be retaken from the corporate lobbies and the big money in politics.
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Speaking on his LBC show about investigations into Russian election meddling, Farage said there are "foreign lobbies" that are "very powerful" in the U.S. and have influenced American politics.
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Come December, hotels around the country cover their gardens with Christmas lights, line their banisters with garlands, and place expertly decorated Christmas trees in the center of their lobbies.
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Secondly, there's a good chance there are going to be streamers, gaming celebrities, and other types of high-skilled players at the event, all competing in the same lobbies.
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Pay Our Interns, which prioritizes helping low-income and working-class students afford summer internships on the Hill, lobbies Democratic and Republican members of Congress to pay their interns.
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Worshippers on Friday filled the mosque's haram sanctuary, the holiest place in Islam, and spilled into nearby streets, malls, hotel lobbies and garages, listening to the sermon through loudspeakers.
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Disability:IN, a nonprofit that lobbies for disability inclusion in the workplace, in 2017 convened an advisory group of businesses with autism-focused hiring programs for at least a year.
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It could face a difficult path to being included in the final NDAA, especially if Trump lobbies the Republican-led Congress against it, as he is expected to do.
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Since taking office in late 2012, Abe has appealed directly to the largest business lobbies to raise wages at annual negotiations with unions that take place in the spring.
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Brussels-based EENA lobbies European Union (EU) countries to adopt the Advanced Mobile Location (AML) system, which can be a matter of life or death in search-and-rescue missions.
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Despite the yen's ascent, lawmakers and business lobbies have refrained from calling for more BOJ action, with some even saying that the costs of more easing may outweigh the benefits.
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New York Magazine reports that Cuomo spoke at tonight's rally led by Family Planning Advocates (an organization that lobbies for Planned Parenthood) about his proposed amendment to include Roe v.
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Harry Reid, who initially requested AATIP be created, has since left Congress, but still lobbies his friends and former colleagues in hopes that they'll dedicate more resources to UFO research.
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Many of the international political consulting and public-relations firms that coined it in 2015 are again seen trailing their candidates through the lobbies of hotels in Abuja and London.
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In response, the company is investing $1 billion over the next three years to upgrade the movie-going experience, including reclining seats, better concessions and alcoholic bars in the lobbies.
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The business lobbies of the postwar years knew what they wanted and generally got it, but theirs was a limited agenda that stuck to a relatively narrow set of demands.
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Barnier, a pro-EU conservative, has travelled extensively across the bloc since the 2016 Brexit referendum, finding time to meet even the smaller political players, labour unions and industry lobbies.
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In Alabama, faced with a choice between a Democrat and a man credibly accused of molesting under-age girls, local business lobbies sat the election out rather than switch sides.
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Sadly, this is the work of EU lobbies pursuing policies that hurt consumers in Europe (by making them pay artificially inflated prices for goods), and needlessly damage businesses across America.
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Negotiations would take a long time and the bloc could end up treating Britain as a less-regulated "off-shore" center, TheCityUK, which lobbies for Britain's financial services sector, said.
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Americans for Safe Access Foundation, which lobbies for safe, legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research,came out in January with its annual state medical marijuana program rankings.
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Contradictory findings on the carcinogenic risks of the chemical have pitted farming and chemical lobbies against citizen and environmental groups, making some EU politicians reluctant to approve its continued use.
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"IPAB was probably more terrifying to them than any provider group," said Rodney Whitlock, a former GOP Finance Committee aide who now lobbies for the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing.
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For the international financiers, who fund the politicians, it does not matter who wins the election as long as they can continue to influence policy through lobbies and political donations.
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While a very small number of rich farm businesses would have been affected, the amendment was killed almost immediately because of vigorous opposition from the crop insurance and farm lobbies.
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For example, a company may reasonably believe that giving to an organization that opposes some of its products is worthwhile because the organization successfully lobbies for lower corporate tax rates.
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"Uber's absurd proposal is a street safety disaster waiting to happen," said David Beier, president of the Committee for Taxi Safety, a group that lobbies for the traditional taxi industry.
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He comes from the American Council for Capitol Formation, an industry group that lobbies on economic and environmental policy, and he has worked in the George W. Bush White House.
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Ongoing discussions among refiners, farm groups, politicians and officials on changes to the RFS have led to a growing rift between two of Trumps constituencies: the oil and farm lobbies.
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The National Motorists Association, a grass-roots group that lobbies for safer traffic laws, blames the plague of left-lane laggards on the national speed limit imposed in the 1970s.
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Russian and foreign business lobbies had said any such law would effectively force firms to choose between doing business with Russia and having dealings with the rest of the world.
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"We're looking forward to the rules providing the industry with a clear road map," said Jan Stieger, the executive director of DBA International, which lobbies on behalf of debt buyers.
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But as new boutique hotels turn lobbies and lounges into hip hangouts, the 86-year-old Pierre is capitalizing on one of its own extraordinary, but previously underused, common areas.
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Similar opposition campaigns have taken root in states like Ohio, where supporters say they've been kept off the ballot, in part, because of the drug and business lobbies' strong stance.
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Hospitals could also improve patient experience in ways that have nothing to do with quality of care: Nicer TVs in the rooms or more opulent lobbies don't reduce mortality rates.
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You've probably seen one of these visitor check-in systems — they're often found in lobbies or reception areas of office buildings to check staff and visitors onto the work floor.
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Meanwhile, millennial travelers are flocking to "microhotels" with tiny rooms and hedonistic lobbies and lounges — you can check out any time you like, but you may never get clean sheets.
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The commander in chief just blocked on Twitter a veterans advocacy organization that lobbies on behalf of progressive causes and boasts half a million military veterans and families as supporters.
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And while Black and brown youth have been at the forefront of the anti-gun violence movement for years, they have received disproportionate backlash from law enforcement lobbies and politicians.
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The US political system is in the hands of the corporate lobbies, including Wall Street, private health care, the military armaments and gun industries, privately owned prisons and Big Oil.
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With only 4 percent of its taxable land remaining, Highland Falls lobbies, some years quite strenuously, for more than $3 million in annual federal impact aid to support its schools.
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"In the U.S., there are a lot of powerful lobbies, like the gun lobby, but in Korea the equivalent is the Samsung lobby or the Hyundai lobby," Mr. Newman said.
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The multiple badge pickup stations spread out across hotel lobbies, bus and monorail stops, and McCarran International Airport was my first clue that "CES takes over Vegas" is no understatement.
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"Most distillers will breathe a sigh of relief when this passes," said Margie Lehrman, the chief executive of the American Craft Spirits Association, which lobbies on behalf of small distillers.
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The unions and private sector lobbies, part of the so-called social partnership with the government, want more discussion on what they see as an unfair burden on their constituents.
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Coal is widely available in the Balkans, making it appealing to governments seeking ways to ensure security of supply and keep energy prices low while also placating influential mining lobbies.
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But there is little reason to think that insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies won't fight just as hard against CAP's plan, which would undeniably be a disaster for their bottom lines.
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Forbes Tate, a public affairs company that lobbies for many health care and drug companies, coordinates the work of the partnership, but is not registered to lobby on its behalf.
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Barnier, a pro-EU conservative, has traveled extensively across the bloc since the 2016 Brexit referendum, finding time to meet even the smaller political players, labor unions and industry lobbies.
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Powerful business lobbies -- both traditionally supportive of Republican candidates -- took the highly unusual step of lashing out at Trump during a speech he gave Tuesday that hammered U.S. free-trade deals.
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With Britain's parliament deadlocked, business lobbies have urged Prime Minister Theresa May's government to avoid the chaos expected if Britain abruptly exits the EU with no transition period on March 29.
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When the bill was first introduced on March 6, it drew criticism from a wide range of groups — health industry lobbies, conservatives, and moderate Republicans all came out against the legislation.
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But I could well be wrong.) Instead of the NRA lobbying Trump to change his mind when the two disagree on a proposed gun-control proposal, Trump (unsuccessfully) lobbies the NRA.
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In 289, the company partnered with select WeWork offices to bring drop-off boxes to its lobbies to increase the convenience of subscriptions, which now accounts for 1193% of its business.
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"Historically the industry has taken the position that federal government is the sole purview of fuel economy," said Bozzella of Global Automakers, which lobbies for companies including Nissan, Hyundai and Kia.
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"Historically, the industry has taken the position that federal government is the sole purview of fuel economy," said Bozzella of Global Automakers, which lobbies for companies including Nissan, Hyundai and Kia.
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Police already work closely with the internal security teams at office towers in Times Square, some of which increased the security presence in the lobbies of their buildings after Monday's attack.
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An energetic public relations machine promoted his popularity, which led to his portrait being adorned with marigolds from the marble halls of Bangkok office lobbies to the poorest of rural homes.
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The National Rifle Association, which lobbies on behalf of gun owners, does not oppose the development of "smart" guns or the ability for Americans to buy them, according to its website.
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The best way to build on the momentum of Fortnite's popularity, as well as support the community as a whole, is to build out tournaments focused on eliminations within public lobbies.
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Sweet also serves on the boards of Catalyst, a nonprofit that promotes advancement for women in the workplace, and the Business Roundtable, one of the most powerful business lobbies in Washington.
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I see philosophers of science as public intellectuals who speak up for science, and rectify common misconceptions or uninformed judgments that may feed into political lobbies, agendas and ultimately policy-making.
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Viewers are meant to be rooting for Sutherland's character as he lobbies against some bull-headed conservative governors who want to ban immigration, but the whole thing just made me depressed.
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Congress and Trump must work together to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act to ensure that everyone who lobbies and who is paid to lobby must disclose their work to the public.
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The AARP is one of the most active lobbies in Washington — its $8.7 million in spending in 2016 ranked 34th out of 3,729 organizations tracked by the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Stephen Bassett, who lobbies the government on extraterrestrial issues, views a Clinton presidency as a chance to finally get the United States to disclose all it knows about life beyond Earth.
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Argentine President Mauricio Macri and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plan to revitalize the Mercosur trade region, providing simpler access to Latin American markets, assuming farm lobbies can be brought on board.
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" Referring to other U.S. presidents, Assad said "all they are is a group of criminals who only represent the interest of American lobbies of large corporations in weapons, oil and others.
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The Internet Association (IA), which lobbies on behalf of major internet companies like Google and Facebook in Washington, D.C., has said that it wants to find a compromise on the legislation.
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NCSL, which frequently lobbies Congress to give states wider latitude to adopt their own policies, passed a resolution on Wednesday allowing its Washington office to begin lobbying Congress to stay away.
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Once the photo is sent to the Government Publishing Office, portraits are distributed via the General Services Administration, as well as a few other agencies, for hanging at entrances and lobbies.
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Amazon gave $1.45 million to a political action committee, the Civic Alliance for a Sound Economy, which lobbies on behalf of Seattle&aposs business groups — the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
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CJAC typically lobbies for legislation that will reduce the number of lawsuits filed against companies in the state, but it has recently been directing funds to oppose the net neutrality proposal.
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"What we wanted was for our lobbies to act as community gathering spaces and designed them with that in mind," Kelly Sawdon, partner and chief creative officer at Ace Hotels, said.
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"I don't see China yielding an inch on Xinjiang," said John Kamm, the founder of the Dui Hua Foundation, a San Francisco-based group that lobbies China on human rights issues.
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Perhaps it shouldn't be so surprising, given that the president is the real-estate-investor-in-chief, and that his personal interests align with one of the country's most powerful lobbies.
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While these powerful lobbies have notched many achievements, they have also made it extremely hard to introduce new ideas, program modernizations, or any sort of innovation into government services for vets.
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The state's technology and business lobbies were opposed to the measure that was passed on Thursday, but they didn't try to derail it because they thought the ballot initiative was worse.
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"We are watching the industrialization of commercial cannabis," said Tawnie Logan, chairwoman of the board of the California Growers Association, an organization that lobbies for cottage growers' access to the market.
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It asked the Federation of Korean Industries, which lobbies on behalf of Samsung and other big businesses, to provide $5.9 million for those groups between 2014 and 2016, the prosecutor said.
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As with decarbonization, the right wing and corporate lobbies are using scare tactics to hide the basic fact: Health care costs in the US can be cut considerably, while improving services.
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Despite the cost, a sales manager told the outlet they are now sold out of the 20-foot Frasers, which went mostly to customers with penthouses or building lobbies to outfit.
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American businesses and industry lobbies, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have criticized Trump's trade dispute with China, saying it will hurt businesses that already face greater competition from local rivals.
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It also lobbies for a standard threshold of one year for habitual residence and advises parents to sign a pre-move contract stating that the child can go home at any time.
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Key industries with powerful lobbies including agriculture as well as an informal sector, estimated at anywhere between a third and 90% of the overall economy, are untouched and tax evasion is rampant.
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Beijing faces intensifying pressure from Western governments and business lobbies to remove investment barriers and other rules that hobble overseas firms from operating in the country, as well as intellectual property theft.
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The influential auto lobbies in Canada and Mexico are upset by new U.S. proposals for increasing NAFTA's regional content for vehicles produced in the three member nations of the 1994 trade pact.
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Russian and foreign business lobbies say the proposal, if it becomes law, would effectively force firms to choose between doing business with Russia and having dealings with the rest of the world.
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Then, business lobbies such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Federation of Independent Business warned it would cause economic disaster; today they hail it as a landmark civil rights law.
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African manufacturers worry about European competition: nascent industries are "prone to being overrun" by imports, warns Segun Ajayi-Kadir of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, which lobbies against the west African deal.
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Rena Herdiyani, vice chairwoman of Kalyanamitra, an Indonesian nongovernmental organization that lobbies the national government to ban all forms of cutting, wants the government to impose sanctions on people who perform circumcisions.
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Mr Musa says the Kurdish officials he lobbies have been distracted by a war with Islamic State, a failed referendum on independence and, now, repairing relations with Iraq's central government in Baghdad.
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It substitutes the power of political lobbies for market forces, favouring loud, well-organised producers over silent, disparate consumers and robbing economies of the nimbleness needed to adapt to changing technological conditions.
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The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which lobbies for such laws and represents workers with legal claims against unions, contributed more than $750,000 to a campaign to defeat the referendum.
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Trump had supported the idea of a price cap and expanded high-ethanol gasoline sales but found it hard to find common ground between the oil and corn lobbies on the issue.
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The main opposition party, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, has presented a parliamentary motion of no-confidence in the whole government, which it says is in the thrall of industrial lobbies.
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The forum, which lobbies for black rights, criticised the mobile phone operator's decision saying it was retrogressive to plans for the inclusion of blacks in corporate boardrooms in Africa's most industrialised country.
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"This government has to go because it only acts in the interests of the lobbies, their friends and their relatives," 5-Star founder Beppe Grillo said on his blog before the votes.
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Brazil's industry lobbies, like its probable new president, now want to talk trade with the United States as well as the EU. But free trade has become politically toxic in the north.
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U.S. companies in China are being hurt by mounting trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, according to a survey, prompting U.S. business lobbies to urge the Trump administration to reconsider its approach.
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Challenged in a March hearing to name an industry group that supported the White House's more hawkish policies – which traditional business lobbies had criticized – Lighthizer stammered before naming labor union AFL-CIO.
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"Properties in Europe are taking extra security measures now such as employing unmarked security personnel in their lobbies and training their employees to be on the lookout for suspicious activity," he said.
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Mr. Keen, 32, is a manager of legislative affairs and a registered lobbyist for the National Federation of Independent Business in Washington; he lobbies members of Congress on behalf of small businesses.
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"We deserve a governor who is going to stand up to one of the largest and most powerful lobbies who stand in the way of any common-sense gun reform," he said.
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Incompas, which lobbies on behalf of smaller service providers, said the FCC should take up a new rule that would effectively ban rental property owners from giving preferential treatment to certain companies.
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In 1948, the District of Columbia, in an arrangement with Muzak, the company that sells background music for stores and hotel lobbies, began piping radio broadcasts into the city's trolleys and buses.
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The group that lobbies for them in Washington said this week that opponents are jumping the gun and mischaracterizing the proposal to alter the nation's flight navigation system before it is unveiled.
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"I played the Sunset Strip at the Roxy, had braces and had my dad drop me off for gigs in hotel lobbies, and I was not super cool," Mr. Helberg, 35, said.
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The scandal is that Apple actively discourages you from trying to fix your own phone, lobbies against legislation that would make it easy for you to restore your phone to peak condition.
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The group has also waged action against nanotechnology researchers and pro-nuclear lobbies, and claimed responsibility for the non-fatal shooting of a nuclear-engineering executive on 7 May in Genoa, Italy.
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Production there hit a high in the 1980s, when the flower, a symbol of hospitality, became a popular form of décor in hotel lobbies throughout the United States, according to Ms. Asch.
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And it's not just the china and the fabrics but also the rooms and bars and lobbies; each is a playful, whimsical riot of patterns and colors, fabrics and pictures and stuff.
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Mr. Federle's rehearsal hat from "Gypsy" hangs in the living room, and a few "Tim Federle" nameplates, once part of the cast boards in theater lobbies, are on display in the bookcase.
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U.S. companies also say they feel increasingly unwelcome in China, with business lobbies calling for more even-handed enforcement of laws and regulations to create a level playing field for global firms.
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"We don't think it does the things economists say it's going to do," said James Gelfand, senior vice president for health policy for the Erisa Industry Committee, which lobbies for large employers.
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A century later, it remains a throwback to the early glamour days of skyscraper living: a dozen brick towers fancifully decorated with half-timbered lobbies, stone crests and other mock-Tudor details.
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Located in Washington, D.C., the Secular Coalition for America (SCA) lobbies the U.S. Congress, White House, and federal agencies on issues of concern to our constituency and those of our coalition partners.
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The lawyers say officers often stopped and searched people who were hanging out in the lobbies of enrolled buildings, and questioned them about trespassing simply for having walked out of a building.
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It asked the Federation of Korean Industries, which lobbies on behalf of Samsung and other big businesses, to provide $5.9 million for those groups between 2014 and 2016, the special prosecutor said.
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A U.S.-based pressure group that lobbies companies to stop trading with Iran, United Against Nuclear Iran, said Yang Ming's decision to withdraw was motivated by the risk of doing business there.
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And the American Chemistry Council — a large umbrella organization that lobbies on behalf of plastic manufacturers, among other groups — has spent between $5 million and $13 million on lobbying annually since 2009.
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Also behind the measure were America's Health Insurance Plans, the giant trade group for insurers; AARP representing the elderly; the National Retail Federation, which lobbies for merchants plus doctors, hospitals and patients groups.
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For instance, a program called Pregnant on Campus lobbies schools to provide better resources for pregnant students, like lactation rooms, diaper decks, and reasonable accommodations for things like housing arrangements and course responsibilities.
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Nevertheless, the support was no doubt welcome news to farm lobbies and capitol hill lawmakers who've urged the president to fit the issue into his plan to rebuild the country's roads and bridges.
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The idea to infiltrate Facebook came to Bannon from Chris Gacek, a former congressional staffer who is now an official at the Family Research Council, which lobbies against abortion and many LGBT rights.
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PARIS (Reuters) - A proposed increase in France's share tax flies in the face of efforts by the government and the financial industry to lure banking jobs from London, financial sector lobbies have warned.
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"Honestly, we borrowed the idea from the hotel industry, where many properties have branded scents that welcome guests to the lobbies," said Kevin Bumen, director of California's San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport.
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But major foreign investment will take at least six months to arrive, experts say, as companies navigate the web of bureaucracy, opaque ownership structures and powerful Iranian lobbies that bristle at foreign competition.
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Englebrook said SEA provides a network for social enterprises but also lobbies governments on policy changes, attracting Democrats with the social impact and Republicans because of savings offered by helping people find work.
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Republicans will also have to deal with the unpopularity of raising healthcare costs for old people, going up against powerful lobbies like AARP, which has been on the warpath against the GOP bill.
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Started by two former Google employees, the startup installs five-foot-wide counters stocked with non-perishable essentials like toiletries and canned food in convenient locations like offices, apartment building lobbies, and dormitories.
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"Established industries and lobbies give primarily to establishment candidates that they perceive will be leaders and eventual nominees," said Scott Swenson, vice president for communications for Common Cause, a nonprofit political watchdog group.
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Britain's financial lobbies have long argued that relocation, which would undermine London's position as Europe's top financial center, will significantly raise costs for euro-denominated transactions, affecting the euro and the EU economy.
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Dr. West accused the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of "war crimes" and said that "the role of money and lobbies makes it difficult for there to be a candid dialogue" on Israel.
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Architect Barbara Weiss, founder of the Skyline Campaign -- a pressure group that lobbies against the onslaught of tall buildings in development in London -- deems the protected view corridors out of date and elitist.
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The deal survived in Congress despite the opposition of some of the most powerful lobbies and think tanks in Washington - groups that were once viewed as dominant in our national foreign policy debates.
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The group that lobbies for battery markers in Washington, PRBA–The Rechargeable Battery Association, said the "decision by the ICAO Council was not unexpected," although its industry strongly disagrees with the regulators' conclusions.
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"By not trusting any company, ascribing to them sinister motives, that's raising eyebrows and is being perceived as unfair and potentially un-Republican," said Scheineson, who also lobbies for a flavored cigar company.
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Emily Scarr, the Director of U.S. PIRG in Maryland—a group that lobbies for the right-to-repair across the country—said corporate lobbyists have just begun to come out against the bill.
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While she sat around various lobbies and cafeterias while Nesterenko had meetings, we were treated to a lengthy, somewhat on-the-nose flashback that positioned and buttressed her 11th-hour change of heart.
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TV's Krystal Ball knocks Clinton's 'mean girl' comments against Sanders MORE, for example, was criticized in February 22020 for having Steve Elmendorf of Subject Matter, who lobbies for Goldman Sachs, at a debate.
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The ruling was praised by environmental groups but angered many politicians and business lobbies who said millions of drivers might end up unable to use or sell vehicles they bought in good faith.
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The Motion Picture Association and the News Media Alliance, a group that lobbies for news organizations, have urged the Trump administration not to allow the protections in a future trade deal with Britain.
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During the week, Mr. Clark works as an optometrist, and Ms. Rettig runs a nonprofit group called Tampa Bay Free Beaches, which lobbies for opening up more areas of Florida to nude recreation.
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The Due Process Institute is a bipartisan 501(c)(4) who educates, lobbies, and litigates on behalf of the principles of fundamental fairness and procedural due process rights in the criminal legal system.
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Seeing such distinct holiday decor within these NYC hotels made me think that people visiting any city should check out some of the bigger hotels' lobbies for a unique and free holiday experience.
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The group that lobbies in Washington for most major carriers has rejected the idea that separating air traffic control from the FAA would amount to a privatization of the nation's flight navigation system.
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"Minor children are being brought under treacherous circumstances because we have incentivized this," said Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a national organization that lobbies for curbing all immigration.
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Jayapal's theories of governing, how they differ from those of Obama-era Democrats, and why she doesn't think she needs buy-in from the powerful hospital and insurance lobbies to pass new legislation.
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They hacked the Call of Duty series of military-themed shooters to create so-called modded lobbies—places on Xbox Live where Call of Duty players could join games governed by reality-bending rules.
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"It creates numerous loopholes, intentionally blinds regulators, eliminates reporting requirements, and leaves the banks to self-regulate," said Dennis Kelleher, president and chief executive of Better Markets, a group that lobbies for tighter regulation.
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Fresh on the heels of President Donald Trump's inauguration, one of the largest pro-copyright lobbies in the United States is asking the newly elected president to increase the powers held by copyright holders.
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Here are ways to keep yourself safe during online transactions: Swap items in the lobby of a police station A lot of police departments nationwide allow the use of their lobbies for such transactions.
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That observation was repeated on the first panel by James McAndrew, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) senior special agent of 26 years, who now effectively lobbies on behalf of dealers and collectors.
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The obvious, but perhaps best-suited, placement for a mixed reality location-based experience is in movie theater lobbies, as there are cineplexes in most cities and folks have reason to go there regularly.
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He also took her to task for not addressing the Palestinians' plight at greater length during her recent speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, one of the country's largest pro-Israel lobbies.
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But it is unclear whether Mr Modi's reforming side can override his conservatism, which reflexively favours an interventionist state, protectionist trade policies and the opinions of Hindutva trade unions, small business lobbies and ideologues.
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Plans for the redesign — which have yet to be completed — open the museum's lobbies and expand its galleries to address problems of circulation, overcrowding and an aura of coldness attributed to the Taniguchi renovation.
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Activist investors often build positions in what they view as undervalued companies with the goal of advocating for key changes, though Oram added that Praesidium typically lobbies for changes in private discussions with management.
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Some of the language used by the CSU MPs in the Bundestag's lobbies today came close to justifying a vote of confidence in the chancellor, prompting angry exchanges with Merkel loyalists in the CDU.
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The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, which represents the pharmaceutical industry and lobbies on its behalf in Congress, declined to offer a statement of support for Frazier or to comment on Trump's reaction.
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The plan to ease ownership restrictions comes as Beijing faces mounting pressure from Western governments and business lobbies to remove investment barriers and onerous regulations that hobble foreign firms from operating in its markets.
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Earlier this week, tech trade association the Internet Association — which lobbies on behalf of companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon — met with the FCC to support the net neutrality rules in their current form.
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Yes, China lobbies the United States, and, yes, China writes op-eds, and, yes, China uses its trade policy where they know it will hurt as a way of exerting pressure on the president.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday defeated two parliamentary no-confidence motions tabled by opposition parties that accuse his government of conflicts of interest and bowing to industrial and banking lobbies.
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It's an attempt at a compromise that's sure to infuriate Pai's critics, including the Internet Association, a Washington, D.C-based group that lobbies on behalf of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter and other web giants.
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"There are examples of systems that can effectively move people from 'welfare to work' but they are not connected to work requirements," a former Republican congressional aide who now lobbies on Medicaid issues said.
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He portrays leaders as captives of a simple-minded public and only late in the book considers whether a supposedly bottom-up ideology may reflect top-down manipulation and pandering by politicians and lobbies.
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Amazon Go Vice President Gianna Puerini, who gave CNN Business a look around the store early this week, said the idea is to eventually bring them to places like office building lobbies and hospitals.
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Although rates and fees at hotels have been rising for a number of years, Mr. Garlick said, hotels have been adding perks like upgraded breakfast offerings, free Wi-Fi and renovated bathrooms and lobbies.
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"ITI welcomes the administration's continued focused on IT modernization," said Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president for the public sector at the Information Technology Industry Council, which lobbies for companies like Google, Facebook and Apple.
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"They have got a bad story out there right now," Robert Harmala, a former House aide who lobbies for the Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors, said regarding Guthy-Renker and its Wen product line.
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Tesla lobbies under its own name in many parts of the country, so how did it come to be working under the guise of the EFCA, and why is it continuing to do so?
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Relatively minor amendments to the outdated regulations, illogical farm bills and subsidies that dictate our current policy (in favor of the major food lobbies) could have a huge impact on the future of food.
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" The other side: The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which lobbies on behalf of PBMs, said in a statement that "PBM clients," including state Medicaid programs, "choose the type of contracts they have with PBMs.
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The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, a private organization that lobbies on behalf of 29,375 factory owner members, has created a replacement system with the government's support: the Ready Made Garments Sustainability Council.
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Blethen writes, speaks out and lobbies for newspaper interests and has long been a critic of newspaper chains and the massive consolidation that has taken place in the industry over the past 30 years.
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But if you're searching Google Maps, the only so-called "abortion clinic" in town is Arkansas Right to Life, an anti-abortion organization that lobbies the state Legislature and supports anti-abortion political candidates.
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Fear of retaliation had once made business lobbies eschew more forceful U.S. trade policies toward China, but such groups have increasingly urged the Trump administration to take targeted action to address market access imbalances.
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Two powerful lobbies, the National Association of Broadcasters and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, contend that the disclosure requirement would be a form of "compelled speech" in violation of the First Amendment.
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Netanyahu's remarks, issued by his office in a transcript, came as Israel lobbies world powers to follow the United States in exiting their 2015 deal with Iran that capped the Islamic Republic's nuclear capabilities.
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It's also a glimpse into what a potent political issue climate change and energy policy can be in a handful of countries with powerful fossil fuel lobbies, namely Australia, Canada and the United States.
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But influential evangelical and agribusiness lobbies rallied to his side in the final stretch, while investors and wealthy Brazilians backed him, believing that Mr. Bolsonaro would curtail social spending and implement market-friendly reforms.
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They've emerged out of an especially dull couple of years in painting, during which a flood of derivative abstraction threatened to devolve the form into the kind of swank kitsch found in hotel lobbies.
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Mr. Trump's threat has particularly unsettled America's main Asian allies, Japan and South Korea, adversaries and neighbors of North Korea that have increasingly vocal lobbies for acquiring their own nuclear weapons to counter Pyongyang's.
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Thistle could counter these threats by further eliminating delivery costs by selling through partners like office smart fridges where employees pay on the spot, or equipping gym lobbies with more than just Muscle Milk.
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To compensate, before he heads out to meet a group of visitors, he leans on his tour-guide knowledge of the city to identify churches or hotel lobbies where he can sit and wait.
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Garza, now thirty-five, is the special-projects director in the Oakland office of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, which represents twenty thousand caregivers and housekeepers, and lobbies for labor legislation on their behalf.
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The industry had long been one of the most powerful lobbies in Albany, but it suffered a loss of influence after its Republican allies surrendered control of the State Senate in the November elections.
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Robots can dehumanize killing Kerr works with the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, an organization that lobbies groups like the United Nations to prevent a future where autonomous killing machines are used in war.
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And while pharmaceutical lobbies, insurers, and medical tax device companies have mostly stayed out of the current health care fight, they'd surely mobilize an all-out war against single-payer — and the Democratic Party.
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But the effort exposed gaping divisions between the corn and oil lobbies, along with disagreements between integrated refiners like BP Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp and merchant refiners like PBF Energy Inc, over solutions.
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"You're both jacking up the prices and giving people less of a subsidy, which is a damaging combination," says David Certner, legislative policy director for the AARP, which lobbies on behalf of Americans over 55.
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It has embarked on a public relations and legal offensive as Washington lobbies allies to abandon its products when building 5G networks, centering on a 2017 Chinese law requiring companies cooperate with national intelligence work.
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Every dollar that is cut from discretionary spending could affect other popular and vital programs, including transportation, conservation, agriculture and commerce -- all of which have powerful lobbies ready to go into battle for their funding.
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First look at George Lucas' space-age art museum Friends of the Parks, a nonprofit organization that lobbies for the preservation of parks and open spaces in Chicago, filed a federal lawsuit to block construction.
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Chinese officials have repeatedly pledged to lower market access barriers, but U.S. business lobbies say a negative list of prohibited and restricted industries for foreign investors is still too broad and must be whittled down.
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"What our Christian faith teaches us is we're supposed to worry about our actions," Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Director of Network lobby, a faith organization in DC that lobbies for social justice, told VICE Impact.
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To regular moviegoers, the MPAA is probably best-known (to the extent it's known at all) for its occasionally mystifying ratings system, but the group actively lobbies for the studios on a range of issues.
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Instead of building that one charter school, build an organization that lobbies for an end to the funding of public schools according to the value of the homes in the city where the child lives.
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MANAMA, March 18 (Reuters) - As the weekend kicks off in Bahrain, Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti cars jam the capital's roads and hotel lobbies fill with visitors looking for bars, restaurants and other night-time entertainment.
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Industry lobbies have predicted a fall, saying funds that are collected continuously to support green electricity are expected to exceed anticipated payouts next year, although there is an ongoing expansion of wind and solar installations.
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Mr. Bolsonaro, who is often greeted with raucous applause in airport lobbies and street rallies around Brazil, placed fourth among potential presidential candidates in a public opinion survey in April by Datafolha, a polling company.
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On the strength of his ties to the Trump family, Mr. Erdogan also named Mr. Yalcindag to a new role as chairman of a state-run business group that lobbies Washington on behalf of Ankara.
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The group that lobbies in Washington for most major carriers besides Delta has rejected the idea that separating air traffic control from the FAA would amount to a privatization of the nation's flight navigation system.
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The podcast -- which has eight episodes -- is paid for by Food Policy Action, an organization founded in 2012 that aims to educate voters on food issues and lobbies Congress primarily on behalf of liberal causes.
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They summon their urban life with a novelist's ear for the telling grotesque detail — in accounts of apartment building lobbies where everything looks and smells like soup, or diners where the coffee is always gray.
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There are growing indications, too, that if an English majority secures a vote for Britain to leave the bloc, powerful lobbies in Scotland and Northern Ireland will respond with demands for secession and new alliances.
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The main road is so devoid of traffic that I can walk up the middle of the roadway, and inside the sprawling whitewashed resort hotels that line it my footsteps echo across empty marbled lobbies.
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Britain sold 1.4 million pounds ($1.83 million) worth of arms to Venezuela between May 2010 and March 2017, according to The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), which lobbies to end arms sales to repressive governments.
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Concerns have spread from democratic and human rights groups to secondary school students, church groups and media lobbies as well as corporate lawyers and pro-establishment business figures, some usually loath to contradict the government.
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"(They) are doing themselves and their customers a disservice and are knowingly putting the lives of the workers producing for them at risk," said Christie Miedema of the Campaign, which lobbies to improve workers' conditions.
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The properties will have stylish décor and emphasize communal spaces, especially lobbies, in which guests as well as the local community can work and socialize while being surrounded by exhibits showcasing pieces by local artists.
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Critic's Notebook Last week, overcome by anxieties about the election results, I kept hearing variations on the same phrase — at the food co-op, in the lobbies of theaters, during an interview with an actor.
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"You're both jacking up the prices and giving people less of a subsidy, which is a damaging combination," says David Certner, legislative policy director for the AARP, which lobbies on behalf of Americans over 22026.
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Ms. Raman's photographs show spaces that are paradoxically majestic and intimate: Once luxurious interiors replete with towering screens, grand staircases and opulent lobbies were designed to make going to the movies both personal and fleeting.
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Daniel Savickas, who lobbies Congress on election-related issues for the conservative FreedomWorks, blasted the Senate majority leader for letting legislation languish: "Unfortunately, all Senator McConnell wants to do is judges these days," he said.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads VIENNA — The Vertical Gallery of the Sammlung Verbund is just that — a stacked exhibition space comprising stairs and lobbies at the headquarters of Verbund AG, Austria's leading electricity company.
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At least one of Professor Dawut's graduate students in China has also disappeared, according to John Kamm, founder of the Dui Hua Foundation in San Francisco, which lobbies the Chinese government on human rights cases.
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This season has included an evening organized by the dance network Aunts — a festive invasion of lobbies and backstage areas — and "7 Pleasures," a work of orgy-as-performance by the Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen.
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"It's clear that net zero is where investors are pushing companies," Andrew Logan, senior director of oil and gas at Ceres, a nonprofit that lobbies for companies to take action on climate change, told me.
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Much of the city still pays homage to this heyday like a time capsule, with midcentury modern design on display from hotel lobbies and bungalow homes to contemporary furniture boutiques, eclectic dining, and local architecture.
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Now the general counsel for the American Conservative Union, Mr. Safavian lobbies for legislation and programs granting leniency and job training for lower-level drug offenders as well as white-collar former convicts like himself.
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For decades, big sugar lobbies and food giants hid the science on how sugar can overload the liver, and up the odds a person may develop heart issues, diabetes, or even die an early death.
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Despite the widely negative coverage of the score and swift condemnation from groups ranging from health care lobbies to conservative political organizations, House Speaker Paul Ryan continues to argue that the CBO score is positive.
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"What's important is, let's step back and go back to regular order, and let the process run its course," said Jack Gerard, head of the American Petroleum Institute, which lobbies on behalf of oil companies.
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A delegation of 50 company executives, from nuclear giants EDF and Areva, planemaker Airbus and hotels group Accor, as well as representatives of the French beef, pork and milk lobbies are expected to travel with Macron.
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In the game lobbies of DraftKings and FanDuel, however, sharks are free to flood the marketplace with thousands of entries every day, luring inexperienced, bad players into games in which they are at a sizable disadvantage.
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Several international press-freedom lobbies, including HRW, have also protested over the year-long imprisonment of Jovo Martinovic, a journalist in Montenegro who has helped many media organisations over the past 15 years (including The Economist).
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Ms Bhana sees a danger in the extreme positions of some lobbies, especially religious ones, and countries such as Saudi Arabia that resist teaching children about sex at all, in the hope of keeping them "pure".
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Another was the sight of business lobbies praising Jeremy Corbyn, Labour's far-left leader, because he supported the idea of forming such a union, in hopes of uniting with rebel Tory MPs to defeat the government.
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Michael McKenna, who lobbies for numerous energy companies like Southern Co., Competitive Power Ventures and Dow Chemical, said he left "reluctantly" but did not want to comply with the requirements that lobbyists end their federal registrations.
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With so much competition for screen time, marketing assets in lobbies and other small favors, no Hollywood studio wants to be publicly perceived as pursuing this practice, whether on its own or via a third party.
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Ashwath Rajan and Paul McDonald are promoting the installation of small shops in the lobbies of dorms, offices and apartments, stocking them with typical convenience store items, and allowing payment with a mobile app (photo above).
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"For the first time in while, I have been in a complete shock - it is happening in Moscow," Alena Popova, co-founder of the W Project, which lobbies for women's rights, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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The AMA, which lobbies on behalf of doctors, said on Tuesday it will press Congress to overturn 20-year-old legislation that blocks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from conducting research on gun violence.
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As Morant's star rose, the university's athletic department took the unusual step of hiring security personnel to accompany the team on the road, once it became apparent that overzealous fans were camping out in hotel lobbies.
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They also said they were moving away from plans to have the names of honorees etched in the stones around Lincoln Center's fountain and to put displays in the lobbies of each of the center's theaters.
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But if the past is any predictor of the future, major farm lobbies are likely to cry havoc and claim that the very foundations of our food system will be shaken by the modest Grassley proposal.
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A South African advocacy group that lobbies for the rights of white farmers will on Thursday challenge in court President Cyril Ramaphosa's plan to change the constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation.
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James C. Greenwood is the president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) in Washington, DC. BIO lobbies on behalf of biotech companies in industries, including healthcare and agriculture, and has over a thousand members.
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