Their lobbying, which is carried out at the expense of their companies, is subsidized by their shareholders.

It is lobbying the troika for further debt relief.

Its success depends on market demand, not political lobbying.

Only such changes including lobbying reforms can restore effective governance.

Lobbying on behalf of girls, for 0.5 billion in 2001.

(d) Contribution and expense flows

Despite lobbying by proponents, in December 2012, the proposal was rejected.

He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm.

Politics In April 2013, a lobbying group called FWD.us (aimed at lobbying for immigration reform and improvements to education) was launched, with Drew Houston listed as one of the founders.

I traveled at my own expense.

Connections are highlighted between Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the lobbying arm of the largest drug companies in the United States, lobbying groups in Washington D.C., and the Congress.

NGOs, too, have an indispensable part to play in monitoring and lobbying.

Wadad Halwani They reconciled at our expense

This reduces the willingness of institutional investors to invest in counteracting insider lobbying.

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Because insiders gain the full benefits that arise through lobbying for lax corporate governance rules, while their firms bear most of the costs of such lobbying, insiders have an advantage in the competition for influence over politicians.

When it comes to lobbying, money is not everything ideas play a big role, too.

The SDG framework has been the subject of a year of widespread consultation, lobbying, and debate.

But institutional investors usually do not provide a sufficient counter weight to lobbying by corporate insiders.

Second, like the financial sector, the tech industry is enormously influential politically through contributions and lobbying.

Who doesn t enjoy a joke at the expense of politicians?

Their lobbying efforts worked well, first to deregulate, and then to have taxpayers pay for the cleanup.

After prolonged lobbying by the financial services industry, US President Bill Clinton repealed Glass Steagall in 1999.

A majority of the commissioners turned down the proposals after substantial lobbying from the mutual fund industry.

This caused considerable difficulties for American industry but at first their lobbying was largely ignored by government.

Such extraordinary fiscal largesse, all at taxpayers expense, cannot continue indefinitely.

Lobbying advocacy National Network of Women Ministers and Parliamentarians and the Association of Traditional Chiefs of the Niger.

And labor hoarding was encouraged at the expense of productivity and profitability.

When they reconciled, they made up without us and at our expense.

Their priority is themselves at the expense of their people group members.

Uribe has spent weeks directly and personally lobbying key American legislators, and he is undoubtedly his own best advocate.

These relationships include political contributions, political approval for military spending, lobbying to support bureaucracies, and oversight of the industry.

As a result, mechanistic solidarity grows stronger at the expense of organic solidarity.

So its trade surplus continues to soar at the expense of other countries.

The main expense is medication and in case of surgical procedures, surgical supplies.

So those concerned with job losses in US manufacturing should join the chorus lobbying for a much smaller fiscal deficit.

Moreover, those who make decisions for institutional investors often have interests that discourage lobbying for stronger constraints on corporate insiders.

It is also hoped that some lobbying could influence the legislation in defense of woman entrepreneur in the informal sector.

Another strategy trained women for participation in national politics and political parties by helping them develop advocacy and lobbying skills.

This comes largely at the expense of small farmers and consumers, particularly the poor.

Once pushing industrialization at the expense of agriculture, African leaders routinely ignored ordinary farmers.

The predominance of non proliferation concerns at the expense of disarmament must be addressed.

For this reason, US diplomats are lobbying hard for the OSCE, and Kazakhstan in particular, to be given a fair chance.

The US has been lobbying China for some time for economic policy changes aimed at stimulating domestic demand and open markets.

The SEC s rejection of the proposed rules demonstrates the power of concerted lobbying and that concentrated interests often trump diffuse benefits.