Liberals and lobby groups will complain that those are crucial programs.
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Opposition leaders and gun lobby groups called the amnesty a failure.
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Business lobby groups fiercely oppose the government's decision to abolish the provision.
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Lobby groups could easily pervert the charges into a form of quiet protectionism.
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Gun lobby groups, however, have long argued that semiautomatic weapons are constitutionally protected.
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Business lobby groups have warned new taxes will weigh on investment and growth.
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As powerful lobby groups push competing solutions, bipartisan deals almost inevitably break down.
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You can thank climate deniers, lobby groups and cowardly politicians for this delay.
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BFA is a coalition group, representing the biggest ISPs and their lobby groups.
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Business lobby groups have warned that many companies are unprepared for a messy Brexit.
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Hundreds of members of lobby groups have traveled to Washington to meet with lawmakers.
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"They only seem to be listening to the trans lobby groups," says Ms Carter.
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Farm lobby groups are also pressuring Congress to finalize the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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Worse still, lobby groups could easily pervert the charges into a form of quiet protectionism.
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It was joined by several energy-focused NGOs, EDF, nuclear firm Orano, and lobby groups.
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Watch for multinational corporations and well-funded lobby groups to mobilize aggressively against this tax.
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They publicly shamed American politicians for caving to pressure from powerful pro-gun lobby groups.
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But critics suggest governments may also be bowing to pressure from powerful car industry lobby groups.
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Anti-tax lobby groups like Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) are also implicated in the film.
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Lobby groups estimate that the road-haulage industry is short of 229,21 drivers (the government agrees).
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Officials from the cities' lobby groups estimate they could each win around 10,000 jobs after Brexit.
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In reality, these large meat producer lobby groups and their members fear competition from smaller competitors.
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Canadian and U.S. business lobby groups say the legislation creates uncertainty and dissuades long-term investment.
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In most areas, lobby groups and nationalism have relegated global legal and financial players to bit parts.
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U.S. lobby groups voiced doubts, saying this made it difficult for firms to do business in India.
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His positions on gun legislation have been criticized by gun lobby groups, including the National Rifle Association.
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Industry lobby groups have pushed back, so far as is possible in Russia's tightly coiled political system.
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Last year, lobby groups successfully sued to overturn the similar fiduciary standard proposed by the Labor Department.
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The pipeline dispute spurred business lobby groups to ask the federal government to clear up the uncertainty.
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However, the convergence between French regulators and big tech companies was criticized by some internet lobby groups.
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It's true that the Obama administration has decided to spurn some of the traditionally most powerful lobby groups.
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Some business lobby groups have urged a delay to the rollout to allow more time to get ready.
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Browne's comment suggest that 16,400 jobs are at risk, lower than other estimates that lobby groups have put forward.
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Environmental lobby groups, some opposition political parties, and a former board member at EDF said that was a mistake.
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Hospital and health-insurance lobby groups claim that Mr Trump's price-transparency plan will backfire and prices will rise.
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Money better spent on assisting their own people has gone to high priced Washington lobby groups and PR firms.
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Thus, a significant number of American Jews support neither Israel's policy, nor the activity of pro-Israeli lobby groups.
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This makes it easy for local politicians and lobby groups to push their agenda ahead of the national election.
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Their concerns are to be taken up lobby groups planning a joint effort to pressure New Delhi to reconsider.
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And two, because Uber faced pushback from legacy taxi industry players, including lobby groups, and from local lawmakers and regulators.
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The move comes after significant pressure from lobby groups for the chain to block porn sites from the public WiFi.
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Past EPA administrators have been criticized for spending too much time with environmental lobby groups, and too little with industry.
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Industry lobby groups said they have made great strides since then, but the Commission decided that progress had been insufficient.
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Electoral system changes and three years in opposition helped ultra-conservative lawmakers and lobby groups strengthen their clout in the LDP.
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Business lobby groups say they will work with Moon in creating jobs - the president's No.1 priority according to his advisers.
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One of the country's main business lobby groups, where Cho serves as a vice chairman, expressed regret over the vote's results.
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She allegedly courted Republican-supporting lobby groups, such as the National Rifle Association, under the direction of a senior Russian official.
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Lobby groups last year sued successfully to overturn a similar Barack Obama-era fiduciary standard proposed by the Department of Labor.
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Most retailers are letting lobby groups speak on their behalf on the issue as investors wait for earnings, but not all.
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The most successful lobby groups are the ones with bipartisan support, which allows them to act as gatekeepers for both parties.
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Industry lobby groups and trade unions representing bank workers said last month an extra payroll could cost up to 16,000 jobs.
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Business lobby groups have urged Merkel to cut corporate taxes and some economists accuse her of being complacent about the economy.
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Gradient's clients include two of the most powerful lobby groups in Washington, the American Petroleum Institute and the American Chemistry Council.
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Genetic engineering techniques that anti-GMO activists and lobby groups lump under the "GMO" umbrella are tools in an agricultural toolbox.
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But documents detailing counter offers from lobby groups Innovative Medicines Canada and BIOTECanada show an industry struggling to win over federal officials.
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China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) - the project's Chinese state-backed investor - and business lobby groups also welcomed the decision on Hinkley.
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Looking to win over the industrialists, Salvini met representatives of 14 professional lobby groups on Sunday to hear their complaints and recommendations.
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The bill is opposed by a long list of seniors and health industry lobby groups on the grounds that it curtails coverage.
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"Some journalists and lobby groups have simplified complex land disputes to serve their own ends," the cable read, according to Foreign Policy.
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The BDI industry association - one of Germany's most influential lobby groups - said a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations was needed at an Oct.
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Pruitt has close ties to lobby groups like the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, as well as the oil companies supporting them.
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U.S. lobby groups had voiced concerns about those proposals too, saying they made it difficult for companies to do business in the country.
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Moreover, DAFs are frequently used to funnel money to political campaigns and lobby groups, rather than what most people would consider good causes.
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Several Wall Street lobby groups said the rule did not take into account other regulations designed to mitigate the risk of counterparty exposure.
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Canada&aposs federal elections laws put limits on contributions to political parties so that only individuals, not corporations or lobby groups, may donate.
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Firms and lobby groups say the late changes to the law, while positive, leave most of the original legislation intact and remain broad.
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Banks and other financial firms are also working through a range of lobby groups and individual companies are also expressing their own views.
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Business lobby groups had been clamoring for clarity on the terms of the divorce and Britain's future trading relationship with the European Union.
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Business lobby groups are still clamoring for clarity on the terms of the divorce and Britain's future trading relationship with the European Union.
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PhRMA and BIO, the major lobby groups for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, did not respond to requests for comment on Trump's statement.
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But the move drew swift condemnation from U.S. business lobby groups worried that tit-for-tat tariffs would start to hamper economic growth.
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Two Afrikaans lobby groups, AfriForum and the Federation for Afrikaans Cultural Societies, had argued that banning the flag would encroach on freedom of expression.
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Regulators are often pro-incumbent, whether because they have been captured by lobby groups or because they fear big changes could cause financial instability.
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Lobby groups are already coming out against his nomination, in part because of accusations that the renamed OneWest Bank's foreclosure policies were too aggressive.
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Last year business lobby groups unsuccessfully opposed proposals obliging companies to set aside breastfeeding areas with breast pumps and fridges for employees with infants.
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After that setback, big banks are taking matters into their own hands, working separately from the lobby groups and other parts of the industry.
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And prior to the crisis, lobby groups argued that the UK chancellor should intervene to stop lengthy probes that might kill off burgeoning startups.
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The lobby groups said businesses were now triggering contingency plans to deal with the expected chaos, though hundreds of thousands had yet to start planning.
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Whichever groups are hit up for the "pay-fors" — the loopholes being closed — will inevitably form lobby groups and oppose those elements of the plan.
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While it is aimed at reducing coal-fired production, the plan could be thwarted by strong coal lobby groups, warned Ukrainian energy journalist Sergey Golovnev.
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A coalition of lobby groups for European businesses active in Russia said in a joint statement on Wednesday it was extremely concerned about the detentions.
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Free-trade lobby groups say consumers would be saddled with higher prices and less availability of products ranging from avocados and berries to heavy trucks.
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The four, along with a couple of lobby groups, are pitching the matter as merely a legal issue, with Washington, D.C. alone setting emissions standards.
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That is quite a turnaround: Prohibition came about because the Anti-Saloon League, which pushed for it, was one of America's most powerful lobby groups.
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Germany has extensive business and energy links to Russia and some of its lobby groups have previously expressed concern about the U.S. sanctions against Moscow.
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Some lobby groups opposed the rule, known as Small Area Fair Market Rents, adopted - but not implemented nationwide - during the final months of the Obama administration.
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Lobby groups that represent U.S. companies and industry watchers say they see an extreme shift from the "warm, welcoming, collaborative" approach the government exhibited in 2014.
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Outside organizations including powerful business lobby groups are increasingly worried that the disagreement could lead to a political stand-off that prevents tax reform from occurring.
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These cities' success follows year-long campaigns, as government agencies and lobby groups staged a charm offensive with the banks unseen since the 503-09 crisis.
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Bafin's Hufeld said international regulators had withstood the "siren songs" from bank lobby groups, and warned that "there will not be a compromise at any cost".
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The FCA's proposals were applauded by Britain's financial lobby groups as helping to ensure the country's capital markets remain attractive once it leaves the European Union.
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Failing to meet their contractual obligations would trigger "disastrous consequences for the continuity of a source of employment," the lobby groups said in a joint statement.
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Lobby groups for white farmers have accused the South African authorities of covering up what they say is the widespread, racially motivated killings of white farmers.
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Ilhan Omar's comments about the influence of Israel lobby groups and the uncritical support that many members of Congress give Israel's increasingly hardline, right-wing government.
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Business lobby-groups from the American Beer Institute to the American Petroleum Institute, whose members use aluminium and steel, respectively, have lined up to denounce the tariffs.
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Health care lobby groups have continued to push officials toward reaching a bipartisan solution to shore up the exchanges, as they lobbied against the Senate repeal bill.
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"However there is a small proportion, roughly 1-2%, which refuse still to vaccinate, often misled by information on websites or various active lobby groups," he said.
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Lobby groups welcomed the levy of up to 24p on sugary drinks and long-time advocate of the tax Jamie Oliver did a celebratory dance outside Westminster.
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Industry lobby groups and trade unions representing bank workers said last month an extra payroll tax on financial companies in Sweden could cost up to 16,000 jobs.
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Ten of the biggest banks based in London told Reuters they are concerned that conflicting industry voices and a burgeoning of lobby groups will dilute government discussions.
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States, militaries, and lobby groups are not and should not be beyond critique — Omar showed that by recently criticizing the role of Saudi financial influence in Washington.
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Watch for business lobby groups, chiefly the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to ramp up pressure to raise the gasoline tax as a way to pay for infrastructure improvements.
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Modi's government said the move aimed to help poor patients and curb profiteering, but the U.S. government and lobby groups said it harmed innovation, profits and investment plans.
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It also does not include changes sought by business lobby groups to help farmers and other seasonal employers obtain more guest workers, or reforms for technology visa programs.
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The plan drew immediate fire from lobby groups, including from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which said it relied on "rosy assumptions," gimmicks and unrealistic cuts.
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Some of Britain's business lobby groups believe they face being cold-shouldered by the government if they step up warnings about the consequences of a no-deal Brexit.
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Such an approach would be based on international law instead of the whims of powerful lobby groups, and the letter to Secretary Tillerson sits firmly in that vein.
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The move is a huge win for anti-immigration lobby groups that have been pushing to eliminate the term "undocumented immigrant" from American vocabulary for at least a decade.
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Just like with the House's American Health Care Act, prominent lobby groups from the right have also decried Senate leadership for not going far enough with Obamacare repeal efforts.
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The law has sparked fierce push-back by firms and lobby groups who say vague wording of the regulations leaves foreign firms vulnerable to abstract interpretations of the rules.
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Several agriculture lobby groups in Washington said at the time that the newly appointed Perdue had dissuaded the President from withdrawing in a one-on-one Oval Office meeting.
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The leaders of five major business lobby groups also warned the prime minister over the weekend that the ongoing uncertainty about Brexit could cost the economy billions of pounds.
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"I don't think the government is threatened by Bridge, but I think lobby groups are trying to make the government and ministry feel like they should be," White said.
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Republicans as well as the lead lobby groups for drugmakers and health insurers welcomed Azar as an experienced hand who could help overhaul the world's most costly healthcare system.
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Most bank bosses ran for cover after last decade's financial meltdown, choosing to let lobby groups do their bidding in arguing against the Dodd-Frank Act and other regulations.
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" Truman's prevarications failed to convince, and the American Medical Association, among other lobby groups, attacked the idea, saying that it was proposed by "followers of the Moscow party line.
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The lack of a strong social commitment leaves a policy vacuum which has been filled by the lobby groups that gain from the status quo: homeowners, builders and local governments.
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LOBBY GROUPS PRESSURE HOUSE ON TARIFF VOTE: Two business groups are pressing lawmakers to support a measure on the House floor that would streamline the application process for tariff relief.
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Banking lobby groups, including the Financial Services Roundtable and American Bankers Association, said Hensarling had been a strong leader who advanced reforms that led to economic opportunity and better banking.
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The National Rifle Association, other gun lobby groups, and conservative commentators condemned the sporting-goods retailer for the move, with right-wing figures and consumers predicting a boycott against Dick's.
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But after talks last week with Russian brokerages and two market lobby groups, it agreed to introduce a test instead, the bank's first deputy governor Sergey Shvetsov said on Tuesday.
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Plastics lobby groups say downstream to upstream plastic industries employ 130,000 directly, while millions make a livelihood by scavenging for waste like plastic bottles for a small bit of cash.
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At the heart of the row is Turnbull's decision to reject calls from farmer lobby groups to overturn a ban on the Adler shotgun for use in animal pest culling.
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Rights and other lobby groups that receive foreign funding have come under pressure in Russia since Putin signed into law legislation in 2015, banning "undesirable" organizations from operating in the country.
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Campaigners say environment ministry officials face pressure from powerful lobby groups with economic interests in extracting raw materials from the Amazon who oppose handing control over forest lands to local communities.
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You'll notice the list is pretty broad, and that it includes some of the most powerful lobby groups on the Hill, as well as influential conservative thinkers and right-wing media.
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Three of those who went told the ABC the trips were all-expenses paid study tours at the invitation of Huawei and other Chinese lobby groups to see China's technological growth.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union need an agreement to allow cross-border financial contracts to run beyond Brexit and avoid disrupting markets, two banking lobby groups said on Friday.
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Canadian political parties and lobby groups are expected to spend millions on advertising over the next month in a big-money push for their political causes before new spending limits kick in.
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And while some campaigners and lobby groups have raised red flags over the amount of money being spent by Google on lobbying antitrust officials in Brussels, Vestager said it wasn't a concern.
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While President Trump has requested a $4.7 billion cut in the USDA, Agriculture Committee members have pleaded for no further budget restrictions and farm-lobby groups already are clamoring for more support.
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The Treasury is currently seeking views from financial lobby groups and companies about how they will be impacted by losing access to the single market, according to people familiar with the process.
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But the gun lobby groups claim, in the lawsuit filed last week, that state law prohibits cities and other municipalities from enacting gun law legislation that exceeds its authority, per KOMO News.
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Several agriculture lobby groups in Washington were told U.S Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, confirmed by the Senate on Monday, met with Trump on Wednesday evening to dissuade him from withdrawing from NAFTA.
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The vote at Rio's May 3 annual general meeting called upon the world's second-largest mining company to review its membership of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and other lobby groups.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian business lobby groups voiced opposition on Wednesday to a draft law that would make it a crime to comply with sanctions imposed by the United States or other countries.
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Meanwhile, one of Washington's most powerful lobby groups and CFPB critics, the Chamber of Commerce, said it will "consider every approach to address our concerns," which many interpreted as a threat to sue.
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PARIS (Reuters) - The two lobby groups of French mutual and traditional insurers officially merged on Friday into the French Insurance Federation (FFA), as the sector faces a wave of consolidation and new regulations.
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"Businesses have been watching in horror as politicians have focused on factional disputes rather than practical steps that business needs to move forward," the heads of Britain's five biggest business lobby groups said.
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Ali Kaba, senior researcher at Liberia's Sustainable Development Institute said he wants the law to be passed before parliament's August recess, when other lobby groups will have a chance to propose further changes.
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Economists and business lobby groups demanded an overhaul of Germany's tax system, namely steeper tax relief that would boost consumption and growth and a lower corporate tax rate that would encourage private investments.
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But as frustration grew in the business community with China's perceived refusal to liberalize its economy, the Republicans also hardened their stance toward Beijing and business lobby groups cooled their pro-China stance.
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"Like all other jurisdictions across Australia, Western Australia's gun laws have also been eroded as pro-gun lobby groups continue to place pressure on governments," said Sam Lee, chairman of Gun Control Australia.
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CEOs of retail lobby groups say those tariffs have been restricting business for nearly a century, but "like hip pain, you get used it overtime, and you learn how to walk," Helfenbein says.
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The lower house said it would hold talks next week with businesses before proceeding further with discussion of the draft law, a day after business lobby groups on Wednesday publicly voiced opposition to it.
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Businesses, lobby groups and, of course, private citizens have a chance to make the case for a soft Brexit both during the campaign and after it, during the long months of negotiation to follow.
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The White House is difficult to negotiate with and Trump has buckled in the past on pledges to tighten gun controls under pressure from lobby groups such as the National Rife Association, Murphy said.
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But the resolution for state-run plans was stuck in limbo for weeks, as Republicans struggled to gather votes and major lobby groups representing retirees and business interests turned up the heat on lawmakers.
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The modified board of directors then elected Dybvad, who for the last eight years was CEO of the Confederation of Danish Industry, one of the country's most influential lobby groups, as its new chairman.
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They have long used their money as a political lever on education issues in Michigan and across the country, pushing their ideas alongside a multi-decade stream of donations to Republican lawmakers and lobby groups.
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The Czech Republic has the lowest rate of unemployment in the European Union, and leading corporate lobby groups urged the government on Monday to relax rules for bringing in foreign workers, particularly from nearby Ukraine.
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The lobby groups have asked for a number of relief measures, including tax credits for employee retention, the deferment of quarterly tax payments, and the ability to carry back net-operating-losses, CNBC has reported.
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But on August 15th he achieved something almost as difficult: he got J Street and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), two Israel-related lobby groups, to agree on a matter concerning Israeli security.
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That figure could grow to $1tn by 2020, according to two industry lobby groups, the Alternative Credit Council and the Alternative Investment Management Association, and the law firm Dechert, in a report released on Wednesday.
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Neither is President Trump's promise, repeated in recent speeches, that withdrawal from the Paris Agreement would revive the American coal industry, apparently based on the dogmatic ideology of lobby groups such as the Heritage Foundation.
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On Friday, the four major lobby groups representing the cable, telco, and wireless industries sued the state in US District Court for the District of Maine, seeking an injunction that would prevent enforcement of the law.
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"What industry lobby groups seem to prefer is a rule that lets them call themselves fiduciaries without requiring them to act like fiduciaries," said Barbara Roper, director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America.
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Donald Trump's surprise election victory in November, and his pledges to reduce federal regulations on business, led tobacco lobby groups to draft a new plan of action, according to company executives, lobbyists and consultants interviewed by Reuters.
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"The three countries should agree to updated rules of origin and regional value content requirements that incentivize investment and job growth in the region," lobby groups representing the North American steel industry said in a joint letter.
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Under the new procedure, demarcation will be decided by the Justice Ministry based on the recommendations of experts from a new specialized technical working group - leaving it open, critics say, to influence from major farming lobby groups.
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Roque said Duterte believes there is a "conspiracy" among lobby groups and the United Nations, to which he said the ICC is perceived to be allied, and wants to indict him "in the court of public opinion".
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The lobby groups and energy suppliers called on lawmakers, who are debating an energy market reform bill, to lift the 100 terawatt hour ceiling by October, as well as to provide long-term visibility on its future.
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The vote caps a 10-year battle over regulation of the investment advice industry which last year saw lobby groups successfully sue to overturn a similar Barack Obama-era fiduciary standard proposed by the Department of Labor.
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He also said U.S. President Donald Trump had ordered strikes against a Syrian air base last month - a response to an alleged chemical attack against civilians - in order to "present his credentials" to U.S. political and lobby groups.
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Some firms may want to wait until they see the stance of the next U.S. president towards Iran; many will worry about "reputational risk", or exposure to legal action from shareholders or lobby groups, if they invest there.
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Economists and business lobby groups inside and outside Germany have demanded an overhaul of Germany's tax system, namely steeper tax relief that would boost consumption and growth and a lower corporate tax rate that would encourage private investments.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four of Washington's largest business lobby groups urged Congress in a letter on Wednesday to settle their differences on government spending so they can move forward on overhauling the U.S. tax code in the next year.
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But the plan fell short of being the "comprehensive" approach that business, religious and immigration lobby groups alike have said is needed to get a deal that would get enough votes from Democrats and Republicans to clear Congress.
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Some firms may want to wait until they see the stance of the next U.S. president towards Iran; many will worry about "reputational risk," or exposure to legal action from shareholders or lobby groups, if they invest there.
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Does it believe the regulation is making life harder for startups vs tech giants — as is sometimes suggested, with claims put forward by certain lobby groups that the law risks entrenching the dominance of better resourced tech giants.
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"Businesses of all sizes are reaching the point of no return, with many now putting in place contingency plans that are a significant drain of time and money," the heads of Britain's five biggest business lobby groups said.
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BHP has faced increasing pressure from investors worried that some mineral lobby groups, particularly in Australia, are promoting coal use in contravention of the goals of the Paris climate pact, and have urged BHP to stop funding them.
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TORONTO, June 6 (Reuters) - The Ontario government on Thursday passed legislation to end a contract with a beer retailer in Canada's most populous province calling it a monopoly, but business lobby groups say the abrupt cancellation discourages investment.
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Business lobby groups worry that arresting Lee could undermine confidence in the economy, Asia's fourth-largest, but public anger persists over the influence-peddling scandal, with protests every weekend drawing hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanding Park's immediate resignation.
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Instead, these business lobby groups and leaders of large corporations were discussing redirecting their money toward opposing Trump's tariffs and potentially to support efforts to claw back the president's trade powers, according to sources familiar with their internal discussions.
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Reuters reported in February that pharmaceutical lobby groups had offered to give up C$8.6 billion in revenue over 10 years, freeze prices or reduce the cost of treating rare diseases in order to head off the Canadian reforms.
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street lobby groups urged U.S. policy makers and regulators to revamp rules to encourage more initial public offerings and to reduce the regulatory cost of staying public, in a white paper issued on Thursday.
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Vegan lobby groups argue that a minority of militants do not represent the majority of peaceful consumers and campaigners, whose only aim is to persuade the French that their meat-based culture of gastronomie has got it all wrong.
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Aramco could also face class-action suits if it did not comply with U.S. regulators' rules on disclosing reserves and data for oil companies, while aggressive shareholder lobby groups in the United States are also seen as a threat.
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Volkswagen's (VW) main shareholders, the Porsche-Piech families and the state of Lower Saxony, had blocked requests by the DSW and SdK investor lobby groups for a special auditor to look into its cheating of U.S. diesel engine tests.
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which has found that glyphosate is "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans", welcomed ECHA's opinion on Wednesday, as did lobby groups for farmers, who make wide use of products containing glyphosate.
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The effort is likely to be even more complicated than health care, given the complexity of the tax code and the vested interests it touches that are vitally important to the outside lobby groups that turn the screws on lawmakers.
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There's also no shortage of other industry-led coalitions, organizations and lobby groups focused on autonomous vehicle technology such as the Automated Vehicle Coalition and the Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, which includes Ford, Waymo, Lyft, Uber and Volvo.
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Separately on Friday, the Afieg and Anode lobby groups representing alternative power suppliers issued a statement calling for a substantial increase of the ARENH ceiling, or the removal of the mechanism, in order to guarantee a level playing field for all.
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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will have a year to look into whether to launch a formal investigation of China's trade policies on intellectual property, which the White House and U.S. industry lobby groups say are harming U.S. businesses and jobs.
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To the mostly Muslim (and pro-Palestinian) audience, Ellison argues that the strong American support Israel receives is largely the result of lobby groups, such as AIPAC: We can't allow another country to treat us like we're their ATM. Right?
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Reuters reported in February that pharmaceutical lobby groups had tried to head off the Canadian reforms with an offer to give up C$8.6 billion in revenue over 10 years, freeze prices or reduce the cost of treating rare diseases.
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Reuters interviews with more than a dozen company executives, trade lawyers and lobby groups in various industries revealed a frenzy of activity across Asia in recent months: executives are requesting product samples, touring industrial parks, hiring lawyers and meeting with officials.
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The September survey, which found that they planned to move or create 10,0003 jobs on the continent by Brexit Day on March 29, 2019, was also as at the lower end of estimates by industry lobby groups and financial firms.
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With the blessing of influencers, lobby groups, and image-conscious corporations, readers and viewers understand trans inclusion as something achieved through brand endorsements, trans television characters, and gender-neutral corporate policies, rather than through affordable housing and health care reform.
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Two months later the European Chamber of Commerce in China and the American Chamber of Commerce in China, two lobby groups representing foreign business interests on the mainland, publicly expressed concerns about the extra official approvals needed to transfer money overseas. 6.
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With the majority of lawmakers in parliament pro-EU, May's slim majority will all but depend on the euroskeptic Conservative MPs, with additional pressure from well-financed 'leave' lobby groups and the UK Independence Party promising to be the "guard dog of Brexit".
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The unexpectedly high margin in favour of the proposal represents a stunning victory for the pro-choice lobby groups that have long pushed to end the ban, and for the political leaders—including the prime minister, Leo Varadkar—who took up the campaign.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A group of banks are directly feeding the British government ideas for a Brexit financial services trade deal, bypassing the industry's major lobby groups after their blueprint for a future relationship with the EU was spurned by Brussels last year.
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"We haven't arrived at a conclusion on that yet," he said, noting that financial services lobby groups had dropped efforts to keep full 'passporting' arrangements in place, and were instead pushing for an arrangement based on mutual regulatory recognition and external equivalence.
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Rio also pledged $1 billion on climate-related spending over the next five years as it updated its climate strategy, and said that it would release an updated review of industry lobby groups and their position on climate change in the next week.
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Reduced flow of goods across the English Channel at Dover Business lobby groups had been clamoring for clarity on the terms of the divorce and Britain's future trading relationship with the European Union ever since the country voted for Brexit in June 2016.
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The two campaigns, "Britain Stronger in Europe" and "Vote Leave", that are likely to form the offical lobby groups for each side in the referendum have set out their positions on the main topics that will form the basis for the referendum (see table).
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It's a multibillion-dollar global industry whose participants include crisis management firms, lobby groups, strategic communications groups, corporate law firms, global PR firms, think tanks, LLCs, advocacy groups, nonprofits and charities, websites, superPACs and media outlets acting on behalf of donors or paid clients.
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U.S. and India lobby groups, representing Facebook and other companies, have sought legal opinions from law firms on the impact of the federal proposal, and have started working on drafting objections to be filed with the IT ministry, four sources in the sector said.
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Following Scalise's return to Congress and the Las Vegas tragedy, Democrats and gun control activists are calling on Republican colleagues to stand up to the National Rifle Association and other gun lobby groups to prevent other mass shootings from taking place on U.S. soil.
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Tech companies and trade organizations disclosed they had 48 arrangements with lobby groups that discussed NAFTA with administration officials or lawmakers in the second quarter, up from 17 groups in the first quarter and one group at the end of 2016, according to the data.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's efforts on gun control have gained global praise, but at home - with a general election next scheduled for year - she has faced resistance from the federal opposition National Party, gun lobby groups and ordinary citizens over planned legislation introduced in September.
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Lobby groups, such as the National Rifle Association (NRA), draw on America's revolutionary past and the Second Amendment as part of a fundamental right to self-defense, and 60% of American gun owners say that their main reason for owning a gun is personal safety.
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A group of more than 100 companies, investors and lobby groups sent an open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday, asking the departing leader to "leave a legacy of clean growth" and legislate a commitment to cut the country's emissions to net zero by 2050.
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Even though neither the White House nor congressional Republicans have released legislative text or even a detailed plan for tax reform, major business lobby groups have already committed considerable sums of money to airing ads in support of the reform plan — whatever that reform plan may be.
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The biggest European business lobby groups, including some which have carmakers such as Daimler and Volkswagen as members, have urged their governments not to grant Britain single market access without following all the EU's core rules - something British ministers have said they do not want to do.
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The findings suggest that the first wave of job losses from Brexit may be at the lower end of estimates by industry lobby groups and firms, which could mean London will keep its place as the continent's top finance centre, at least in the short term.
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That could help ease a backlash from other South Koreans upset over the cozy ties between politicians and the powerful family-run conglomerates, or chaebols, which have been implicated in a series of corruption scandals in recent decades, several business lobby groups and corporate analysts told Reuters.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank lobby groups launched a fresh attack on Friday on a new U.S. rule that restores customers' ability to band together to sue financial companies, filing a legal challenge in Texas that said the rule was based on flawed data and could harm consumers.
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With around 800,000 federal workers missing a second paycheck on Friday, lenders including Wells Fargo and Bank of America as well as their Washington lobby groups, have been quick to trumpet their efforts to waive fees, delay debt repayments and give a helping hand to federal workers.
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The findings suggest that the first wave of job losses from Brexit may be at the lower end of estimates by industry lobby groups and firms, which could mean London will keep its place as the continent's top finance center, at least in the short term.
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As citizens of a democracy in a country with sky-high greenhouse emissions, we can do something to fight climate change by casting our ballots for those parties serious about lowering emissions through clear-eyed policies and supporting environmental lobby groups or organizing to protest the status quo.
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Childs said via email that the ACA is a "disaster for small businesses, the engine of job growth in the U.S." Several small business lobby groups voiced support for the executive order on Thursday, including the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council and the National Association for the Self-Employed.
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Canadian pharmaceutical industry lobby groups, in an effort to head off a planned crackdown on prescription drug prices, offered to give up C$8.6 billion ($6.6 billion) in revenue over 10 years, freeze prices or reduce the cost of treating rare diseases, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters.
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Miles Celic, chief executive of TheCityUK, one of the lobby groups behind last year's mutual recognition blueprint, said it was now for individual sectors and companies in some cases to set out their own priorities as it was now clear that a one-size-fits-all template was not viable.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian pharmaceutical industry lobby groups, in an effort to head off a planned crackdown on prescription drug prices, offered to give up C$8.6 billion ($6.6 billion) in revenue over 10 years, freeze prices or reduce the cost of treating rare diseases, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters.
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The new features of the government's proposed regulations, which would take into account cost-effectiveness of medicines and their likely impact on government budgets, would be limited to new drugs, Health Canada told Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC) and BIOTECanada, the patented drug industry's main lobby groups, in a letter dated April 8, 2019.
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Ola has thousands of drivers in India, as does rival Uber Technologies, and wants short-term, interest-free loans for taxi aggregators to meet their working capital needs as well as a six-month delay to payment of certain taxes, according to a letter to India's federal think-tank and industry lobby groups.
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Aegis Europe, an alliance of some 30 industry lobby groups that includes producers of metals, ceramics, glass and bicycles, said not granting China MES was positive, but warned against a "rotten compromise", saying the issue of market distortion must still be for the European Commission to decide and subject to legal challenge.
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For instance, at a 2018 conference in Washington called Truth About Tech, speakers included Google's former 'ethicist' and now prominent tech whistleblower Tristan Harris and early investor of Facebook Roger McNamee, along with politicians and members of lobby groups such as Common Sense Media, who are trying to combat tech addiction in young people.
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Its succinct (and still impressively science-based) advice is summed up in this nice graphic: While American guideline makers are reluctant to urge the public to eat less of anything (lest they offend powerful industry lobby groups), the Swedes are clear about what people really need to cut back on: red and processed meat, salt, and sugar.
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However, while straws are yet to make it to the banned list in Australia, and lobby groups like The Last Straw continue to put pressure on the government to do so, the states of Queensland and Western Australia have banned single-use, lightweight plastic bags from major retailers, aligning with other state bans in the ACT, South Australia, and Tasmania.
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Ola, which like its rival Uber Technologies, has thousands of drivers in India, wants short-term, interest-free loans for taxi aggregators to meet their working capital needs as well as a six-month delay in paying certain taxes to the government, according to the contents of a letter seen by Reuters to India's federal think-tank and industry lobby groups.
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Some lawyers in the City of London have said banks could access the single market by demonstrating to Brussels they comply with rules that are "equivalent" to those in the EU, but critics say granting equivalence is in the hands of the EU. Financial lobby groups have also begun arguing that access is a two-way street and that big companies on the continent would find it difficult in the short to medium term not to have access to the UK's financial services sector.
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