Lobbying and advocacy for the public's health: what are the limits for nonprofit organizations? (1/97)

Nonprofit organizations play an important role in advocating for the public's health in the United States. This article describes the rules under US law for lobbying by nonprofit organizations. The 2 most common kinds of non-profits working to improve the public's health are "public charities" and "social welfare organizations." Although social welfare organizations may engage in relatively unlimited lobbying, public charities may not engage in "substantial" lobbying. Lobbying is divided into 2 main categories. Direct lobbying refers to communications with law-makers that take a position on specific legislation, and grassroots lobbying includes attempts to persuade members of the general public to take action regarding legislation. Even public charities may engage in some direct lobbying and a smaller amount of grassroots lobbying. Much public health advocacy, however, is not lobbying, since there are several important exceptions to the lobbying rules. These exceptions include "non-partisan analysis, study, or research" and discussions of broad social problems. Lobbying with federal or earmarked foundation funds is generally prohibited.  (+info)

Exploring the scope for advocacy by paediatricians. (2/97)

AIMS: To ascertain the type and extent of problems requiring advocacy in paediatrics. To develop an approach for analysing problems according to their root causes and the level of society at which advocacy is needed. METHODS: Nine paediatricians kept detailed clinical diaries for two weeks to identify problems. Classifications were developed to categorise problems by cause and the level of society at which they needed to be addressed. The press was surveyed for one week for childhood issues attracting media attention. RESULTS: 60 problems requiring advocacy were identified. Root causes included failures within agencies, between agencies, and inadequate provision. In addition to advocacy required individually, "political" action was needed at the community level (16 issues), city level (16 issues), and nationally (15 issues). 103 articles were found in the press, these did not relate closely to issues identified by clinicians. CONCLUSIONS: Many opportunities for advocacy arise in the course of daily work. A systematic way of analysing them has been developed for use in planning action. To optimise the health and health care of children, there is a need to train and support paediatricians in advocacy work for local as well as national issues. Ten issues were identified that might be prioritised by paediatricians working on an agenda for action.  (+info)

Public health advocacy: process and product. (3/97)

OBJECTIVES: In this article the author describes public health advocacy and proposes a conceptual framework for understanding how it works. METHODS: The proposed framework incorporates the image of an assembly line. The public health advocacy assembly line produces changes in societal resource allocation that are necessary for optimizing public health. The framework involves 3 main stages: information, strategy, and action. These stages are conceptually sequential but, in practice, simultaneous. The work at each stage is continually adjusted according to circumstances at the other stages. RESULTS: The framework has practical implications; for example, public health advocacy teams need members with complementary skills in distinct roles. Potential applications are illustrated via two public health advocacy efforts. CONCLUSIONS: The framework may be useful in assessing staffing and funding needs for public health advocacy endeavors, explaining common problems in these endeavors and suggesting solutions, and guiding decisions concerning effort allocation. Application of the framework to a variety of public health advocacy endeavors will clarify its strengths and weaknesses.  (+info)

Baby food industry lobbies WHO on breast feeding advice.(4/97)

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The power of survivor advocacy: making car trunks escapable. (5/97)

Survivor advocates are powerful workers for injury prevention. Some of the major prevention successes have been due in large part to their efforts. This case history examines the four year campaign to prevent entrapment in car trunks (or boot) through the routine installation of interior trunk releases. It traces how a life altering event began a cluster of activities leading to product redesign and regulation to prevent injury. The following elements were key: data and the lack thereof, identification of possible solutions, newsworthy tragedies and media advocacy, politics and sympathetic lawmakers, an agency with regulatory authority, manufacturers, and trade associations. Survivors can assist the injury field because the personal and the professional complement each other in advocacy. Public health professionals can assist survivor advocates by sharing research, data and organizational skills, and by helping to secure grants.  (+info)

Lessons learned from the tobacco industry's efforts to prevent the passage of a workplace smoking regulation. (6/97)

OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the implementation of tobacco industry strategies to prevent a workplace smoking regulation. METHODS: Tobacco industry internal documents were identified; hearing transcripts for the affiliations, arguments, and positions regarding the regulation of testifiers were coded; and media coverage was analyzed. RESULTS: Tobacco industry strategies sought to increase business participation and economic discussions at public hearings and to promote unfavorable media coverage of the regulation. The percentage of business representatives opposing the regulation grew from 18% (5 to 28) to 57% (13 of 23) between the hearings. Economic arguments opposing the regulation rose from 25% (7 of 28) to 70% (16 of 23). Press coverage was neutral and did not increase during the period of the regulatory hearings. CONCLUSIONS: The tobacco industry was successful in implementing 2 of its 3 strategies but was not able to prevent passage of the comprehensive workplace regulation.  (+info)

Tobacco industry allegations of "illegal lobbying" and state tobacco control. (7/97)

OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the perceived effect of tobacco industry allegations of "illegal lobbying" by public health professionals on policy interventions for tobacco control. METHODS: Structured interviews were conducted with state health department project managers in all 17 National Cancer Institute-funded American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (ASSIST) states. Documentation and media records related to ASSIST from the National Cancer Institute, health advocates, and the tobacco industry were analyzed. RESULTS: The tobacco industry filed formal complaints of illegal lobbying activities against 4 ASSIST states. These complaints had a temporary chilling effect on tobacco control policy interventions in those states. ASSIST states not targeted by the tobacco industry developed an increased awareness of the industry's tactics and worked to prepare for such allegations to minimize disruption of their activities. Some self-reported self-censorship in policy activity occurred in 11 of the 17 states (65%). CONCLUSIONS: Public health professionals need to educate themselves and the public about the laws that regulate lobbying activities and develop their strategies, including their policy activities, accordingly.  (+info)

The new battleground: California's experience with smoke-free bars. (8/97)

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the tobacco industry's tactics in the political, grassroots, and media arenas in attempting to subvert California's smoke-free bar law, and the efforts of health advocates to uphold and promote the law by using the same 3 channels. METHODS: Interviews with key informants involved in the development and implementation of the smoke-free bar law were conducted. Information was gathered from bill analyses, internal memoranda, tobacco industry documents, media articles, and press releases. RESULTS: The tobacco industry worked both inside the legislature and through a public relations campaign to attempt to delay implementation of the law and to encourage noncompliance once the law was in effect. Health groups were able to uphold the law by framing the law as a health and worker safety issue. The health groups were less successful in pressing the state to implement the law. CONCLUSIONS: It is possible to enact and defend smoke-free bar laws, but doing so requires a substantial and sustained commitment by health advocates. The tobacco industry will fight this latest generation of clean indoor air laws even more aggressively than general workplace laws.  (+info)

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  • The California Secretary of State, Political Reform Division is currently processing lobbying registration for the 2023-2024 Legislative Session. (ca.gov)
  • Lobbying Allowed Insurers to Charge Docs $ to Receive Payments Online: Report - Medscape - August 21, 2023. (medscape.com)
  • On that day, Semmelrock and Meyers took to Capitol Hill with three other summit participants to lobby for three pending bills, the Atrocities Prevention Act of 2016, the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, and the Global Anti-Poaching Act. (keene.edu)
  • The NRA's 501(c)(4) organization, which by law can lobby, went into 2021 with nearly $50 million in net assets, according to records. (cnbc.com)
  • The NRA spent more than $2 million during the second quarter of 2021 lobbying Congress and the Biden administration on gun reform bills, a disclosure report shows. (cnbc.com)
  • The gun group's separate 501(c)(3) called the NRA Foundation, which cannot lobby but holds events on topics including gun safety and marksmanship, entered 2021 with more than $140 million in net assets, according to that group's 990 form. (cnbc.com)
  • Nonprofit organizations whether as professional or amateur lobbyists can also lobby as an act of volunteering or as a small part of their normal job. (wikipedia.org)
  • Just the other day, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported that since 2002, lobbyists in Minnesota alone have spent nearly $800 million buying influence: "The amount spent per year has doubled, and the number of new lobbying clients seeking to make themselves heard has tripled. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Below, you will find links to download ICANN's Lobbying Disclosures and Contribution Reports, dating back to 2010. (icann.org)
  • These disclosures and reports are submitted to the United States House of Representatives and the Secretary of the U.S. Senate each quarter, and detail ICANN's lobbying activities for that quarter. (icann.org)
  • While the NRA's power has taken a hit in recent years, financial filings and lobbying disclosures show the group still has the means to try to influence gun policy talks in the coming weeks - along with the midterm elections that will decide which party controls Congress next year. (cnbc.com)
  • Lobbying firms and lobbyist employers register with the Office of the Secretary of State. (ca.gov)
  • Lobbying firms and lobbyist employers file quarterly lobbying disclosure statements with the Office of the Secretary of State, using prescribed forms by required deadlines . (ca.gov)
  • Meanwhile, air carriers have shed many of their longtime lobbying firms, decreased the amount of money they contributed to the Republican and Democratic national conventions and even pulled out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. (rollcall.com)
  • Along the way, most airlines canceled some lobbying contracts with Washington's biggest firms. (rollcall.com)
  • While lobbying on tobacco in the U.S. has fallen over the last few years, the amounts being spent to gain political influence by tobacco firms, and those with an interest in the industry, is still high - in the last full year, the Center for Responsive Politics reported a total of $20 million. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Both firms will lobby on "legislative and regulatory issues impacting the apparel industry and e-retailers, including trade and tax related matters," according to the filings. (politico.com)
  • When faced with a regulatory constraint, firms can either comply, bribe the regulator to get around the rule, or lobby the government to relax it. (stanford.edu)
  • We analyze this choice, and its consequences, in a simple dynamic model In equilibrium, when the level of development is low, firms are more inclined to bend the rule through bribery but they tend to switch to lobbying when the level of development is sufficiently high. (stanford.edu)
  • If the holdup problems are severe, firms will never invest enough to make lobbying worthwhile. (stanford.edu)
  • United Airlines and US Airways - both of which are in bankruptcy - also slashed lobbying expenditures. (rollcall.com)
  • Thanks to a loophole in the federal lobbying law, some companies and individuals - especially those pursuing controversial or potentially embarrassing causes - are using coalitions to conceal their identities," writes New York Times reporter Alison Mitchell. (prwatch.org)
  • Examples of these "stealth coalitions" include the "Section 877 Coalition," which lobbied to help wealthy Americans evade taxes by giving up U.S. citizenship. (prwatch.org)
  • In the three years since the terrorist strikes on Sept. 11, 2001, the airline industry has cut back its lobbying fees by nearly one-fourth, according to an analysis of lobbying records. (rollcall.com)
  • The seven largest airlines, plus their Washington trade association, spent a total of $13.6 million in lobbying expenses last year, down from $17.4 million in 2001. (rollcall.com)
  • In 2001, the company spent $2.8 million on lobbying. (rollcall.com)
  • United Airlines cut lobbying fees from $4.1 million in 2001 to $2.1 million in 2003. (rollcall.com)
  • Basically, for IRS purposes, your nonprofit engages in lobbying anytime it attempts to persuade members of a legislative body to propose, support, oppose, amend, or repeal legislation. (nolo.com)
  • Lobbying or certain practices that share commonalities with lobbying are sometimes referred to as government relations, or government affairs and sometimes legislative relations, or legislative affairs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lobbying and Legislative Bargaining ," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy , De Gruyter, vol. 1(1), pages 1-33, November. (repec.org)
  • Lobbying and Legislative Bargaining ," NBER Working Papers 6589, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (repec.org)
  • Lobbying and Legislative Bargaining ," Papers 08-98, Tel Aviv. (repec.org)
  • I furthermore establish that the relationship between informational lobbying and legislative majority requirement is non-monotonic. (ssrn.com)
  • Finally, I provide an informational rationale for why interest groups sometimes lobby legislative allies (friendly lobbying). (ssrn.com)
  • However, there does not have to be a specific law pending in a legislative body for lobbying to occur. (nolo.com)
  • The root problem, analysts say, is that the political process is being corrupted by money linked to lobbying - not a new problem by any means, but a pervasive one that further erodes public trust in the legislative system. (foxnews.com)
  • Public charities are given tax exemption, tax-deductible donations and private foundation grants but lack the capacity to lobby without limit and engage in electoral activities as much as a social welfare organization could. (commoncause.org)
  • Among the factors the IRS considers are the time devoted to lobbying by both your paid and volunteer workers and the amount of money your organization spends on lobbying. (nolo.com)
  • Other factors could be considered as well-for example, the amount of publicity your organization assigns to the activity, the continuous or intermittent nature of your attention to it, and the impact of the lobbying efforts. (nolo.com)
  • MCMURRY-HEATH OUT AS BIO CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Michelle McMurry-Heath resigned on Monday as chief executive of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization , the biotech lobbying group said, a day after The Wall Street Journal reported McMurry-Heath was on leave following disagreements over the group's direction and the drug industry's failure to block new drug pricing rules in Democrats' reconciliation package. (politico.com)
  • Washington's largest lobby, the pharmaceutical industry , racked up another banner year on Capitol Hill in 2007, backed by a record $168 million lobbying effort," reports M. Asif Ismail. (prwatch.org)
  • Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, a law firm that has represented the NRA for years and was paid over $23 million in 2020 for its services, told CNBC that it has no plans to stop representing the gun lobbying group. (cnbc.com)
  • Grassroots lobbying. (cdc.gov)
  • No appropriated Federal funds can be used by CDC grantees for grassroots lobbying activity directed at inducing members of the public to contact their elected representatives to urge support of, or opposition to, proposed or pending legislation or appropriations or any regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the executive branch of any Federal, state or local government. (cdc.gov)
  • It is this restriction on grassroots lobbying that prevents grantees' calling upon the public to take action and direct efforts on the part of grantees to encourage participation by others in advocacy. (cdc.gov)
  • The amount for all grassroots lobbying is 25% of the overall limit ( Source ). (commoncause.org)
  • Attendants of the workshop all had different mission goals for their organizations but attributed to the same common tribulations regarding the rules of lobbying and nonprofits. (commoncause.org)
  • Section 501(c)(3) nonprofits are allowed to engage in some lobbying without losing their tax-exempt status . (nolo.com)
  • The vast majority of nonprofits use the IRS's "substantial part test" to determine how much they can lobby. (nolo.com)
  • Although they cannot engage in direct or indirect activities defined as lobbying, non-government grantees can undertake a range of other activities. (cdc.gov)
  • The letter is the latest in a string of setbacks for employees of Abramoff's business enterprises in the months since the one-time star Republican lobbyist became the target of a federal investigation into his lobbying practices. (rollcall.com)
  • For all the talk of corporate scandal, one leading proposal for change -- tightening the rules on stock options -- was brushed aside in Congress this week, thanks in part to a powerful business lobbying coalition that has long fought to protect these rich pay packages. (prwatch.org)
  • Lobbying, then, means trying to persuade a member of Congress, state legislator, city council member, county board of supervisors member, and even a member of a foreign legislature or parliament, to vote in a certain way. (nolo.com)
  • Lobbying includes support or opposition for proposed laws that are a long way from actually being voted on--for example, a church is engaged in lobbying if it urged members of Congress to approve a constitutional amendment allowing school prayer, even if no such amendment was pending in Congress at the time. (nolo.com)
  • Well, following the statement of the pope and the non-binding resolution of the European parliament, and now the German parliament is about to adopt (a) similar resolution, they are worried, worried enough to send the foreign minister to Washington to sound out John Kerry and try (to) lobby (the U.S.) Congress in this regard,' said Idiz. (voanews.com)
  • But so far, there's zero about the billions of dollars spent to lobby Congress, the White House and the other federal regulatory agencies - $3.22 billion last year alone . (consortiumnews.com)
  • It's the sad story of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, an attempt - after the arrest and conviction of superlobbyist Jack Abramoff - to address the revolving door between government and business, that sends former members of Congress and their staffs spinning into the arms of cushy lobbying jobs, too often fostering graft, greed and the gross abuse of money and power. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Lawyers for Hobby Lobby this week urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let companies opt out of certain health insurance rules for religious reasons, and they have a good chance of success. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The Hobby Lobby case promises to spread the news that many conservative Christians and Republicans take a dim view of birth control. (chicagotribune.com)
  • If Hobby Lobby wins in the Supreme Court, conservatives will stand with business owners who regard contraception as forbidden by their faith and exclude it from the health insurance they provide employees. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Explore a world of fun creations with Harvest Fabric from Hobby Lobby. (hobbylobby.com)
  • Governments often define "lobbying" for legal purposes, and regulate organized group lobbying that has become influential. (wikipedia.org)
  • Whom should an interest group lobby in a legislature? (ssrn.com)
  • First, the lobby group is very critical of any country that does not follow the US model for implementing the World Intellectual Property Organisation's Internet Treaties. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Further, countries that have not signed or ratified the WIPO Internet treaties (which still includes the majority of the world), face the wrath of the US lobby group for failing to do so. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Now it's passing through the Senate pretty successfully, and we had a hand in that," Meyers says, referring to the group who lobbied with them. (keene.edu)
  • It also didnâ t mention that Herbalifeâ s intense lobbying effort last year is part of an influential, decades-old political strategy undertaken by the multi-level marketing (MLM) industry â a group of companies and industry groups like Herbalife that promote so-called 'direct sales' businesses, which sell products in tandem with the opportunity to sell products. (theverge.com)
  • Results of search for 'su:{Lobbying. (who.int)
  • In politics, lobbying or advocacy, is the act of lawfully attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies, but also judges of the judiciary. (wikipedia.org)
  • I also determine who gains and who loses from lobbying, identifying circumstances in which legislators would unanimously prefer to ban informational lobbying. (ssrn.com)
  • Lobbying is the practice of using advocates to explain our needs and positions to state legislators and Congressional representatives to make them aware of how current or potential legislation affects our operations and our residents. (gwinnettcounty.com)
  • In a report carried by the BBC, an OED lexicographer has shown that "lobbying" finds its roots in the gathering of Members of Parliament and peers in the hallways ("lobbies") of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament before and after parliamentary debates where members of the public can meet their representatives. (wikipedia.org)
  • Former Conservative MP Owen Paterson has claimed that his human rights were breached in the parliamentary lobbying investigation that led him to resign. (independent.co.uk)
  • The failure of government officials to serve the public interest as a consequence of lobbying by special interests who provide benefits to the official is an example of agent misdirection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Among his transgressions, Abramoff admitted to mail fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy related to his bilking of Native American interest groups and lobbying of elected officials. (foxnews.com)
  • The fresh claims over political lobbying came after MP Patrick Mercer resigned as a Conservative party whip on Friday after claims by the BBC's Panorama programme that he broke Parliament's lobbying rules. (deccanherald.com)
  • The ethics and morals involved with legally lobbying or influence peddling are controversial. (wikipedia.org)
  • One story held that the term originated at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., where it was supposedly used by President Ulysses S. Grant to describe the political advocates who frequented the hotel's lobby to access Grant-who was often there in the evenings to enjoy a cigar and brandy-and then tried to buy the president drinks in an attempt to influence his political decisions. (wikipedia.org)
  • How do lobby groups influence public policy? (abc.net.au)
  • The National Rifle Association still has significant cash reserves to use on both lobbying efforts and on the campaign trail to influence the gun policy debate. (cnbc.com)
  • Delivered daily, Influence gives you a comprehensive rundown and analysis of all lobby hires and news on K Street. (politico.com)
  • In fact, the clearest and most recent example of Herbalifeâ s influence â and the broader influence of Herbalife-connected MLM lobbying dollars â is a law that became effective in the spring of 2012 . (theverge.com)
  • The links below will take you to the websites of organizations that currently lobby on behalf of Gwinnett County and other governmental organizations. (gwinnettcounty.com)
  • In all of the 35 single-spaced pages of the Democratic Party's platform draft , there is just one mention of lobbying. (consortiumnews.com)
  • WASHINGTON: Seeking to build good relations with the US decision-makers after accusing the country of toppling its government, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has hired another lobbying firm to promote the party's image. (geo.tv)
  • Documents that surfaced yesterday confirm that PTI USA signed a contract with a Washington-based lobbying firm, Praia Consultants LLC, to support the party's goals for "good relations with the United States and the Pakistani diaspora in the US. (geo.tv)
  • Language included in Section 503 of Division F, Title V, of the FY 12 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 112-74, excerpted below) reinforces and (in selected respects) expands long-standing statutory and other provisions governing the use of appropriated funds by CDC and its grantees for advocacy, lobbying, and related activities. (cdc.gov)
  • Nonprofit lobbying puts public interest on the agenda of policymakers but to do so, we must understand the rules of advocacy in order to maximize our gains. (commoncause.org)
  • 74, excerpted below) reinforces and (in selected respects) expands long-standing statutory and other provisions governing the use of appropriated funds by CDC and its grantees for advocacy, lobbying, and related activities. (cdc.gov)
  • It's an "open secret of lobbying," writes Jeffrey Birnbaum. (prwatch.org)
  • Isaac Arnsdorf of Politico writes, "Not only did the lobbying reform bill fail to slow the revolving door, it created an entire class of professional influencers who operate in the shadows, out of the public eye and unaccountable. (consortiumnews.com)
  • He asked for a fee totalling 144,000 pounds a year to provide a personal lobbying service. (deccanherald.com)
  • Last year, the PTI hired a lobbying and PR firm, Fenton/Arlook , to provide public relations services, including but not limited to distributing information to and briefing journalists, placing articles and broadcasts, arranging interviews with representatives or supporters of PTI, advising on social media efforts and other such public relations services. (geo.tv)
  • As a renewed expression of Congressional intent, Section 503 serves as an important reminder of limits on lobbying activities that have always governed CDC grantees. (cdc.gov)
  • It is not strange to see a 501(c)(3) fully dedicate it's efforts to lobbying as they do not have limits. (commoncause.org)
  • Lobbying limits with an insubstantial part test is much more vague and restrictive than 501(H) expenditure tests. (commoncause.org)
  • It can be preferred over the insubstantial test because it places dollar limits on the amount of lobbying you do, which is much more concrete than the former. (commoncause.org)
  • The extent of high-dollar lobbyist Jack Abramoff's criminal behavior might become the biggest congressional scandal in decades, but to clear the air lawmakers in Washington must first grapple with the slippery equation that includes lobbying, politicians, money and legislation. (foxnews.com)
  • A main purpose of the Political Reform Act is to obtain filing of the campaign and lobbying disclosure statements required by statute. (ca.gov)
  • That is why lobbying is seen as one of the causes of a democratic deficit. (wikipedia.org)
  • As the Cabaret song observes, "money makes the world go 'round," and that's especially true of American politics with the Democratic platform objecting to lobbying only sotto voce so as not to offend, says Michael Winship. (consortiumnews.com)
  • Plan to join us in December for the Lobbying for Lawyers seminar. (njsba.com)
  • After winning some serious cash at the federal level, a number of trade and lobbying associations in the US telecom industry are now shifting gears for a state-by-state battle for funding. (lightreading.com)
  • Meanwhile, lobbying reports for Southwest Airlines show that the successful discount carrier employs the same frugalness in Washington that it does in the air: The company spent just $200,000 in lobbying fees in 2003 - far lower than any other major carrier. (rollcall.com)
  • The Senate Indian Affairs Committee opens a series of hearings this week on the exorbitant lobbying fees that Abramoff charged several American Indian tribes for lobbying work in Washington. (rollcall.com)
  • Lobbying entities who incur $2,500 in lobbying activity in a quarterly filing period, must file electronically or online for that quarter and all subsequent quarterly filing periods (regardless of the level of activity). (ca.gov)
  • The NRA spent more than $620,000 on lobbying during the quarter. (cnbc.com)
  • Angola's national oil company has hired the Washington D.C. lobby firm Patton Boggs to improve ties with the U.S. government. (prwatch.org)
  • Tucked away off Ikejiri-Ohashi's main shopping street, Lobby is a space made to feel as if you're hanging out in the lobby of a hip hotel. (timeout.com)
  • A public charity can determine its limit to lobbying through two kinds of tests: insubstantial part test or 501(H) Expenditure Test. (commoncause.org)
  • The details of the lobbying effort were discovered by Alex Shteynshlyuger, a New York urologist, who through public records requests received the email correspondence between Albright and CMS and shared that material with ProPublica. (medscape.com)
  • If you make $500,000 or less, your overall lobbying limit is 20% but if you make over $17 million, your lobbying limit is $1,000,000. (commoncause.org)
  • Among the biggest carriers, Delta Airlines has shaved nearly $1 million from its annual lobbying budget. (rollcall.com)
  • Endogenous lobbying ," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 3590, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library. (repec.org)
  • The discussion below provides a general overview of lobbying restrictions on the work of CDC grantees, along with examples of restricted and permissible activities. (cdc.gov)
  • Bryan Lanza, the former communications director for Trump's transition team, revealed to MSNBC's Ali Velshi that the team was "aware" of Michael Flynn's lobbying work for Turkey. (msnbc.com)
  • According to ProPublica's reporting, the change was the result of a quiet insurance industry lobbying campaign led by Matthew Albright, a former CMS employee who left government service to work for Zelis, a payment processing company co-owned by private equity giant Bain Capital. (medscape.com)
  • The term "lobbying" also appeared in print as early as 1820: Other letters from Washington affirm, that members of the Senate, when the compromise question was to be taken in the House, were not only "lobbying about the Representatives' Chamber" but also active in endeavoring to intimidate certain weak representatives by insulting threats to dissolve the Union. (wikipedia.org)
  • We find that lobbying induces policy compromise and always affects equilibrium policy outcomes. (repec.org)
  • Late filing impedes the public's access to campaign finance and lobbying information. (ca.gov)
  • Lobbying remains one of the nation's "persistently prosperous industries," Thomas Frank notes, with a "curiously bipartisan nature… After all, for this part of Washington, the only real ideology around is based on money - how much and how quickly you get paid. (consortiumnews.com)
  • In case you had any doubt that California's Prop 37 -- which would require labeling of food containing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) -- is a significant threat to industry, a top food lobby has now made it perfectly clear. (prwatch.org)
  • Amid turbulent times for the U.S. airline industry, lobbying by the largest carriers has taken a nose dive. (rollcall.com)
  • Nothing about the trickle down of the lobby industry from DC into our states, counties and municipalities. (consortiumnews.com)
  • The government of Thailand has hired the lobby firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand to protect its rice crop from U.S. biotechnology researchers. (prwatch.org)
  • PTI USA, which is based in New York, is the principal client of the lobbying firm which will be paid $8,333.00 per month. (geo.tv)
  • Choose a quiet area of a restaurant, lobby, or office where there is less activity and noise. (medlineplus.gov)
  • For further guidance on the applicability of Section 503 to CDC grantees please see the attached Additional Requirement (AR) 12 (attached below), which is CDC's policy on impermissible lobbying activities by CDC grantees. (cdc.gov)
  • 12 (attached below), which is CDC's policy on impermissible lobbying activities by CDC grantees. (cdc.gov)