Annotated Constitution Pg 1101 governmental programs affect lobbying and lobbying activities. defeat legislationwhich would adversely affect one's business 176 But the antitrust laws may not http://www.eco.freedom.org/ac92/ac92pg1101.shtml
Extractions: Environmental Conservation Organization Prev Next to promote political ideas; although it had no stockholders, the Chamber's members had similar disincentives to forego benefits of membership in order to protest the Chamber's political expression; and, by accepting corporate contributions, the Chamber could serve as a conduit for corporations to circumvent prohibitions on direct corporate contributions and expenditures. 494 U.S. 652 (1990). Id. at 660-61. Id. at 661-65. - Government as Regulator of the Electoral Process: Lobbying. Inasmuch as legislators may be greatly dependent upon representations made to them and information supplied to them by interested parties, legislators may desire to know what the real interests of those parties are, what groups or persons they represent, and other such information. But everyone is constitutionally entitled to write his congressman or his state legislator, to encourage others to write or otherwise contact legislators, and to make speeches and publish articles designed to influence legislators. Conflict is inherent. In the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act, Congress by broadly phrased and ambiguous language seemed to require detailed reporting and registration by all persons who solicited, received, or expended funds for purposes of lobbying, that is to influence congressional action directly or indirectly. In United States v. Harriss
LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN our side of the issues when proposing and passing laws that affect us as of the countryit's important to understand who MoFed is lobbying for surely http://www.critterhaven.org/truth_mofed.htm
Advisory Opinion 2003-2 laws § 3614-7(a). As such, the petitioner is not foreseeable that the matter willfinancially affect the spouse. lobbying Nepotism Private employment Recusal. http://www.state.ri.us/ethics/Advisory Opinions/2003/2003-002.htm
Extractions: Advisory Opinion No. 2003-2 Re: Arthur Handy QUESTION PRESENTED: RESPONSE: The petitioner was recently elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives. The petitioner represents that he is currently employed by the American Lung Association of Rhode Island and as part of his position he lobbies on behalf of the Association. Additionally, the petitioner represents that his spouse is a lobbyist for the Urban League of Rhode Island in the Advocacy and Public Policy Department. He states that she is several levels below the Executive Director and that one of her responsibilities is testifying on bills before the General Assembly. Code Citations 36-14-5(a)
Judicial Supremacy? 22, 1997, A19.) In M and H, this back room lobbying on judicial appointments inM and H emphasize that their ruling does not affect marriage laws. http://www.pagusmundi.com/acsa/MandH.htm
Extractions: At the Grassroots Level By Chris Brantley, IEEE-USA This section provides a practical overview on how you can build an effective grassroots network in your section, community, and/or state to share information and mobilize action on the policy issues that concern you and the engineering profession. Why Grassroots? The answer to the question is quite simple. Politicians need votes in order to get elected (or re-elected). A strong grassroots network of constituents represents a vote generating (or alienating) engine that a good candidate or elected official can't afford to ignore. For their December 1997 issue, Fortune magazine interviewed over 2,000 Washington insiders, including Members of Congress, their staffs, and White House officials, and asked them to rank the most influential lobbies in Washington and to identify what makes them influential. The answers shouldn't be surprising. Dominating the top ten lobbies were national organizations like the American Association of Retired Persons, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the National Rifle Association, and the Christian Coalition. What do they all have in common? A very large and motivated membership that actively participates in grassroots political activity on issues of common concern. Equally enlightening was the respondents' list of what works best in lobbying: Delivering the straight facts to lawmakers;
SEANet - Dos And Don'ts 4. Actions to affect regulations or other acts implementing existing laws that are 6.Selfdefense lobbying activities directed at legislators or their http://www.seanetonline.org/dos-dont.cfm
Extractions: Statement from CNS Chief Executive Officer Harris Wofford Since its inception, the Corporation for National Service has strictly prohibited programs or participants from using Corporation funds to lobby Congress or to engage in other partisan political activities or advocacy activities. As you know, individuals who are serving in programs funded by the Corporation are prohibited from engaging in lobbying activities or partisan political activities, in the course of their duties, at the request of program staff, or in a manner that would associate their activities with their programs or with the Corporation.
Indiana Lobby Registration Commission - of the Indiana legislature on matters which affect the industry is solely for lobbyingor the lobbying is incidental under or authorized by the laws of either http://www.in.gov/ilrc/INlaw/97-07fin.html
Extractions: Determiniation Trade associations whose principal purpose is lobbying must register and report as compensated lobbyists. Members of those associations must register and report as employer lobbyists if the principal purpose of the trade association i s lobbying and more than $500 of their individual annual dues are used for lobbying activities. Example An incorporated trade association, "X", has seven (7) members. Each member pays $20,000 annual dues to X. In exchange for these dues, X provides certain membership benefits to those members, one benefit being the lobbying of the Indiana legislature on matters which affect the industry represented by the trade association. The principal purpose of the trade association is lobbying. More than $500 of each member's annual dues is spent by the trade association in furtherance of its principal purpose of lobbying. X must register as a compensated lobbyist. Each member must register as an employer lobbyist.
Pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/common/opinions/200111/01-1044a.txt The collec tive bargaining laws impose restrictions on the use of official whetherthis interpretation of the Appropriations Act would affect lobbying by DOD http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/common/opinions/200111/01-1044a.txt
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County Colorado nonprofits. What you will learn laws that affect lobbying; Effectivelobbying techniquesFundraising in the Future. How September http://www.commfound.org/nonprof/ventures/ventures2002/tracks2002.html
Clark Hill Government Policy And Practice Practice Area executive officials whose actions may affect their interests procurement and appropriations,campaign finance, lobbying and ethics laws, building coalitions http://www.clarkhill.com/practice_areas/practice_areas.jsp?ID=3200
LOBBYING lobbying, in America, a general term used to designate the efforts the tariff or inthe railway or banking laws, which seriously affect special interests http://25.1911encyclopedia.org/L/LO/LOBBYING.htm
Extractions: LOBAU, a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Saxony, on the Lobau water, 12 m. S.E. of the town of Bautzen, on the Drcsden-Gdrlitz railway. Pop. (1905) 10,683. There is a spa, Konig Albert-Bad, largely frequented during the summer season. The town has agricultural implement, pianoforte, sugar, machinebuilding and button works, and trade in grain, yarn, linen and stockings. Other industries are spinning, weaving, dyeing,, bleaching and brewing. Lobau is first mentioned as a town in 1221; it received civic rights early in the 14th century and, in 1346, became one of the six allied towns of Lusatia. It suffered severely during the Hussite war and was deprived of its rights in 1547. See Bergmann, Geschichte der Oberlausitzer Sechssto4t Löbau (Bischofswerda, 1896); and Kretschmer, Die Stadi Lobau (Chemnitz, 1904). LOBBYING, in America, a general term used to designate the efforts of persons who are not members of a legislative body to influence the course of legislation. In addition to the large number of American private bills which are constantly being introduced in Congress and the various state legislatures, there are many general measures, such as proposed changes in the tariff or in the railway or banking laws, which seriously affect special interests. The people who are most intimately concerned naturally have a right to appear before the legislature or its repre sentative, the committee in charge of the bill, and present their side of the case. Lobbying in this sense is legitimate, and may almost be regarded as a~ necessity. Unfortunately, however, all lobbying is not of this innocent character. The great industrial corporations, insurance companies, and railway and traction monopolies which have developed in comparatively recent years are constantly in need of legislative favours; they are also compelled to protect themselves against legislation which is unreasonably severe, and against what are known in the slang of politics as strikes or hold-ups.1 In order that these objects may be accomplished there are kept at Washington and at the various state capitals paid agents whose influence is so well recogidzed that they are popularly called the third house. Methds of the most reprehensible kind have often been employed by them.
CBS News | Privacy Laws Under Attack | February 19, 2002 11:18:33 The Roundtable also is lobbying for two proposed bills in a moratorium on state financialprivacy laws while a task force studies how they affect the flow of http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/02/19/politics/main329819.shtml
Extractions: This publication of the International Center for Not-for-profit Law (ICNL) is designed to provide information on the principal federal fiscal laws regulating not-for-profit organizations in the United States. This publication is provided for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended and should not be construed as legal advice. For further information, please contact ICNL at the address below. Revised April 1995 I. Introduction The types of organization that are generally exempt from federal income tax under the Code and Regulations range from the traditional philanthropic groups that advance religion, education, medicine, science and other charitable purposes, to many organiza tions less associated with traditional concepts of philanthropy. Some of these other types of exempt organizations include: civic leagues operated for the promotion of social welfare; labor organizations; agricultural or horticultural organizations; busi ness leagues, chambers of commerce and boards of trade; non-profit clubs organized for pleasure and recreation; fraternal organizations operated under the lodge system; certain non-profit retirement funds, life insurance associations, cemetery companies a nd credit unions; and veterans groups. The framework of the Code and Regulations determine which types of contributions are encouraged and which types of exempt organizations will receive preferred treatment with respect to such contributions. This is done by limiting the deduction that can be taken in a year depending on such factors as whether the contribution takes the form of money or property, what type and amount of property is contributed, and whether the donee is considered a "public charity" or a "private foundation."
Coalition For The Restoration Of Parental Rights grandparents, attorneys and interested parties lobbying against unconstitutional HowDoes This affect Me as a Parent? do not realize there are laws on the http://parentsrights.com/aboutus.htm
Georgia Center For Nonprofits | FAQs | Advocacy is a distinction between advocacy and lobbying that is their own behalf, they seekto affect some aspect about their rules, or the government about its laws. http://www.nonprofitgeorgia.org/faq-advocacy.html
Extractions: Center Services: Center Publications CEO Central Consulting Service Nonprofit Bookstore Nonprofit Jobs Nonprofit Startup Packet Public Policy Research Technology Resources Training and Events Links to Other Resources FAQs: FAQ Home Advocacy Ethics Evaluation Financial Management Governance Human Resources Management Information Technology Leadership Legal Marketing Operations Management Planning Resource Development Other f r e q u e n t l y a s k e d q u e s t i o n s What is an advocacy alliance? An advocacy alliance is a formal or informal partnership in which nonprofit organizations and companies work together to alter their operations, promote changes in public policies, support self-regulation, or endorse operating or ethical standards. Sometimes these relationships begin as adversarial ones that evolve into collaborative arrangements. How can I track local legislation affecting a specific Georgia county? To track a local bill, by issue, committee or legislator, visit the Web site of the Association of County Commissioners in Georgia What is the difference between advocacy and lobbying?
FTAA: Toxic Trade? argued that new treaties could affect federal laws would be used to invalidate ourenvironmental laws. . be less harmful, but California is lobbying Congress to http://www.globalexchange.org/ftaa/2002/time032502.html
Extractions: By Margot Roosevelt SANTA MONICA - In Santa Monica, a beach town known for its movie stars, the sun shines almost every day, palm trees sway on the boulevardsand the groundwater is poisoned. All over town, ugly drilling rigs mounted on trucks are boring 300-foot holes to trace the plumes of a pollutant that has leaked from the underground tanks of gasoline stations. The culprit: methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), an additive that makes gasoline burn cleaner but one the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has classified as a potential carcinogen. Half of Santa Monica's water supply is undrinkableMTBE makes water taste like turpentineand the city (pop. 85,000) faces a $300 million cleanup that could take as long as 30 years. As lawsuits against 18 oil companies drag on, California has ordered a phaseout of the chemical, and a dozen other states have followed suit. If this were an ordinary tale of one more controversial pollutant, it could be resolved in U.S. courts. But the MTBE conflict has exploded into an international fistfight, a test case for globalization and a key issue in President Bush's effort to win new trade-negotiating powers from Congress next month. That's because METHANEX, the Canadian company that makes a key ingredient of MTBE, is challenging California's ban under the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement. The case has raised doubts about whether a state can protect its drinking water as it sees fit. Do such health regulations amount to a trade barrier?
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Extractions: Innovation happens fastest when there is free exchange of information. The computer field started in the academic world, where a free exchange of information is the norm. Later, the open platforms of the Mac and the PC brought computing to the masses. The latest open platform for innovation is the Internet, which was opened to the public in the early 1990s and has spawned a computer revolution among the masses. While the Internet has made the free flow of information easier than ever, some have tried to restrict that flow. Fortunately, laws attempting to restrict offensive material online have gained little traction. The "Communications Decency Act" (CDA) has already been overturned by the Supreme Court, and its successor, the "Child Online Protection Act" (COPA), is well on its way toward the same fate.
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Extractions: Our lobbying team has over 50 years of collective legislative and government experience and works closely with our Government Relations Practice Group . Backing up our lobbying team are nearly 80 attorneys and more than 30 legal assistants with the capacity to provide the highest level of service in very specific areas of law. Our lobbying services include legislative monitoring testifying , and regulatory services, as well as issue management coalition building and association management services. McLane's Government Relations Practice Group takes an interdisciplinary approach to your matters by drawing upon the knowledge and experience of our attorneys and lobbyists to work with your business in proactive strategic planning and in the provision of practical and timely solutions to legislative, regulatory and administrative law problems. For further information on any of our lobbying services, contact Gregory Smith at (603) 230-4401 or by email at
SAA Bulletin 13(4): Archaeopolitics The keys here are Capitol Hill lobbying, developing alliances Legislators know littleabout how federal laws and agency programs affect archaeology, but http://www.saa.org/publications/saabulletin/13-4/SAA9.html
Extractions: Contents: Although the SAA's annual meeting in Minneapolis was one of the most successful and vigorous ever, there was a strong current of foreboding and even fear, as facts and rumors circulated regarding what Congress and various federal agencies might or might not do to the laws, regulations, and programs that today affect most aspects of American archaeology. Those members working in the resource management sector saw themselves as especially vulnerable, but academicians and museum specialists were also concerned about the funding prospects for important grant programs. Accompanying articles by Judy Bense, Donald Craib, and Ralph Johnson detail various aspects of what has happened and what might happen in Congress, and how SAA and other organizations are responding to these actions. The good news is that so far (I write this in mid-August), the programs that most concern us have weathered the fiscal year 1996 appropriations process, with only "average" levels of cuts (though the National Endowment for the Humanities appears to be facing substantial downsizing). In general, "our" programs have fared better than those in many other areas, such as environmental and energy research and regulation, and social services. The article by Donald Craib and Ralph Johnson details the amounts appropriated by the House and Senate for programs of special interest to us.
Information On Dental Licensure What can the Individual Dentists do to affect Changes in State laws/Regulations youcan begin to gather the facts about the issue for which you are lobbying. http://www.ada.org/prof/prac/licensure/information.html
Extractions: Your Practice Licensure Licensure Recognition Dentists National Board Dental Examination Program ... Continuing Education Requirements of State Dental Boards Dentists and Auxiliaries Information on Dental Licensure Licensure, as defined in Webster's Dictionary, is "formal permission from a constituted authority to do something as to carry on some business." Obtaining a license is a process every dentist must go through at least once during his or her professional life in order to practice dentistry. This is a brief summary of important facts to help dentists and dental students become more familiar with terms used and more informed about the licensure process. The state dental board is the appropriate agency to contact for specific information about licensure requirements, the state dental practice act, or other licensure-related information. Historic Perspective on Dental Education and Licensure Until the early 1900s, dental education was not standardized and there were "dentists" with and without formal training delivering care to patients.
