Orphan date February 2009 The European Nuclear Lobby is a pejorative term used to describe FORATOM, an organization of in house lobbyists and trade associations active in lobbying. The FORATOM organization is promoting the use of the nuclear energy industry in Europe, as an efficient alternative for fossil fuel s. ref https webgate.ec.europa.eu transparency regrin consultation displaylobbyist.do?id 42433582 82&locale en en ref However, there is concern about nuclear energy, especially regarding the fact that nuclear waste are a pollutant, while CO sub 2 sub emissions have not characterized as such. Also, there is concern about accidents and the ability of the spent nuclear fuel to be used in the construction of nuclear weapons. The European Nuclear Lobby is speculated to have aided in the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol by many European countries, including France. Citation needed date February 2009 References reflist Category International nuclear energy organizations ... more details
The term Jewish lobby may refer to Jewish lobby , a term used to describe or allege organized Jewish influence in a number of areas. An Israel lobby disambiguation , any one of groups that lobbies in support of Israel. disambig ... more details
Image Hllogo.jpg right Hobby Lobby International is a catalog and Internet retailer of Radio controlled aircraft , helicopters, boats and related products. The company was started in 1963 by James Martin and sold in 2003 to GenCap America and remains headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee . In 2009, Hobby Lobby International was sold to Mark Cleveland, a Brentwood entrepreneur. References http www.nashvillecitypaper.com news.php?viewStory 22256 Nashville City Paper http www.nashvillepost.com news 2007 11 12 gen cap names new ceo at brentwood firm Nashville Post Hobby Lobby Creative Centers Hobby Lobby International is not related to Hobby Lobby Creative Centers , a large retail chain of arts and crafts Chain store store s based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma . External links http www.hobby lobby.com Official Site Radio controlled models Category Companies based in Tennessee Category Williamson County, Tennessee Category Radio control radio controlled Category Model airplane model aircraft US company stub ... more details
Refimprove date March 2009 Infobox film name Let s All Go to the Lobby image Let s All Go to the Lobby.png caption Four Anthropomorphism anthropomorphic snack food items singing Let s All Go the Lobby . released 1957 runtime 1 minute director producer writer starring music Let s All Go to the Lobby is a 1957 ref Inspiration Filmack Catalog. February, 1954. Volume 15, Issue 2. Page 10. ref ref Original prints are Kodak date coded 1953. ref animated musical snipe theatrical snipe played as an advertisement before the beginning of the main film. It featured a family of four talking concession stand products, singing Let s all go to the lobby to get ourselves a treat and walking to the concession stand. The trailer was animated by Dave Fleischer producer of Popeye cartoons and produced by Filmack Studios of Chicago, a company that specialized in snipes. It was part of a series of Technicolor trailers aimed at informing audiences about a theater s newly installed ref Valentine, M The Show Starts on the Sidewalk An Architectural History of the Movie Theatre, Starring S. Charles Lee . Yale University Press, 1996. ref concession stand. The melody bears a striking similarity to For He s A Jolly Good Fellow but many songs are attributed to this melody. It is uncertain who may have originally ... Duke of Marlborough . In 2000, Let s All Go to the Lobby was selected for preservation in the United ... commercial, Go On Out To The Lobby . In a short movie named The Animation Show by Don Hertzfeldt This was parodied ... team The Lobby improv The Lobby is named after the song. The group originally intended to use the song ... interview with The Lobby ref References reflist External links http www.filmack.com products ClassicLobbyA.htm Short online at Filmack website IMDb title id 0272170 title Let s All Go to the Lobby DEFAULTSORT Let s All Go To The Lobby Category 1953 films Category Short films Category United States National Film Registry films nl Let s All Go to the Lobby sv Let s All Go To The Lobby ... more details
The Arab lobby in the United States is a collection of formal and informal groups and professional lobbyists paid directly by Arab governments that lobbyist lobby the public and government of the United ... 2006 07 03 viewpoint where is the arab lobby 1650 Viewpoint Where is the Arab lobby? Middle East Times ... site news.cfm?newsid 18823821&BRD 2737&PAG 461&dept id 576361&rfi 6 The Arab Lobby Can ... American Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC , wrote of the Arab lobby s roots in the 1950s ... Arab lobby to counter AZCPA. ref name JVLMitchellBard http www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org jsource US Israel ..., accessed August 26, 2006. ref According to Mitchell Bard in his book The Arab Lobby , Citation ... Lobbies, , review of Mitchell Bard s The Arab Lobby , Jewish Ideas Daily , September 8, 2010. ref ..., however they continue to lobby for Palestinians. ref Michael Lewis, http www.meforum.org article ... Arab lobby Many of the players in the Arab lobby are paid directly by Arab governments, the New York ... lobby include Bob Livingston , Tony Podesta , and Toby Moffett . Arab governments have paid tens .... ref This includes the Saudi Arabia lobby , Egypt lobby and the Libya lobby . In the wake of 9 11, Saudi ... news outfront 2007 05 extreme makeover.html accessdate 2007 08 22 ref Lobby fees paid by Arab governments ... lobby day. It has promoted actively professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt s book The Israel Lobby ... lobby in the United States Turkey also spent over 3 million. ref Anupama Narayanswamy and Luke ... Arab lobby According to Mitchell Bard , author of 2010 book The Arab Lobby , the informal Arab lobby ... Mitchell Bard, The Arab Lobby, The Abuse of Academic Freedom The Lobby Infiltrates the Classroom, Chapter 14, pp. 284 321. ref Power of lobby Mitchell Bard , author of 2010 book The Arab Lobby and a former ... Affairs Committee , writes that from the beginning, the Arab lobby has faced not only a disadvantage ... and Nabeel A. Khoury have also written about the virtual non existence of an Arab lobby in America. ref ... more details
The Armenian American lobby is a term used to describe the loose coalition of groups and individuals who influence United States foreign policy in support of Armenia and its policies. Zbigniew Brzezinski ranks the three most effective ethnic lobbies in the United States as the Israeli American Lobby, the Cuban American lobby Cuban American lobby and the Armenian American lobby. ref Zbigniew Brzezinski Brzezinski, Zbigniew . A Dangerous Exemption. Foreign Policy 1 July 2006 63. ref The lobby is credited with considerable success in persuading Congress to favor Armenian interests. Among its achievements are 90 million in aid annually for Armenia, the continuation of Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act blocking aid to Azerbaijan, success in stalling an arms deal with Turkey, and support for official US governmental recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 1921. ref Gregg, Heather. Divided They Conquer The Success of Armenian Ethnic Lobbies in the United States Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 http web.mit.edu cis www migration pubs rrwp 13 divided.pdf ref While the Armenian lobby has been effective in a number of public relations campaigns, it has been after more than 25 years of effort a woeful failure regarding their primary goal, the recognition of the Genocide of Armenians by the United States government. No matter identity of the president or the ruling political party, the Armenian lobbyists have been unable to change United States policy regarding Genocide recognition. ref Dikran Abrahamian. cite web url http www.keghart.com Lobby title US Armenian Lobby s Clout an Exaggeration work Official site accessdate ... Armenian American Lobby Category Foreign policy political advocacy groups in the United States ... relations az AB da erm ni lobbisi it Lobby armenoamericana ru ... more details
The Box Lobby Challenge is a comedy drama comedy play by the British writer Richard Cumberland dramatist Richard Cumberland . It was first staged at the Haymarket Theatre in February 1794. ref Nicoll p.127 ref It is a farce farcial comedy of manners set amongst the working class . References references Bibliography Mudford, William. The Life of Richard Cumberland . Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1812. Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660 1900. Volume III Late Eighteenth Century Drama . Cambridge University Press, 1952. DEFAULTSORT Box Lobby Challenge, The Category Plays by Richard Cumberland Category 1794 plays UK theat stub 18thC play stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Wikify date April 2010 notability date April 2012 The Maine Women s Lobby was founded in 1978 and is dedicated to legislative action on behalf of Maine s women and girls. The Maine Women s Lobby believes women and girls should have economic security, access to health care, and freedom from violence and discrimination. Sister organization The Maine Women s Policy Center is the sister organization to the Maine Women s Lobby and is dedicated to creating equality for Maine s women and girls. It holds four main areas to be the focus of its goals economic security, civil rights, freedom from violence, and secure health care and reproductive rights . The Maine Women s Policy Center was founded in 1990 to improve the economic, social, and political status of women and girls in Maine through public policy and leadership development. Mission The Maine Women s Policy Center is committed to systemic change. For sixteen years the organization has trained, organized, and supported women to effectively participate in the policy making process. The MWPC has consistently backed up women s real life experiences with research and facts, and partnered with its sister organization, the Maine Women s Lobby, to amplify their concerns in the legislature and develop policy solutions that address their needs. The MWPC especially seeks to serve those women who are underrepresented in the formation of public policy particularly rural women and women with low incomes. External links http www.mainewomen.org Maine Women s Lobby and Maine Women s Policy Center Category Women s political advocacy groups in the United States Category Organizations established in 1978 ... more details
The Turkey Turkish lobby in the United States is a lobby that works on behalf of Turkey in promoting that nation s interests with the American government. The Turkish lobby is one of the many lobby groups in the United States working to promote their side of the story. In 2009 the Turkish lobby spent almost 1.7 million lobbying American officials on Turkish issues and on behalf of the Middle Eastern policy concerns it shares with the Arab lobby in the United States .. ref name UneasySpot http www.nytimes.com 2011 03 02 world middleeast 02lobby.html?scp 1&sq arab 20lobby&st cse Arab Unrest Puts Their Lobbyists in Uneasy Spot . The New York Times . March 1, 2011. ref Lobbyists working on behalf of and paid by the government of Turkey include former Congressman Dick Gephardt and former Congressman Bob Livingston . ref name UneasySpot According to ProPublica , in 2007 8 paid, professional lobbyists acting on behalf of the government of Turkey had more contacts with members of congress than lobbyists acting for any other foreign government. ref name Narayanswamy Anupama Narayanswamy and Luke Rosiak, http www.propublica.org article adding it up the top players in foreign agent lobbying 718 Adding it up The Top Players in Foreign Agent Lobbying , ProPublica , August 18, 2009. ref The Turkish lobby worked intensely to prevent passage of US House Resolution 106 HR 106 , the United States resolution on Armenian genocide . ref http www.foxnews.com story 0,2933,301221,00.html Turkey Recalls Ambassador to U.S. Over Armenian Genocide Bill , Associated Press , October 11, 2007. ref ref name LobbyHard http www.nytimes.com 2007 10 17 world americas 17iht lobby.4.7932191.html Ex congressmen lobby hard on Turkey s behalf . Marilyn W. Thompson, The New York Times , October 17, 2007 ref The New ... to lobby on behalf of the Turkish view. ref name Frenzy According to the Washington Post , The Turkish ..., Dec. 17, 2009, Sunlight Foundaiton. ref See also Arab lobby in the United States References Reflist ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The National Student Lobby NSL was a national legislative advocacy group based in Washington, D.C . It was founded in 1971, and merged with the National Student Association to form the United States Student Association USSA in 1978. Category Defunct organizations Category Advocacy groups Category Student political organizations in the United States Poli org stub ... more details
The Israel lobby at times called the Zionism Zionist lobby or sometimes the Jewish lobby is a term used ... Walt Walt, Stephen . The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy , London Review of Books , Volume 28 Number 6, March 22, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2006. ref The lobby consists of both Christian American ... hostile to Israel. ref George Friedman , The Israel Lobby in U.S. Strategy , September 4, 2007 http www.stratfor.com israel lobby u s strategy The Israel Lobby in U.S. Strategy STRATFOR . ref The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt write that since 1976, Israel ... s pro Israel lobby. ref AIPAC Web Site http www.aipac.org about AIPAC Learn About AIPAC default.asp ... Israel Public Affairs Committee official, Mitchell Bard , the Israeli or pro Israel lobby is composed ... 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2009. ref Informal lobby Support for Israel is strong among American Christians ... Walt wrote blockquote In its basic operations, the Israel Lobby is no different from the farm lobby ... Jews and their Christian allies attempting to sway US policy the Lobby s activities are not a conspiracy ..., are weak, which makes the Israel Lobby s task even easier. ref name lrb.co.uk blockquote Bard defines the Jewish informal lobby as the indirect means through which Jewish voting behavior and American ... underlying the informal lobby as follows blockquote American Jews recognize the importance of support ... name JVLMitchellBard blockquote Formal lobby The formal component of the Israel lobby consists of organized lobbying lobby groups , political action committees PACs , think tanks and media watchdog ... Israel lobby. ref name Rubin http www.jidaily.com cGwn e Onward, Christian Zionists , by Jennifer Rubin ... Falk describes the evangelical Christian groups that lobby on behalf of Israel as being so numerous ..., Gerhard Falk, 2006, p. 50. ref It is a powerful religious lobby that actively supports ... via the aggregation and filtering of the diversity of opinions held by smaller pro Israel lobby ... more details
Image TOCLlogo.png right thumb 300px The Three O Clock Lobby Logo and Address The Three O Clock Lobby was a statewide, youth run youth advocacy organization in Michigan in the late 1970s. It was one of the forerunners of the American youth rights movement. Formation In 1976, Michigan s Office of Juvenile Justice Services OJJS experimented with youth representation and asked 16 year old Linda Feldt of Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor to serve on a commission formed to evaluate juvenile justice in the State and make recommendations for change. The commission formed about seven task forces to focus on specific aspects of juvenile justice, and, at the urging of Ms. Feldt, one or two young people were recruited to serve on each of those task forces as well. After several months, Ms. Feldt arranged for all of the youth commissioners to meet and share their experiences. The ten or twelve young people at that meeting decided to form an organization, naming it The Three O Clock Lobby, since it would operate after school hours. Among the individuals at that meeting was 16 year old Christopher Jens ... to frustrate the group. The Three O Clock Lobby s initial focus was on decriminalization of status offenses ... the state s attorney general to investigate the Three O Clock Lobby for using state funds to oppose ... came quickly, and before the end of the November, about six members of the Three O Clock Lobby traveled ... Clock Lobby a one time amount of 5,000. Year of the Child and eventual dissolution The year 1979 was named ... O Clock Lobby hold a protest outside the conference, so the group prepared leaflets entitled ... address. The Three O Clock Lobby received some favorable press coverage about the protest, but this did ... to lapse, and the Three O Clock Lobby was no more. See also Youth voice Youth participation References The Three O Clock Lobby of Michigan a New Designs interview with Chris Magnus . New Designs ... O Clock Lobby . Youth Truth , v. 7, no. 3 Fall 2006 , p. 8 9. Category Youth empowerment organizations ... more details
For other uses Israel lobby disambiguation Israel lobby The term Israel lobby in the United Kingdom also called the Zionist lobby ref PressTV http www.presstv.ir detail 158021.html ref ref Alan Hart former Panorama and BBC Middle Eastern Affairs refers to it as the Zionist Lobby Zionism The Enemy ref ... lobbying in the US with regard to Israel lobby in the United States support for Israel is far greater ... were the institutional stronghold of the anti Zionist camp and formed a lobby committee to oppose ... War I , abandoned its Zionist sympathies which had been secured by the Zionist lobby because of fears ... right thumb 280x Speak Up for Israel in Parliament lobby day leaflet, 2009 Various contemporary ... described itself as a lobby group working within the Labour Party to promote the State of Israel. ref ... Party and states on its website that it is one of the fastest growing political lobby groups. It lists ... effective lobby group, writing that its Director, Stuart Polak, has done more than most to promote ..., Bernard. http www.inminds.co.uk article.php?id 10233 New Israel lobby not taking on Bicom , reprinted ... Jewish lobby group. ref name rumours Peter Beaumont, Rory McCarthy, Tracy McVeigh and Paul Harris ... www.guardian.co.uk world 2009 jan 04 biscom israel lobby poju zabludowicz How the pro Israel lobby ... focussing on media or a more upfront pro Israel lobby similar to the American Aipac... ref name ... israel Israel lobby calls in US advisers to boost image , The Guardian , October 12, 2002. ref The American ... Ori Nir, http www.forward.com articles 3367 FBI Affair Costs Lobby Dynamic Director Rosen , The Forward ... Conspiracy? in the New Statesman magazine about the Zionist lobby in the United Kingdom, detailing ... lobby and that it is rich, potent, and effective goes largely unquestioned on the left. However, he concluded The truth is that the Zionist lobby does exist, but is a clueless bunch. ref name ... and Dennis Sewell on Britain s pro Israel lobby, and portraying a gold star of David sitting on top ... more details
Lobby The structure of WEL mirrors Australia s federal political system. There are WEL branches ..., state and national branches of WEL often work together on projects or to lobby for policy change ... . ref name ref2 http wel.anu.edu.au Women s Electoral Lobby History Project, WEL National Coordinators ... br In 2010, the Women s Electoral Lobby Australia dispensed with its usual process of researching ... more details
Orphan date June 2011 Essay date April 2011 The American corporate media lobby which has included among others the National Association of Broadcasters founded in 1922 and the American Newspaper Publishers Association founded in 1887, now a part of Newspaper Association of America has been involved in the shaping of media ownership regulations since the early days of the industry. ref cite book last McChesney first Robert title Telecommunications, mass media, & democracy the battle for year 1993 publisher Oxford location New York ref In that time, they have repeatedly sought out their own interests, in many cases at the expense of the public interest. ref cite journal last Everett first M.L. title FCC license renewal policy the broadcasting lobby versus the public interest journal Southwestern Law Journal year 1973 volume 27 pages 325 339 ref ref cite book last McChesney first Robert title The Problem of the Media year 2004 publisher Chatham House Publishers location Chatham, NJ ref Among the strategies employed by the American corporate media lobby is direct lobbying , which refers to attempts to influence a Legislature legislative body through direct communication with a member or employee of a legislative body, or with a government official who participates in formulating U.S.legislation. ref http www.irs.gov charities article 0,,id 225722,00.html Direct and Grass Roots Lobbying ..., and in some instances, grassroots lobbying . The contemporary corporate media lobby Throughout most ... media lobby. ref cite journal last Obar first Jonathan A. title Beyond cynicism A review of the FCC ... for so many years, it is safe to assume that the corporate media lobby is known well by Federal regulators the lobby of course consists of a variety of organizations . The strong, direct relationships ..., D.C. ref notes as essential to greater influence go much deeper than the notion that the lobby ... name Zorack most influential lobbying strategy access is an advantage of the corporate media lobby ... more details
The National Women s Lobby Group NWLG, sometimes written Zambian National Women s Lobby , ZNWL is a Zambia n organization whose mission is to bridge the gender gap in political decision making by advocating for increased women s participation and representation . ref http www.kit.nl gcg html participating organizations 1.asp ZNWLG Royal Tropical Library KIT website ref The organization was founded in 1991, following Zambia s transition from a one party state to a multi party democracy , by a group of 100 women s rights activists protesting the lack of equal representation in all levels of the Zambian government. At the time, only seven women served in the Parliament of Zambia out of 150 seats, and only three women served on the Central Committee, the equivalent of today s List of Presidents of Zambia Presidential Cabinet. The NWLG s goals include promoting the equal participation of women in the political decision making process, promoting a culture of gender equality and respect for the human rights of women through changes in attitudes, language, procedure and laws, and having more women politicians through affirmative action . Since its inception, the NWLG has become one of the leading forces for women s rights in Zambia, and has been formally recognized by the government as the lead NGO for these issues. The organization has been active in a number of international workshops, and has aided in monitoring elections in Lusaka . Notes references External links http www.womenslobby.org.zm NWLG website Category Zambian society Category Politics of Zambia Category Women s rights in Africa Category Zambian feminists Category Feminist organizations ... more details
Notability Organizations date March 2012 POV check date March 2012 America s Voice is a Washington, D.C. based immigration organization advocating for humane comprehensive immigration reform. ref cite web title About America s Voice url http americasvoiceonline.org pages about americas voice ref The New York Times describes America s Voice as a liberal group that advocates a policy of integrating illegal immigrants into American society, combined with border security. ref name Archibold http www.nytimes.com 2010 05 12 us 12newmexico.html?ref us Side by Side, but Divided Over Immigration, Randal Archibold, New York Times, May 11, 2010. ref The executive director, Frank Sharry serves on the Board of Directors of the Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform . External links Organizational website http americasvoiceonline.org References reflist DEFAULTSORT America s Voice Lobby Category Immigration political advocacy groups in the United States Category Organizations established in 2008 ... more details
The Irish American lobby is a term used to describe the loose coalition of groups and individuals who influence United States policy in both foreign and domestic affairs in support of causes related to Ireland and Irish American interests. The main issues that have concerned the Irish American lobby historically have been support for Irish independence, support for the unification of Ireland , support for Catholic parochial schools, and winning increased quotas for immigration form Ireland. In areas with large Irish populations, the Irish lobby has worked through the Democratic Party United States Democratic Party . Formal organizations The Irish National Caucus INC was founded in 1974 by Father Se n McManus Irish priest Sean Gabriel McManus at a meeting of the Ancient Order of Hibernians . ref Cite book publisher Praeger isbn 9780275965174 pages 50 last Thompson first Joseph title American Policy and Northern Ireland A Saga of Peacebuilding location Westport Conn. date 2001 ref The INC lobbies for the MacBride Principles , a manifesto that demands the cooperation of US companies doing business in Northern Ireland in fighting alleged discrimination and abuses there. ref University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. http www1.umn.edu humanrts links macbride.html The MacBride Principles ref The INC formerly operated a now defunct political action committee under the name INC Irish PAC. ref Federal Election Commission. http query.nictusa.com cgi bin fecimg ?C00179614 FEC Disclosure Reports Filer ID C00179614 ref The INC operates a tax exempt charitable organization, the Irish Peace Foundation, to support a non violent solution in Ireland. ref TaxExemptWorld.com http www.taxexemptworld.com organizations washington dc 20003.asp Washington, DC 20003 Tax Exempt Nonprofit Organizations ref ref http irishnationalcaucus.org IrishPeaceFoundation default.asp Irish Peace Foundation ref The Ancient Order of Hibernians AOH is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization . The order was instrumental ... more details
Infobox television show name Charley Weaver s Hobby Lobby image caption show name 2 Hobby Lobby, br The Charley Weaver Show genre Interview variety format creator Allan Sherman developer writer Cliff Arquette br Harvey Bullock writer Harvey Bullock ref name AndyG Kelly, Richard Michael 1981 The Andy Griffith Show , John F. Blair, Publisher, page 105, ISBN 0895870436 ref director creative director presenter starring judges voices narrated theme music composer George Tibbles opentheme endtheme composer country language num seasons or num series num episodes list episodes executive producer producer Allan Sherman editor location cinematography camera runtime 30 minutes company American Broadcasting Company distributor channel ABC Network picture format audio format first run first aired September 30, 1959 last aired March 23, 1960 status preceded by followed by related website production website Charley Weaver s Hobby Lobby is a half hour television interview show produced by Allan Sherman and the American Broadcasting Company ABC , and broadcast weekly in the United States by the American Broadcasting Company ABC ABC network 8&ndash 8 30 pm Eastern Standard Time on Wednesdays in the 1959 60 United States network television schedule 1959&ndash 60 television season . History The show premiered on September 30, 1959. Cliff Arquette , in his Charley Weaver persona, hosted the show throughout the run of the series. For the first two months, the show was called Charley Weaver s Hobby Lobby , but on November 25, 1959, the name of the show was changed to The Charley Weaver Show . ref name Nov251959 TELEVISION Schedule , November 25, 1959 , New York Times ref ref name BrooksEarle Brooks ... essentially followed the same format as the Hobby Lobby radio interview show hosted by Dave Elman and broadcast ... Nancy 2BKovack index.html 22Charlie Weaver 27s HObby Lobby 22&cd 1&hl en&ct clnk&gl us Nancy Kovack ... External links http www.imdb.com title tt0187628 Charley Weaver s Hobby Lobby at the http www.imdb.com ... more details
Australian Christian Lobby Non profit logo File AustralianChristianLobbyLogo2011a.jpg 160px founded ... The Australian Christian Lobby ACL is a Christian political lobby group having a head office ... wallace review.htm accessdate 14 November 2011 ref The Australian Christian Lobby has three main ... and activating Christians. ref name ACLFunctions Citation title Australian Christian Lobby publisher ... . The lobby group was the brainchild of John Gagliardi Australian John Gagliardi , a lay leader ... was changed to the Australian Christian Lobby ACL in March 2001. ref name ACCACL Citation ... Lobby is to see Christian principles and ethics accepted and influencing the way we are governed, do ... Lobby is an Australian Public Company , Limited By Guarantee , registered having an ABN 40 075 120 ... Details regarding the Australian Christian Lobby s Board ref name ACLBoard Citation title Our Board ... Christian Lobby. The document was endorsed by 50 of the national church leaders from ... Council of Churches accessdate 1 March 2012 ref and the Australian Christian Lobby. ref cite web url ... Christian Lobby has congratulated ACT Greens Party Convener, Meredith Hunter politician Meredith ... web url http au.christiantoday.com article christian lobby welcomes biological details inclusion on birth certificates 12838.htm title Christian lobby welcomes biological details inclusion on birth certificates ... Challenge In regards to refugees, the Australian Christian Lobby called for all parties to stop playing ... webcast to a wider audience. For both Federal and State elections, the Australian Christian Lobby ... accessdate 20 April 2012 ref the Australian Christian Lobby has stated that the action of the Australian ... organised by the Australian Christian Lobby and the Australian Family Association . Over a six week ... articles australian christian lobby i disown thee title Australian Christian Lobby ... I disown ... Australian Christian Lobby does not represent all Australian Christians, nor all Christian viewpoints ... more details
The Egypt lobby in the United States is a collection of lawyers, public relation firms and professional lobbyists paid directly by the government of Egypt to lobby the public and government of the United States on behalf of the interests of the government of Egypt. A key goal of Egypt s lobbyists is to secure a large allocaton of foreign aid more than 50 billion in American aid has gone to Egypt since 1975. ref name Narayanswamy Anupama Narayanswamy and Luke Rosiak, http www.propublica.org article adding it up the top players in foreign agent lobbying 718 Adding it up The Top Players in Foreign Agent Lobbying , ProPublica , August 18, 2009. ref According to ProPublica , this massive amount of American aid has enabled the Egyptian government ot postpone democratic reform. ref name Narayanswamy According to ProPublica, in 2007 8 Egypt ranked sixth in a list of the number of meetings between lobbyists for foreign governments and congressmen. ref name Narayanswamy According to the New York Times , in 2010 three of the most notable lobbyists Podesta Group Tony Podesta , Robert L. Livingston and Toby Moffett scored a large success on behalf of the government of Egypt by persuading American Senators to stop passage of a bill in the United States Senate calling on Egypt to curtail human rights abuses. Their success is credited with condoning the abuses that brought about the 2011 Egyptian revolution . ref name Lichtblau Eric Lichtblau, http www.nytimes.com 2011 03 02 world middleeast 02lobby.html?scp 1&sq arab 20lobby&st cse Arab Unrest Puts Their Lobbyists in Uneasy Spot , New York Times , March 1, 2011. ref In the lobbying campaign, former congressman from Connecticut Toby Moffat told his former colleagues that the bill would be viewed as an insult and that it would be wrong to insult an important ally. We were just saying to them, Don t do this now to our friends in Egypt, he said. ref name Lichtblau In the wake of President Mubarak s resignation, lobbyists Podesta, Moffat ... more details
The Libya lobby in the United States is a collection of lawyers, public relation firms and professional lobbyists paid directly by the government of Libya to lobby the public and government of the United States on behalf of the interests of the government of Libya. The Libyan government has engaged a number of American firms who have disclosed their work under the Foreign Agents Registration Act , including White & Case , Blank Rome , The Livingston Group , and Monitor Group . In 2008, law firm White & Case gave Libya a special 15 percent discount off of our standard rates in its effort to cement a significant relationship with the Libyan government under led by Muammar Gaddafi . ref name Lichtblau Eric Lichtblau, http www.nytimes.com 2011 03 02 world middleeast 02lobby.html?scp 1&sq arab 20lobby&st cse Arab Unrest Puts Their Lobbyists in Uneasy Spot , New York Times , March 1, 2011. ref In 2008 and 2009, the Gaddafi government paid over 2 million to lobbyists White and Case, Blank Rome, and The Livingston Group, led by Former Congressman Bob Livingston , to lobby on their behalf. ref name Lichtblau ref name sunlight2011 http reporting.sunlightfoundation.com 2011 libya and algeria rocked protest have history us lobbying ref Monitor Group was hired in 2005 to assess the state of Libya s economy, develop plans for economic modernization and reform of the banking system, and train leaders from different sectors of society. ref cite news title Letter from Libya Circle of Fire author Andrew Solomon url http www.newyorker.com archive 2006 05 08 060508fa fact solomon?printable true work The New Yorker date May 8, 2006 accessdate ref The work did not involve any wider political reforms in the North African nation. ref cite news title Qaddafi son sets out economic reforms Libya plans to shed old and begin a new era author Thomas Crampton url http www.nytimes.com 2005 01 28 news 28iht libya ed3 .html work The New York Times date January 28, 2005 accessdate ref ref cite news title ... more details
orphan date February 2012 The Gay Rights National Lobby was a Washington D.C. based gay rights advocacy organization which existed in the late 1970s into the early 1980s. It was founded in 1976, ref cite web url http rmc.library.cornell.edu HRC exhibition changingroles changingroles 8.html title Earliest Lobbying Organizations publisher Cornell University ref and both GRNL and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force were among the earliest organizations to engage in lobbying legislators for lesbian and gay rights. History Among notable members were Steve Endean , the one time Director of the GRNL 1978 ? who established the Human Rights Campaign Fund now the Human Rights Campaign in 1980 to raise funds for gay supportive congressional candidates, and former Maryland Republican congressman Robert Bauman , who had been outed in 1980 by a sex scandal and lost his seat before briefly becoming a lobbyist for the GRNL. ref cite web url http www.washingtonblade.com 2012 01 31 gay ex congressman shuns politics in florida title Gay ex congressman shuns politics in Florida date January 31, 2012 author Lou Chibbaro, Jr. publisher Washington Blade ref Among its campaigns alongside the NGLTF was the successful campaign against the Family Protection Act , a proposed legislation against gay people promoted by the Reagan administration in 1981 82. ref cite web url http rmc.library.cornell.edu HRC exhibition changingroles changingroles 9.html title Family Protection Act publisher Cornell University ref The GRNL merged with the HRC in 1985, ref cite web url http rmc.library.cornell.edu HRC exhibition changingroles changingroles 10.html title GRNL Merger ADA Act publisher Cornell University ref bringing with it many lobbyists and establishing the HRC as the premiere LGBT rights lobbying organization at the federal level in the United States for some time to come. In October 1986, the HRC created two separate organizations, the HRC Foundation as an educational arm and the HRC political action ... more details
refimprove date June 2011 The Cuban American lobby describes those various groups of Cuban exile s in the United States and their descendants who have historically influenced the United States policy toward Cuba. In general usage this refers to anti Fidel Castro Castro groups. Organizations Center for a Free Cuba Congressional Cuba Democracy Caucus Cuba Democracy Caucus Cuban American National Foundation Cuban Liberty Council US Cuba Democracy PAC Cuban Americans in the United States Congress Six Cuban Americans currently serve in the United States Congress . Two United States Senators Marco Rubio , Republican Party United States Republican , Florida Bob Menendez , Democratic Party United States Democrat , New Jersey Four are United States House of Representatives United States Representatives Mario Diaz Balart , Republican, Florida s 21st congressional district David Rivera , Republican, Florida s 25th congressional district Ileana Ros Lehtinen , Republican, Florida s 18th congressional district Albio Sires , Democrat, New Jersey s 13th congressional district Cubans in public service with United States federal government Eduardo Aguirre , former United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra http groups.google.com group soc.culture.venezuela browse thread thread 006e84500a40fd35 61db683fb6165579 Ana Carbonell , Chief of staff United States Congress Chief of Staff for Representative Lincoln Diaz Balart Adolfo A. Franco , former Assistant Administrator for United States Agency for International Development Latin America and the Caribbean http www.usaid.gov about usaid bios bio aafranco.html dead link date November 2011 U.S. Agency for International Development Emilio T. Gonzalez Emilio Gonz lez , former United States Army colonel and former director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Service . http www.miami.com mld miamiherald 14139795.htm dead link date November ... 3, 2009 Lobbying in the United States Cuba United States relations DEFAULTSORT Cuban American Lobby ... more details
The Pakistan lobby in the United States refers to the professional Lobbying lobbyist s paid directly by the government of Pakistan to lobby the public and government of the United States on behalf of Pakistani interests and or on behalf of Pakistani American rights and interests. Stephen Payne lobbyist Stephen Payne is believed to be the preeminent paid lobbyist for the government of Pakistan in the U.S. According to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf , Payne played a pivotal role in Pakistan United States relations U.S. Pakistan relations , serving as Pakistan s lobbyist through a group called Team Eagle also known as Team Barakat . ref http www.worldwidestrategic.com partners.html Dead link date April 2012 bot BlevintronBot ref ref name tpm cite news last Tilghman first Andrew title Stephen Payne Worked For Pakistan After Sept. 11 publisher TPM Mudracker date July 15, 2008 url http tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2008 07 steven payne worked for pakist.php accessdate 2008 07 24 ref Payne worked as a lobbyist for Pakistan to deliver a multibillion dollar U.S. aid package and to remove U.S. economic and military sanctions against Pakistan that had been in place for several years. He also helped Pakistan secure Major non NATO ally status, which Pakistan received in 2004 as well as helping to secure F 16 Fighting Falcon F 16s , C 130 Hercules C 130s and military helicopters for Pakistan. ref name tpm http tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2008 07 steven payne worked for pakist.php ref Pakistan has paid lobbyists to obtain Reconstruction Opportunity Zones, industrial development zones with the privilege of exporting goods manufactured in Pakistan duty free to the United States and to maintain high levels of U.S. foreign aid. ref http www.propublica.org article adding it up the top players in foreign agent lobbying 718 ref Pakistan has sought to furthen its foreign policy interests in the United States through lobbying. In one particular incident on March 1997, the member ... more details
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