Sentence examples for environmental constituency from inspiring English sources

"At the end of the day, I see this as a play to his environmental constituency," said Laura Skaer, executive director of the mining group.

This is as 'shovel ready' as anything Obama has proposed, yet because his radical environmental constituency objects, he's apparently halting the pipeline.

Perhaps it was President Obama's, Rahm Emanuel's, or another political operative's idea to leave the environmental constituency hanging out there in limbo for so long, so that the party could raise funds from Tom Steyer and his wealthy green friends.

Republicans see the China vote as a tough one for Democrats because it requires that they offend core labor and environmental constituencies, making a September vote politically appealing.

Finally, the Capps bill as currently written has a solid, long-term vision for the appropriate role of fish farming in sustainable ocean ecosystems and thus should win widespread support among environmental and fishing constituencies.

There are, of course, exceptions to this: the NRA, for example, provides a central nexus of information and influence to (mostly Republican) gun rights supporters that's far more influential amongst their constituency than any environmental organization is amongst environmentalists.

The bill is being supported by labor and environmental organizations, two key Democratic constituencies that have historically been fervent supporters of the existing law.

One of its congressmen, Guido Girardi, a fierce critic of business and government on environmental issues, won 66% in his constituency, the biggest majority anywhere.

That could lead Obama to face an early decision on whether to use his veto or acquiesce and anger a major Democratic constituency — in this case, environmental activists.

Both sides said today the unions had been instrumental in picking up votes and forcing Democrats in particular to choose between two core constituencies: organized labor and environmental groups.

As one of Bush's advisers says, "Clinton and Gore understood the benefits of open markets, but they had a real political constituency problem" -- labor and environmental groups that insisted on trade restrictions.