Powell, who is widely believed to have been far less influential in policymaking than either Cheney or the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, said, pointedly, "I always listen to him.
More than one election took place on Nov. 7, and it is possible that the cumulative effects of the elections for Congress will prove to be even more influential in the policymaking process of the next administration than the closeness of the presidential election itself.
Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank influential on Democratic policymaking, told HuffPost that his talks with White House personnel lead him to believe they're leaning toward a modest threshold of perhaps $42,000.
He had never been a significant figure in policymaking, but he was influential in putting the government's case to the media.
When it comes to citizen engagement in science policymaking, "nobody has been as influential," says Richard Sclove, founder of the Loka Institute, a research advocacy nonprofit organization in Amherst, Massachusetts.
As a policymaker explained, " Donors are directing us in certain directions… Influential people in the country have their own projects and will push them forward; which affects policymaking".
The interviewees had been involved in policymaking processes of the policy on which they were interviewed and were policymakers, researchers, public sector officers, or other influential stakeholders.
We were to explain our experiences in Afghanistan to influential members of various Washington think tanks who might have an effect on foreign policymaking.
Lansman, who is not a member of the NEC but is influential, is proposing that an NEC policy and coordination committee should "oversee and coordinate all aspects of the party's policymaking process".
FORGET about policymaking.
