Sentences with phrase «legislators change campaign»

Legislators change campaign finance laws so they can legally launder money between sources, while retaining all of the rules and regulations that make their funding sources appear innocent.

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Also on the NYC Indy Party reform to - do list: Initiative and referendum, term limits for legislators, letting voters change their enrollment after a one - month waiting period, nonpartisan administration of the Board of Elections, nonpartisan redistricting and campaign finance reform.

· A Four - Year Term For The Legislature: Calling it a «a game changer,» Attorney General Schneiderman proposed a constitutional amendment to change the length of legislators» terms to four years, in order to end the two - year cycle of non-stop re-election fundraising and campaigning.

Don Gregorius, the Woodstock incumbent who survived a committee challenge from current Olive legislator Roy Hochberg last Spring, defined the current race «a constant campaign» that is «not something I change just because it's election time.»

The Vermont Public Interest Research Group is asking legislators and the Secretary of State to make key changes in Vermont's campaign finance law pertaining to the super-spending political action committees.

Still, little changed in the multimillion - dollar netherworld of what was legal but probably shouldn't be: campaign cash that bought access and influence, outside jobs that increased the chances of the state's legislators trading their elected offices for personal gain.

[46] Swartz led the first activism event of his career with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, delivering thousands of «Honor Kennedy» petition signatures to Massachusetts legislators asking them to fulfill former Senator Ted Kennedy's last wish by appointing a senator to vote for health care reform.

Cuomo outlined several changes he said should take place, including full disclosure of all outside income for legislators; stopping the personal use of campaign funds; updating campaign finance laws to require more disclosure; and removing state pensions from lawmakers convicted of public corruption.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested he would campaign against legislators if they continue to resist his calls for changes in disclosure and campaign finance laws, he said during a radio interview.

It's easy to see why incumbent legislators are resistant to proposals like limiting their outside income or changing a campaign finance system that provides an edge to incumbents.

Convenience store groups have waged a long and unsuccessful lobbying campaign to convince state legislators to change the law, according to reports.