Sentences with phrase «out of campaign finance»

«I think his message is extremely important for regular people in the U.S. — getting money out of the campaign finance system will be important so that candidates aren't beholden to big money, but actually listening to the demands of the people,» said Asiya Tschannerl.

Not exact matches

Supporters of the Senate's SOPA, lead by Hollywood, shelled out $ 118 million to support the draft legislation, eight times the measly $ 14 million contributed by opponents of the bill (which were mostly tech companies), according to campaign - finance tracking website MapLight.

At least some of those concerns now seem to be playing out in a fight over how America's largest food industry group financed a campaign against a food labeling initiative.

While on the campaign trail in 2015 at the age of 44, the presidential candidate spoke at Liberty University and alluded to his experience of having to finance his education: I, Cruz said, «took over $ 100,000 in school loans, loans I suspect a lot of y» all can relate to, loans that I'll point out I just paid off a few years ago.»

While the candidates currently hold some very similar positions on issues such as immigration reform, gay rights, gun control and campaign finance reform, Sanders has been able to stake out positions to the left of Clinton on other issues that excite some vocal voters.

The good news for Cohen is that Trump could pardon him for violating federal campaign finance or banking laws, a step that would keep him out of the crosshairs of New York state prosecutors as well.

Newly minted Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras campaigned on the promise of seeking a write - down on the country's debt, a «haircut» so to speak, which many European finance and government officials have dismissed as out of the question.

Edwards, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, was found not guilty of campaign finance violations in 2012 after a donor paid $ 1 million to keep knowledge of Edwards's out - of - wedlock child from becoming public the year before his presidential bid.

Himself a candidate for governor of California in 1962 (he lost in a primary to Richard Nixon), Shell worked this year as the state's finance chairman for the Goldwater presidential campaign and ran interference for the GOP just as resolutely as he did when he was captain and a valuable blocking back for the undefeated USC team that shut out Tennessee 14 - 0 in the 1940 Rose Bowl game.

As for the end result of all of that enthusiasm, we already know the story: online fundraising allowed Barack Obama to opt out of the public campaign financing system and outspend John McCain by hundreds of millions of dollars in the general election.

In particular, the legislation would set out the date of the referendum, the franchise, the wording of the question, rules on campaign financing, and other rules for the conduct of the referendum.

This, although it was not spelled out in the short text of the agreement, meant the Scottish government could set the date of the referendum (provided it took place before the end of 2014), extend the franchise to 16 - and -17-year-olds (a long - standing SNP, and indeed Liberal Democrat, pledge), decide the wording of the question (subject to Electoral Commission approval) and stipulate campaign financing (again, subject to EC oversight).

Nothing there to address... even when you take out of the equation that we are stuck with a PIG for our country's leader the clear issue of campaign finance violations will need to be addressed.

Her win today is an unmistakable mandate to work to change the broken campaign finance laws that have shut out the voices of regular New Yorkers.»

By contrast, let's look at a nice bit of journalism recently committed by Shira Toeplitz at The Hotline: looking at campaign finance records, she broke out the campaigns» online spending AND put together a list of who's working for whom.

Jonathan Soros (Friends of Democracy) and Eldridge (Protect Out Democracy) are both investing in a push by well - heeled New York Democrats to establish a publicly funded campaign finance system in New York.

In other words, Obama's decision to opt out of the public campaign financing system was THE decisive moment of the campaign, and his immense treasury the atomic bomb of this political war.

And even though Gov. Andrew Cuomo is 1) sitting on $ 19.3 million worth of political cash as of mid-July; 2) fresh off hosting one of his biggest fund - raising events of the year — his 55th birthday bash at the Waldorf Astoria for which tickets ranged from $ 1,500 to $ 50,000 a pop; and 3) pushing for campaign finance reform; he's still interested in squeezing some additional dollars out of his donors before reporting his latest haul to the Board on Jan. 15.

At Thursday's lunch celebration, Schriock, who also worked as finance director for Democrat Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, said that EMILY»S List will be «growing online and reaching out to a new generation of supporters.»

The finance chairman and a finance committee member of Gene Locke's mayoral campaign helped bankroll the conservative political action committee that sent out an anti-gay mailer targeting City Controller Annise Parker and other municipal candidates earlier this month, according to Texas Ethics Commission documents.

During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.

But Spitzer has two advantages: a personal fortune to finance a future campaign and a history of fighting misdeeds on Wall Street, said Peter Elkind, author of «Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,» which is due out on Tuesday.

2nd round of campaign finance disclosures are now out.

● Enact meaningful campaign finance reform to get big money out of our state and local politics.

Malbin, with the Campaign Finance Institute, says constitutionally, no one can stop a candidate from opting out, and admits that's more likely to happen for a statewide office like governor or US Senate post, where candidates perceive that massive amounts of money can give them an advantage.

In addition, according to the campaign finance records, the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East independently spent around $ 480 on promoted tweets and Facebook posts in support of de Blasio, out of a total of nearly $ 200,000 spent overall.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire, opted out of the public campaign financing system in his election campaigns, and spent his own money instead.

Bronx Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, who is looking to join the NYC Council, has shelled out more cash on the bid than any Council candidate in the history of the city's campaign finance system, records show.

The political fund, which Plaid is asking trade unionists to opt out of, is used to finance all of our political campaigns, from supporting manufacturing in Wales to highlighting the murder of trade unionists in Colombia.

C.f. Obama Campaign Dispatching Thousands Obama Drops Out of Public Financing; Announces By Email / YouTube.

Organizing 2.0: What is the one piece of advice you'll be giving to all your NMD's this year: Jason: Think big and think broad — figure out how you can help other departments on your campaign do their work better (field, comms, finance, etc...).

The bulk of campaign finances will be spent on advertising, facilities such as campaign headquarters, banks of computers and telephones and not a little on overpaid campaign strategists, but much of the actual campaigning will be carried out by unpaid volunteers.

This is a big joke, similar to Obama wanting campaign finance reform while simultaneously being the first presidential candidate in the modern era to opt out of publicly financed campaign in 2008.

A new study from the Campaign Finance Institute by Professor Michael Malbin concludes that the cost of running a public financing system in New York State would be roughly $ 40 million, which works out to $ 2 per New Yorker — not a bad trade considering the millions more the state government wastes in handouts to special interests.

Advocates took out their anger and frustration on the Cuomo administration and leaders of the state Senate, after it became clear that a progressive agenda that includes abortion rights and public campaign financing is likely dead for the legislative session.

And by scanning and storing paper receipts, helping campaigns automatically fill out disclosure forms, and utilizing address and identity verification features, the system would reduce mistakes and improve the quality and timeliness of campaign finance data.

Sal Albanese spent 16 years as a city councilman and originally sponsored the campaign - finance law he was accused of violating in 2013, when he bowed out of the mayoral race after a lackluster campaign.

In its quest to wipe out violations of campaign finance laws in the state, the commission issued a subpoena to a firm that had done advertising for Cuomo's 2010 gubernatorial campaign.

There are a lot of good ideas for reform out there: allow independent redistricting, open primaries, reform campaign finance, and, most importantly, establish mobile voting.

In preparation for the launch of the Fair Elections for New York campaign, a series of events in Albany and across the state are being held to call attention to state legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions — further evidence of the need for a state public campaign finance system that relies on small donors and local money.

After all, in one notable revision of New York City's campaign - finance rules a few years ago, union groups got the City Council to carve out special exceptions just for (yup) unions.

In an e-mail sent out to supporters, Lebarty, a West African immigrant who went to Far Rockaway High School and currently works as the executive director for the University Student Senate for the City University of New York, said his campaign finances had prevented him from continuing in the race.

Sticking with the theme of campaign finance reform, NYPIRG put out a report today detailing the campaign finance violations over the past 2 years.

The lobbying in favor of getting big money out of politics — be it in the form of personal meetings with decision makers or through well - financed TV ad and mail campaigns — has, ironically, been a costly one in recent years.

Look what Obama spent — and he even opted out of federal campaign finance limits.

The party sent out a press release this morning reiterating its «staunch» opposition to «the wasteful and often abused system of public financing of campaigns,» and reminding members of the Senate and Assembly who plan on seeking the Conservative line this fall that legislation that would create such a system is double rated — meaning it will carry twice the rate of other bills in determining lawmakers» score, as it were, on top party issues.

Cuomo and WFP officials are trying to work it out, even as much of the liberal agenda — especially campaign finance reform — appears to be dead on arrival now that Republicans are fully in control of the state Senate.

Jessica Wisneski, the legislative and campaign director for Citizen Action, said she was holding out for a mention of campaign finance, and, again, would push to see it through in the overall budget.

The millionaire Republican, who has homes in the city, Larchmont, N.Y., and in Massachusetts, said he plans to opt out of the city Campaign Finance Board's matching funds program and use his own money and donations to underwrite his cCampaign Finance Board's matching funds program and use his own money and donations to underwrite his campaigncampaign.

DiNapoli has suggested his office should be used as a test - case for public campaign financing at the state level to get out from under the pay - to - play pension fund scandal of his predecessor.