Sentences with phrase «pac contributions»

That won't change under the new law, which leaves the $ 5,000 limit on PAC contributions to candidates unchanged.

Furthermore, the Federal Election Commission closely tracks all PAC contributions and assures that this information is readily available to the public and the media.

We track individual and company PAC contributions to Senators and Representatives at the federal level — and in turn how these actors vote — to show how our government is bought and paid for.

In addition to PAC contributions, Huelskamp's top donor from 2005 to 2016 (political lifetime) was Koch Industries.

Big Labor is a key partisan constituent in the Democratic Party coalition, as evidenced by the fact that roughly 90 percent of union PAC contributions to candidates and an even greater percentage of union contributions to non-party ideological organizations go to Democrats and the Left.

And Opensecrets only counts federal PAC contributions (which are opt - in); unions also maintain sophisticated state - and local - level -LSB-...]

Individuals, businesses, corporations and PAC contributions are permissible.

In addition to PAC contributions, Huelskamp's top donor from 2005 to 2016 (political lifetime) was Koch Industries.

The decline in PAC contributions is part and parcel of a larger reduction in overall support for ESPA, particularly for the non-Foundation, 501 (c)(4) entity, Empire State Pride Agenda, Inc..

In a letter to the chairman of the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board, the organization says «New Yorkers deserve to know whether it is a conflict of interest for Mayor de Blasio to take large Super PAC contributions from a union with whom he is negotiating a new contract.»

Altogether, PAC contributions made up 14.1 percent of Faso's fundraising total.

He also criticized Maloney for accepting money from Political Action Committees (Patel does not take PAC contributions).

Spitzer reported $ 464,500 in PAC contributions, and during this time he was limited by his pledge to «unilaterally» disarm and not receive checks over $ 10,000.

Raskin's PAC contributions, totaling $ 45,000, include permissible funds from fellow state legislators, $ 10,000 from the Center for Humanist Activism, and $ 10,000 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

«Maybe the incumbent simply chose not to help raise money because President Obama doesn't take special interest corporate PAC contributions at his events.

«Through both corporate and PAC contributions, where permissible, AstraZeneca supports candidates in both parties who share the company's perspective on the public policies that impact our business and the patients we serve,» she said.

Ralph Nader condemned the ruling, [79] saying that «With this decision, corporations can now directly pour vast amounts of corporate money, through independent expenditures, into the electoral swamp already flooded with corporate campaign PAC contribution dollars.»

Not exact matches

The industry has stepped up its political contributions, snatched up some of Washington's finest consultants and lobbyists and just launched the first tech super PAC — or political action committee — led by none other than that hoodie - wearing, 28 - year old social media whiz Mark Zuckerberg.

Political action committees, or PACs, face different contribution regulations and file records of contributions with the FEC on a different schedule than presidential campaigns.

Right to Rise, a pro-Bush PAC, saw contributions fall to about $ 15 million in the second half of the year, down from more than $ 100 million in the first half.

The complaint also accuses the Tillis campaign and the state GOP of receiving illegal contributions from a super PAC led by John Bolton — now Trump's national security adviser — that also used Cambridge Analytica in pro-Tillis campaign activity.

Disclose Company's Own Political Spending If a company chooses to use its own funds for direct campaign spending, the issue raised in many shareholder proposals is whether such corporations should — in addition to the governance procedures noted above — issue a comprehensive report which lists in one place all the recipients both of such direct spending and of contributions made from the company's employee PAC.

Swann's bill defines PACs as «a corporation or group established or maintained for the primary purpose of accepting political action contributions and incurring political action expenses to engage in political promotion but does not include (i) a registered party, or (ii) a registered constituency association.»

And under the bill, a PAC must apply for registration with Elections Alberta when it has incurred expenses of $ 1000 or plans to incur political action expenses of at least $ 1000, or when it has accepted contributions of $ 1000 or plans to accept contributions of at least $ 1000.

The private members» bill would amend the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act to create a legal definition for PACs, require PACs to be registered with Elections Alberta and subject them to the same financial disclosure and contribution rules as other political entities.

These nondisclosing organizations can engage in a number of activities, including buying ads that advocate for or against a candidate, running phone banks and making contributions to super PACs.

Many of the large contributions will go to the Red, White & Blue Fund, a super PAC that supports Santorum's candidacy.

In addition, all Kraft Heinz PAC and Company political contributions since 2012 are listed below.

Comprised of senior employees from across the company, the Kraft Heinz PAC Board approves contributions to federal, state and local candidates, political parties and other federal PACs.

Kraft Heinz and the Kraft Heinz PAC do not support Presidential campaigns, judicial candidates, super PACs or make contributions to independent expenditure committees, which is defined as money spent to support a political candidate, but not at the suggestion or request of the candidate, the candidate's authorized committee or a political party.

The Kraft Heinz PAC, the company's political action committee, is funded by voluntary contributions from eligible employees and shareholders.

The Company has put in place effective compliance procedures for, and oversight of, lobbying activities, corporate contributions and Kraft Heinz PAC political expenditures.

The SNA PAC makes contributions in a bipartisan manner to those elected representatives who support child nutrition.

The PAC has already sent each of Romney's preffered candidates a $ 2,500 contribution for a combined total investment of $ 25,000 in Empire State Republicans.

Whoppi Goldberg is the latest prominent New Yorker to sign on to Fight Back PAC's campaign to legalize same - sex marriage, recording a Web video that seeks contributions to fuel the group's effort to oust senators who voted «no» on the bill last December.

As one such example, «reinsurance company OdysseyRe of Conn., a «wholly - owned subsidiary» of Canadian insurance and investment management giant Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited», made a $ 1 million contribution to Mitt Romney's Super PAC Restore Our Future.

Along with contributions from Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rumsfeld ($ 1,000 apiece), Lamar Alexander's PAC ($ 500) and John McCain's PAC ($ 2,500), there's also $ 4,800 — the maximum allowable contribution — from Stephen Schwarzman, founder of The Blackstone Group, the private equity firm where one of Cox's primary opponents, businessman Randy Altschuler, used to work.

The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), passed by Congress in the early 1970s, had made it a federal offense for PACs to accept money from corporations, and Viacom — the corporate owner of Colbert's network — feared that it would face accusations of making illegal in - kind contributions should ColbertPAC become a fully functioning money - raising PAC.

Only American citizens (and immigrants with green cards) can contribute to federal politics, but the American divisions of foreign companies can form political action committees (PACs) and collect contributions from their American employees.

The Cusick bill provides for contribution limits to both PACs and IEs as well as penalties for violating the caps.

The rise of Super PACs in this election cycle has caused a lot of buzz and consternation, in part because they allow donors to avoid restrictions like contribution limits and reporting requirements while spending as much as they'd like to support their preferred candidates.

Aside from the $ 60,000 Fidler sent their way of late, the Senate Dems received two big infusions of cash today — $ 25,000 to their housekeeing account, which has no contribution limits, from PHRMA; and another $ 25,000 from the Empire Dental PAC.

Fundraiser 2 allegedly took two $ 300,000 contributions to Senate Majority PAC from Melgen's company in 2012 and earmarked them to be spent on Menendez's re-election that year.

But instead of beating her with an ordinary PAC or a campaign contribution to her opponent, the trade association for the chemical industry has chosen to take advantage of the Citizens United loophole to use undisclosed general treasury funds against Baldwin.

The Texas Ethics Commission has approved a Houston - based PAC's proposal to allow committees to solicit text message contributions from state donors.

The Citizens Party does NOT accept contributions from corporations, PAC's, super PAC's, labor unions or registered lobbyists.

Michael McKee, treasurer of Tenants PAC, said he was concerned that state leaders would be more likely to heed REBNY's positions than his own as a result of the contribution levels.

The Harris County Republicans PAC proposed two models for processing text message contributions.

The state party's payments to the four Syracuse candidates came within days of contributions by Miner's PAC to the party.

But a PAC is constrained by the contribution limits set for individuals.