Sentences with phrase «pac funds»

The COCAR ™ Government Affairs Committee makes recommendations to the Realtors PAC of Oklahoma for distribution of our share of the Local PAC funds to local candidates.

In Illinois, Chicago teachers union president Karen Lewis called the work of Stand — especially its PAC funds — as «pretty much union busting.»

Addabbo discounted the scorecard, saying the NFIB is tilted far to the right: It gave 95 percent of its PAC funds to Republicans, opposes raising the minimum wage and is anti-union.

A U.S. Senator, who will be leaving soon to take up duties in China as the U.S. Ambassador, currently has over $ 3.2 million in his campaign and leadership PAC funds.

There is no prohibition on the use of leadership PAC funds for personal use.

«She claims to be running on anti-corruption platform yet she is financing her campaign with PAC funds and enjoys the support of both the consultants and Ulster Party leaders who are all at the center of the «Team De Blasio,» investigation.»

The total is $ 7.4 million including payments from «Make America Number 1,» a Super PAC funded mostly by Trump's largest donor, Mercer, and controlled by his daughter, Rebekah Mercer.

A 2015 Guardian report revealed that Cambridge Analytica received more than $ 2.5 million from conservative Super PACs funded by Mercer.

The PAC funded 2013 challenges to Democratic Party - endorsed candidates in several local races.

Wells has also been helped by spending against Tenney from a super PAC funded by the Oneida Indian Nation.

After the super PAC funded by online rental giant Airbnb launched a TV ad campaign knocking Republican Sen. Sue Serino's vote for a law designed to restrict ads for multi-family dwellings in New York City, both the Hotel Trades Council and the Real Estate Board of New York are pushing back with an independent expenditure campaign of their own in the race.

Sweeney's election bid has been supported by the Democratic super PAC Fund for Jobs, Growth and Security.

Jobs for New York, a super PAC funded by real estate interests, has spent $ 1.75 million this year.

The super PAC funded by Long Island billionaire Robert Mercer is spending more money in the race for Westchester County executive, a filing at the state Board of Elections on Friday shows.

The call is being paid for by Friends of Democracy, the super PAC funded by Jonathan Soros in order to elect

As outside spending ramps up in the race for governor, a conservative Super PAC funded primarily by the Republican Governors Association released a new ad Tuesday targeting Democratic incumbent Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

[39] Additionally, Astorino was the beneficiary of over $ 1 million spent in the last two weeks of the race by a super PAC funded by Robert Mercer.

Grow the Economy PAC, a super PAC funded solely by the Oneida Indian Nation, has spent about $ 580,000 against Claudia Tenney in her three - way race in the June 28 primary, according to Federal Election Commission disclosure reports filed by the group through Friday.

Already, deep fissures are emerging between, on one side, a base of ideological voters and lawmakers with strong ties to powerful tea - party groups and super PACs funded by the fossil - fuel industry who see climate change as a false threat concocted by liberals to justify greater government control; and on the other side, a quiet group of moderates, younger voters, and leading conservative intellectuals who fear that if Republicans continue to dismiss or deny climate change, the party will become irrelevant.

The total is $ 7.4 million including payments from «Make America Number 1,» a Super PAC funded mostly by Trump's largest donor, Mercer, and controlled by his daughter, Rebekah Mercer.

A pro-Trump super PAC funded by the billionaire Mercer family used Cambridge Analytica to help it generate millions of views for dark posted Facebook ads that aggressively attacked Hillary Clinton during the fall of 2016.

Not exact matches

This decision resulted in a flurry of organizations called «Super PACs,» which enable individuals and corporations to donate unlimited funds as long as there is no direct coordination with the candidate.

«This is a brutal reminder that candidate quality matters regardless of where you are running,» Steven Law, the president of the McConnell - aligned Senate Leadership Fund PAC, said in a statement.

Nowadays, the top donor to Ryan's leadership PAC is Elliot Management, a hedge fund run by billionaire Paul Singer.

Super PACs legally can't co-ordinate their messages with candidates» campaigns, but they can spend unlimited funds pushing their own messages.

Billionaire hedge fund managers Paul Singer and Ken Griffin gave $ 2.5 million each to the Conservative Solutions PAC, an outside organization that supports Rubio, as 2015 drew to a close, according to Federal Election Commission data released this week.

NextGen Climate, which has a well - funded super PAC dedicated to electing lawmakers dedicated to halting climate change, launched a «text - banking» voter - turnout program late last year that attempted to motivate potential voters to show up to vote by sending personalized texts from actual organizers encouraging recipients to respond and start a dialogue.

But if you donate, you'll have pitched in to support an organization that's funded at the grassroots level by folks across the country — not Washington lobbyists or special - interest PACs.

Cruz's leadership PAC, the Jobs Growth and Freedom Fund, paid the firm $ 133,000 more in October 2014, for a total of $ 5.94 million.

All to keep lining the pockets of Cruz's billionaire super PAC donors — like Robert Mercer, who funded this propaganda machine.»

Shareholders are also taking notice of issues related to socioeconomic and political equity, access and opportunity — such as public disclosure of corporate funding for political action committees (PACs), campaigns and lobbyists.

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.

And after working on various low - profile GOP political efforts in 2014, Cambridge landed a major job with a Mercer - funded Super PAC supporting Ted Cruz's presidential candidacy.

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

I wonder how much one of Mitt's Super PACs had to donate to Franklin's latest crusade fund to get their quote.

Bell Potter and PAC Partners were in the market with the equity raising, seeking bids at 60 cents a share according to terms sent to fund managers.

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

At these same regional education sessions, donations were accepted to help fund the Pennsylvania Athletic Training Political Action Committee (PAT - PAC).

Rep. Tim Bishop's fellow House Democrats have contributed $ 121,800 to him either from their own campaign funds or from their leadership PACs.

Conservative MP Edward Leigh, chair of PAC, said: «In response to funding cuts, the MoD put off essential maintenance work, but still found cash to build all - weather sports pitches and spruce up tennis courts.

(MENY PAC and ESPA are backing Ramos, while Fight Back NY is raising money to fund an opposition research effort against the incumbent senator).

Erie County Board of Elections officials confirmed the investigation began with a complaint about critical mailers funded by the PAC.

The spigot of outside funding of super PACs and Senate races is challenging the maxim that all politics is local in many of these state legislative campaigns, which in some cases have become proxy wars for state - level issues.

Like a Super PAC, a 501 (c)(4) can raise unlimited money, but it does not have to disclose its donors, which, unsurprisingly, has resulted in much greater amounts of corporate funds being funneled to these groups first, then to Super PACs.

After kicking in $ 10,000 of his own money to get his reform - Albany PAC, New York Uprising, off the ground, former Mayor Ed Koch is now soliciting funds to keep the committee going.

Voted against using federal funds to block enforcement of a section of federal communications law that some interpret to require Super PACs to disclose contributors that paid for television commercials;

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 report, «By the People: The New York City Campaign Finance Program in the 2013 Elections,» shows, among other things, that: the number of candidates participating in the public - funding system in 2013 remained high; more than two - thirds of all New York City contributors gave $ 175 or less; and more than 90 percent of the total raised came from individual contributors, rather than from PACs or unions.

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers» union PAC, spent $ 28,471 on support for Ceretto and $ 26,803 on advertising against Morinello.

The NEA Advocacy Fund is a super PAC that was launched by the National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest teachers union, in 2010.