Sentences with phrase «senate elections committee»

State Senator Alex Padilla, D - Los Angeles, who serves on the State Senate Elections Committee, was the first state legislator to express concerns about those ballot access challenges, and his office says it's looking into legislative solutions.

Sen. Fred Akshar, a Binghamton Republican who is chairman of the Senate elections committee, said Friday that privacy and personal information about voters «must be respected and prioritized.»

Sponsor Dan Squadron, a Democrat who represents lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, made the case at the Senate Elections Committee meeting, saying the measure requires that LLC's be more transparent, and that the founders of multiple LLC's be subject to the same $ 5,000 donation limit in place for corporations and not be used «as a way for individuals and other corporate interests to skirt campaign finance regulations.»

Sponsor Dan Squadron (D - 26), who represents lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, made the case at the Senate Elections Committee meeting, saying the measure requires that LLCs be more transparent, and that the founders of multiple LLCs be subject to the same $ 5,000 donation limit in place for corporations and not be used «as a way for individuals and other corporate interests to skirt campaign finance regulations.»

The simple fact is we've let New York's election laws atrophy, and we now have one of the worst voter turnout rates in the country,» said State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Ranking Member of the Senate Elections Committee and sponsor of early voting legislation.

On April 10, the Missouri Senate Elections Committee unanimously passed HB 1236, the bill that improves ballot access for newly - qualifying parties.

The Indiana State Senate Elections Committee put on hold today a major change to the state's election law.

The move to pressure the IDC comes after the Senate Elections Committee held a hearing that was critical of public financing, but also knocked for shutting out some advocates of the proposal.

Protesters barred from the Senate Elections Committee hearing this morning taking a critical look at public financing of political campaigns sought to make themsevles heard as much as possible.

As a member of the Senate elections committee, he helped kill a proposal by Squadron to eliminate the LLC loophole by voting to send it to another committee, where it died.

Kavanagh (D - Brooklyn waterfront - lower Manhattan), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Elections Committee, said he is getting impatient with Republicans in his legislative chamber.

(Albany, NY)-- Today, Senator Brian Kavanagh announced that Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins has appointed him as the Ranking Democratic Member of the Senate Elections Committee.

Senator Brian Kavanagh, Ranking Member of the Senate Elections Committee, released the following statement: «Voting is the bedrock of our system of government, and we must do everything in our power to ensure eligible New Yorkers are able to access the polls and make their voices heard.

Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif released a statement this afternoon defending the decision to bar protesters and organizations from attending the Senate Elections Committee's hearing on public financing earlier this morning.

In addition to the Senate Elections Committee, Leader Stewart - Cousins named Senator Kavanagh to the Banks; Consumer Protection; Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions; Environmental Conservation; Investigations and Government Operations; Judiciary; and Social Services Committees.

Squadron used a Motion for Committee Consideration to force a vote on the bill at Monday's Senate Elections Committee.

He is also the ranking member of the Senate Elections Committee.

The measures, which would allow same day voter registration and early voting, were approved in the Senate Elections Committee, and moved to a second committee.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

The measures, which would allow same - day voter registration and early voting, were approved in the Senate Elections Committee and moved to a second committee.

«We're definitely talking about it,» said Senate Elections Committee chair Fred Akshar, a Republican from the Binghamton area.

«Today's passage of legislation out the Senate Elections Committee that would accomplish this goal is a positive development and one that we hope ends with an actual vote and passage from the full Senate.»

The GOP Senate election committee reported this week that they have $ 5.4 million dollars in their campaign war chest, compared to the Democrats» mere $ 750,000.

Not exact matches

Both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees as well as the FBI are conducting simultaneous investigations into the prospect of Russian interference in the 2016 election, and collusion with associates of Donald Trump's campaign.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a Senate committee on Tuesday that Facebook is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office and that his company may have received subpoenas as part of the investigation into any ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian election interference.

His son - in - law Jared Kushner went before a Senate Intelligence committee Monday to provide evidence on four meetings with Russians during the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.

The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, also said Monday that the Senate should expel Moore if he were to win the December 12 election.

The meeting — which had not previously been disclosed and came on the heels of Kushner's meeting with Kislyak at Trump Tower — caught the eye of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election and whether any members of Trump's campaign were complicit.

The Senate and House intelligence committees are two of the main congressional panels probing allegations that Russia sought to interfere in the U.S. election to boost Republican President Donald Trump's chances at winning the White House, and possible collusion between Trump associates and Russia.

Executives from the companies were already due to appear the same day before the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is also investigating Moscow's alleged role in the election..

Much of it remains uncorroborated, but both the FBI and the Senate Intelligence Committee are using the document as a «roadmap» while they investigate Russia's election interference.

«Frankly, it did not get the attention that I thought it should have received,» Johnson testified during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on election security.

Comey's testimony Thursday before the Senate intelligence committee could expose new details regarding his discussions with Trump about the federal investigation into Russia's election meddling.

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement on Thursday that «pardoning any individuals who may have been involved» in Russia's election interference «would be crossing a fundamental line.»

The comments from Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, came one day after The Intercept reported on a top - secret National Security Agency document that said hackers associated with Russia's military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election.

The Russian active measure efforts did not end on Election Day 2016,» Senator Mark Warner, ranking chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters.

In the weeks following the report, the Senate and House Intelligence Committees announced they would each investigate Russian interference in the election.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating Russia's election interference and whether any member of President Donald Trump's campaign team colluded with Moscow to undermine Hillary Clinton.

«While I am not aware of evidence that the 2016 voting process itself was subjected to manipulation, and have no reason to doubt the validity of the election results, we know that the DHS and FBI have confirmed two intrusions into voter registration databases in Arizona and Illinois by foreign - based hackers,» Sen. Mark Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote in a letter on Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.

Three different Senate committees are investigating Russian interference in the election, including hacking.

That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy,» Zuckerberg said in opening remarks before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees.

Facebook and other tech executives appeared at hearings before House and Senate committees last fall to discuss the 2016 election and Russian influence of it, but it appears they may be headed for a trip back.

Attorneys for the three social media giants testified before the House and Senate intelligence committees last Nov. 1 about how Russia exploited their platforms to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.

Batchelder is hardly a neutral in this election; she was the chief Democratic tax counsel on the Senate Finance Committee from 2010 to 2014, and a deputy director of the National Economic Council in the Obama White House from 2014 to 2015.

United States Newsmakers After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight - year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

As part of that investigation, the House and Senate intelligence committees pressed Facebook, Twitter and Google last year to provide information about how Kremlin - linked individuals and companies used the U.S. platforms to try to influence the election and sow discord among Americans.

The joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees involved Facebook's influence in the 2016 election and whether to regulate the industry, to which Zuckerberg is strongly opposed.

A Long Island Republican wants the state Board of Elections to expand an investigation into the use of county party committees by de Blasio and his team to help Senate Democratic candidates in 2014.

The re-election campaign committee for Gov. Andrew Cuomo donated $ 11,000 to the state Senate campaign of Democrat Barbara Fiala, who is running an uphill race for a special election to fill a vacant Binghamton - area district.

An independent expenditure committee backed by the United Federation of Teachers is making a last - minute push for Democrat Todd Kaminsky in the special election to replace Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.