Sentences with phrase «about campaign finance»

You think I'm going to do a case digest of some Supreme Court case about campaign finance law?

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard McCutcheon vs. Federal Election Commission, which may become as much a chapter of the history of climate change as it is a case about campaign finance law.

Senator Bernie Sanders said: ``... you are talking about campaign finance.

Before joining The Times in mid-2014, Ms. Barker was an investigative reporter at ProPublica, writing mainly about campaign finance and the fallout from the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

«In my view, this poll should serve as proof of just how strongly Connecticut voters feel about campaign finance reform, and as a warning for those candidates who think they can brush aside the Citizens» Election Program...»

«It says a lot about our campaign finance system.

Senator Charles E. Schumer, left, accompanied by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, spoke about campaign finance reform after the Supreme Court ruling on Thursday.

7:53 pm: Erin asks DioGuardi a question about campaign finance reform... unfortunately, I had a wireless meltdown so I had to stop blogging temporarily.

Lessig thinks a presidential bid is the best way to get out his message about campaign finance reform, and thinks 2016 is the year for «out of the norm» candidates.

«They know we have to do something about campaign finance.

With the conventions in full swing, there's been lots of talk about campaign finance reform these past few days:

On the campaign trail Mr. Koppell talks about campaign finance reform, a measure which Senator Klein continues to tirelessly advocate for in the State Senate, and yet, he can not follow the rules of our current system.

«Since we are non-partisan, we really emphasize that (the event) has to be strictly about campaign finance and then can be opened up to students» interests,» Faunce said.

The candidates made their cases for their leadership prowess, and discussed extending term limits for Council members, greater transparency around lobbying, key questions about campaign finance reform in the city, and

Mr. Adler said he hoped the case would prompt «some creative and collaborative discussions» about campaign finance rules.

Plus, Ms. Velazquez has made fighting poverty a priority, as has The Times, while Mr. Dilan has been right of center in the City Council and has been less than transparent about his campaign finance filings.

The on - again, off - again special Oct. 6 primary — a rare second primary in an election cycle — has left a tangle of questions about campaign finance for Martins and his former GOP rival Philip Pidot, a Glen Cove financial consultant.

But because lawmakers of both parties want a pay raise, Cuomo will at least have an audience for his ideas about campaign finance reform.

Since the state budget was passed nearly one month ago, Cuomo has had only this to say about campaign finance reform.

The Senate majority leader, Joseph L. Bruno, the state's top Republican, said that the public did not care about campaign finance reform, and that the governor's plan favored the incumbent governor's party — in this case, the Democrats.

Joseph L. Bruno, the Senate majority leader, said the public is not concerned about campaign finance reform.

He pointed out that liberal groups are pouring outside money into the race when they often express concern about campaign finance — a «pretentious punchline writes itself,» he said.

In an interview following President Obama's State of the Union address, Grimm threatened to throw a reporter off the Capitol balcony for asking questions about a campaign finance scandal.

The disclosure that President Trump reimbursed his lawyer Michael D. Cohen for a $ 130,000 payment to a porn star has raised questions about campaign finance laws.

Donald Trump advisor and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani's television interview blitz over the past 18 hours suggests the US president may have violated laws about campaign finance or financial disclosures, watchdog groups say.

Another study found that viewers of Colbert Report knew more about campaign finance and super PACS than cable news viewers — perhaps because comedy gets people to pay attention to unpleasant but valuable information.

Appropriate laws about campaign financing and spending on election day should be enforced.

Decisions about the rules of the political game — including the geographic delineation of electoral districts, rules about campaign financing, and voting systems such as plurality election and proportional representation — are frequently made by legislative bodies.

Heastie, who until this week was the Bronx Democratic Party Chair, retained that backing despite a flurry of negative news stories about his campaign finances.

In reply to a Catsimatidis question about campaign finances, she said she'd need to raise at least $ 1 million.

Levy did not run for re-election in 2011, forfeiting his $ 4 million campaign fund to Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota's office, after prosecutors raised questions about his campaign financing.

The film's director, Alex Gibney, does provide some commentary about campaign financing,

Thinking of the U.S. legislation about campaign financing leads me to wonder if making a contribution to a Canadian political party is an inducement to anybody to vote for or against candidate.

Not exact matches

Mark Cuban speculated Tuesday about the scope of Donald Trump's wealth, after the Federal Election Commission released a dismal campaign - finance report from the presumptive Republican nominee.

Moore's campaign representatives did not respond to multiple requests for comment, either about how much money the campaign currently has or how they would finance the recount should they request one.

Sanders» campaign did not reply to repeated emails from MONEY about his finances and his retirement account.

His remarks were instead a mashup of his campaign stump speech greatest hits, talking about criminal justice reform, a «broken economy,» free tuition at public colleges, the minimum wage and campaign finance reform.

A little - known data company, now embedded within Cruz's campaign and indirectly financed by his primary billionaire benefactor, paid researchers at Cambridge University to gather detailed psychological profiles about the US electorate using a massive pool of mainly unwitting US Facebook users built with an online survey.

New comments by President Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani about a payment to Stormy Daniels place the president at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leaders said.

Since the Wall Street Journal broke the story of Cohen's hush money payment to Daniels in January, there have been questions about whether the payment violated campaign finance law.

Several experts in campaign finance law, who already had raised questions about the payment, said the case that the payment violated federal law had only grown stronger.

But now he is talking at a time when another keeper of confidential information about Trump, attorney Michael Cohen, is being stress tested by a federal investigation into possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations.

WASHINGTON — The lawsuit filed by adult film actress Stormy Daniels against President Trump bolsters claims that the $ 130,000 payment for her silence about an alleged affair likely violated federal election laws, campaign - finance watchdogs said Wednesday.

This is meant to exonerate Cohen from a campaign finance violation, but it also raises the question of whether Trump knew about the payment at the time it was made.

Trevor Potter, a campaign finance expert and former FEC chairman, said the president's statement left unanswered questions about when he first learned of the payment and whether Mr Cohen was reimbursed.

The allegation of a threat is what ought to interest members Congress even more than the possibility that Trump violated campaign - finance laws when his personal attorney tried to pay off Daniels to keep quiet about the president.

For example, in the latter days of the 2011 election campaign, as Jack Layton's orange wave was gathering momentum, Harper and then - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty jumped all over Mr. Layton for allegedly violating the sacrosanct principle of central bank independence. Layton had responded to a reporter's question about interest rates, indicating it would be better for Canada's economy if they stayed low. Harper and Flaherty denounced this statement violently, calling it a «rookie mistake» that threatened the independence of the Bank. Layton quickly issued a clarification confirming that he, too, accepted the doctrine of central bank independence.

Later, Giuliani clarified that his purpose was to put to rest persistent allegations that Cohen's payment could be construed as a campaign finance violation, and Trump knew that Giuliani would be torpedoing the president's farcical narrative about this entire episode on national television.

Daniels and Avenatti look to be cleanly executing a strategy that has the potential to see Donald Trump hauled into court and required to answer questions about his sexual conduct and campaign finances under oath.

By suing, she potentially has the power to require Donald «grab» em by the pussy» Trump to answer questions about his sexual conduct under oath, whether he committed campaign finance violations, and to focus attention on whether Trump has used non-disclosure agreements to cover - up his sexual conduct.