Sentences with phrase «about public campaign financing»

Yep, the Gov will, If Passed, (BIG IF — which is his «out») «then have no choice but to sign them» in speaking about Public Campaign Finance legislation, Women's Equality Act and the DREAM Act.

The leader of the Senate Republicans recently confirmed that talks about a public campaign finance bill are on going.

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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.

We need strong campaign finance reform and sweeping corporate - directed pressure so that there is space for public health decisions to truly be about public health, not private profit.

We have a chance — and it won't be here long — to bring about real campaign finance reform that includes public financing.

Cuomo, too, has talked about the importance of limiting big donors» access to government by limiting political contributions and creating a public campaign finance system — although he has yet to formally propose any legislation to accomplish that.

We should be here because we care about what happens to New York and what happens to New Yorkers, and we should be prepared to work together as public servants to do that, despite the outsized influence of money, which, because our Republicans continue to stop any notion of campaign finance reform, we continue to deal with.»

Meanwhile in Albany, Governor Cuomo derided a reporters question about introducing campaign finance legislation for the public to see.

But Harris» campaign had trouble gaining traction and in recent weeks, his fundraising had slowed, raising questions about whether he would be able to qualify for public campaign financing.

The reality is that creation of a public campaign finance system — an issue of utmost importance this legislative session to the activist faction of the WFP — is not actually all that important to many labor unions, which care more about job creation, wages and benefits.

Following Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos» comments yesterday about ongoing talks on a public campaign finance system, state Conservative Party is upping the ante on the issue, warning Republican lawmakers that they could lose a crucial endorsement if they vote «yes» should a bill come to the floor.

About 100 John Liu supporters «stormed» the offices of the Campaign Finance Board this afternoon, protesting the possibility the mayoral candidate might not get public matching funds.

The four leaders of the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday huddled for about two hours with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and emerged to say little had been discussed in the way of hot - button topics like the Dream Act, medical marijuana or the public financing of campaigns.

New York's campaign finance system may be about to change, but not the way good - government groups and many Democrats in public office had hoped for.

Joseph L. Bruno, the Senate majority leader, said the public is not concerned 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.

Filmmaker Steve Cowan posted full transcripts of his interviews with Cuomo and Maffei on the film's website, which include Maffei's observation he supports public campaign finance «because it means the only people we'll have to worry about in our day are the taxpayers and constituents in our district, and that's what we're supposed to do.»

But several advocates I spoke with today said the true test of whether Cuomo is serious about creating a public campaign finance system is if he puts funding for said system in his 2014 - 15 executive budget proposal (assuming, that is, no deal is reached prior to the start of the 2014 session, which, given the Senate GOP's opposition to the idea, seems highly unlikely at this point).

Mahoney also spoke about the tremendous pressure — from both inside and outside the commission — to include public campaign financing among the reform recommendations in the report released yesterday, though she shied away from saying the administration itself pushed for that outcome.

How about some folks» desire to have even more public financing of campaigns?

So the first guy to NOT take public financing of his presidential campaign is now worried about the corrupting influence of money and special interests on politics.

Cuomo has about three weeks to achieve his goal of convincing the Senate to vote for a wider public campaign finance plan.

Connecticut Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and his Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman will receive about $ 6.5 million in public money to finance their re-election campaign.

«Voters are very angry about corruption and they want to hear the candidates recognize this problem and what they plan to do about it,» said Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit focuses on ethics and campaign finance issues.

And it's not just that: The de Blasio administration has lied about everything from Lower East Side nursing - home conversions to the city's surging and increasingly aggressive street population to Central Park carriage horses to deteriorating public school performance to campaign finance violations to... well, the list is virtually endless.

The organization Fair Elections for NY, which is calling for public financing of campaigns, has for weeks now been trying to raise awareness about the current system by revealing the donations that state lawmakers have recieved from corporations and interest groups.

With the possible exception of public - finance advocates, most people aren't much concerned about politicians accepting campaign contributions from individuals or businesses with whom or over whom they might have influence.

In 2000, George W. Bush opted out of public financing in his nomination campaign because money was flowing so freely into his campaign war chest and he was worried about rival Steve Forbes's ability to fund his own campaign out of his private fortune.

When asked if he planned to register with the NYC Campaign Finance Board, Duran wrote that he was undecided about participating in the public campaign finance program (where donations up to $ 175 from city residents are matched 6 - 1 with taxpayer dCampaign Finance Board, Duran wrote that he was undecided about participating in the public campaign finance program (where donations up to $ 175 from city residents are matched 6 - 1 with taxpayer doFinance Board, Duran wrote that he was undecided about participating in the public campaign finance program (where donations up to $ 175 from city residents are matched 6 - 1 with taxpayer dcampaign finance program (where donations up to $ 175 from city residents are matched 6 - 1 with taxpayer dofinance program (where donations up to $ 175 from city residents are matched 6 - 1 with taxpayer dollars).

«I think campaign finance reform will be a key element, but it won't be the only element, and it's up in the air about public funding.»

Maffei, who has supported legislation aimed at campaign finance reform and public financing of campaigns, said he spent about one - sixth of the money in his campaign account simply to raise money.

Flanagan also dismissed public campaign financing; asked about closure of the LLC loophole only, he said, «We will have discussions on that — they've taken place in the past.»

The Campaign Finance Board administers New York City's public matching funds program, provides campaign finance disclosure, and engages voters in learn about those seeking to represent them in publicCampaign Finance Board administers New York City's public matching funds program, provides campaign finance disclosure, and engages voters in learn about those seeking to represent them in public Finance Board administers New York City's public matching funds program, provides campaign finance disclosure, and engages voters in learn about those seeking to represent them in publiccampaign finance disclosure, and engages voters in learn about those seeking to represent them in public finance disclosure, and engages voters in learn about those seeking to represent them in public office.

They'll also talk about reforming Rockefeller Drug Laws, public financing of campaigns and the challenges of balancing the state budget.

As he so often does when asked about fundraising, de Blasio stressed the need for campaign finance reform, advocating for full public financing of elections that would not only pull big moneyed interests out of politics but would also focus, «all that time that goes into fundraising now back into public service.»

He favors full public financing of state campaigns, adding, «The legislators should be banned from taking outside income,» a harsh remedy for the legal corruption that dominates Albany politics, but one that has become increasingly plausible as more has been revealed about the influence - peddling legislative leaders are able to do, to their personal enrichment.

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos says talks are ongoing about expanding public campaign finance to more statewide races in New York.

The case for action rests on the realization that for the first time since the beginning of the Enlightenment era in the mid-17th century, the very idea of science as a way to establish a common book of knowledge about the world is being broadly called into question by heavily financed public relations campaigns.

Just as liberals complain about the «one percent» corrupting our politics through unlimited campaign financing, so too do public sector unions thwart the public will by buying off officeholders with their own lavish spending and political muscle.

The Gates Foundation and others financed a lavish, well - coordinated media campaign to spread the word about our broken public schools; its leading edge was a documentary film called «Waiting for Superman.»

This national survey shares voters» opinions about the merits of the arguments in favor of electing versus appointing state supreme court justices, as well as public campaign financing of such elections.

According to the claims, Facebook violated the state's 1977 campaign finance law, which states that those who accept advertising dollars from political campaigns be transparent with the public about the «exact nature and extent of the advertising services».