Sentences with phrase «acted on campaign finance»

David has been active in national and state politics, having served as general counsel to campaigns, having acted on campaign finance committees and having advised candidates (most successful!).

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Other issues that will receive the same treatment include legislation that would allow NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise income taxes on the rich to fund pre-K, the public campaign finance bill and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Act (assuming that it includes the abortion - rights plank, which is the piece the right finds most offensive).

Working together we will build on all that we've achieved and continue to lift up New Yorkers by investing in our infrastructure, passing the DREAM Act, enacting campaign finance and voting reform, and further strengthening New York's nation - leading gun safety laws.

«You might not support all of these issues, but it is important to know where you stand and where all Democrats stand on a woman's right to choose, GENDA, single payer health care, contraceptive coverage, family planning funding, campaign finance reform and the DREAM Act.»

We are ready to move forward, provided any final agreement between Democrats is based on the legislative agenda that we put forth on May 22, which includes: the Reproductive Health Act, the DREAM Act, GENDA, protecting Title X funding, public campaign finance, single - payer health care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act.

In his message to the WFP convention — delivered via pre-taped video and a brief phone call — Cuomo embraced the cause of a Democratic senate, signed on to increasing the minimum wage and giving cities a say in setting it and vowed to pursue campaign - finance reform, the DREAM Act, marijuana decriminalization and other goals.

Boehner blamed woes of the campaign finance system on the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act penned by Sens. John McCain (R campaign finance system on the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act penned by Sens. John McCain (R Campaign Reform Act penned by Sens. John McCain (R - Ariz.)

Cuomo clearly enjoyed reliving his big gay marriage victory of two years ago — especially on the heels of a not - so - successful (despite his vehement claims to the contrary) end of session, in which he sustained losses on a number of key agenda items, including the Women's Equality Act, and campaign finance and ethics reform.

And to his co-sponsor Diane Savino — who has acted as a shield for Republicans working to block votes on public campaign financing and women's equality — I have two words: register Republican.»

(CNN)- Campaign finance reform is the issue that the Tea Party and progressives can agree on — at least in new ads designed to drum up support for the Fair Elections Now Act.

State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries reiterated his strong support for public campaign finance in an interview on MSNBC this week, urging fellow state lawmakers to pass the Fair Elections Act before the end of the legislative session.

The Republicans might be able to buy themselves some breathing room if they passed something like the DREAM Act or a statewide public campaign finance system before departing Albany on June 19.

Sources Friday evening said Cuomo and the leadership of the party had reached a tentative deal for the incumbent Democrat to take the labor - backed line in exchange for pushing on key progressive issues such as the Dream Act, the public financing of political campaigns and the women's agenda.

The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.

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.

Those issues included closing the «L.L.C. loophole» in campaign finance, amending the SAFE Act, passing GENDA, a law banning discrimination on the grounds of gender identity, and no amendments to raise the age of adult criminal culpability.

Governor Cuomo, at an end of the year cabinet meeting, said he still considers campaign finance reform and the other recommendations of the Moreland Act Commission a «top tier» priority, but says he will first focus on the state budget and a tax cutting plan.

In the last week, he flexed some muscle, pushing for action on the DREAM Act, public campaign finance and funding for a pre-kindergarten expansion that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has pushed for.

Cuomo failed to get lawmakers to agree on a package of campaign finance reforms, and says he will now appoint a commission under the powers» of the state's Moreland Act, to investigate campaign filings at the State Board of Elections.

It could be a way for Cuomo, without actually delivering on the Dream Act or public campaign finance, to claim that he has handed proponents of those bills the means of doing so.

But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.

But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

Mindful of the fact that the conservative grassroots is still smarting from the same - sex marriage vote two years ago, and steaming over the SAFE Act passage, the Senate Republicans drew a line in the sand over the abortion plank of the governor's Women's Equality Agenda and also refused to budget on campaign finance reform.

The thinking is that passage of GENDA could give a much needed progressive win to IDC Leader Jeff Klein & Co. at a time when the breakaway Democratic conference is under intense pressure from the left for (so far) failing to force a vote on some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top agenda items, including the all - inclusive 10 - point Women's Equality Act and the campaign finance reform bill.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, in a piece published on the Huffington Post earlier today, is questioning Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to enact a Moreland Act Commission to investigate the Legislature following its failure to pass any reform bills — especially public campaign finance — saying the legal basis for this move» is at best uncertain, if not flat wrong.»

It was that act that landed her on the Brennan Center for Justice's «Campaign Finance Corruption and Politics» list.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has put creation of a Moreland Act Commission on the fast track since the Legislature declined to pass his ethics and campaign finance reform package.

The governor in late May set a benchmark for his support of the alliance between Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, saying he wanted action on the Dream Act (which failed in April), a broader system of public campaign finance (beyond the pilot program passed in the state budget) and his Women's Equality Act, which has been controversial because of a plank changing the state's abortion laws.

Look at Cuomo's statements on public financing of political campaigns, or the Dream Act.

The Commission is just another bully pulpit for the Governor to talk but not act on ethics and campaign finance reform in the state legislature — something he was not up to the task of pushing through during his first three years in office.

I admire his stance against the Patriot Act, as well as his efforts on campaign finance reform and against torture and indefinite detentions of terror suspects without any mechanism for judicial review.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said if that happens, she hopes one of the first measures the Senate will act on will be campaign finance reform.

Good - government groups hope it will spur Cuomo and the state legislature to act on ethics reforms, including public financing of campaigns and strengthening official watchdogs, like the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

In the Senate, she'll be ready on day one to fight for stronger rent laws, the DREAM Act, campaign finance reform and tough new environmental safeguards.»

Speaking at the Democratic Rural Conference this month, Cuomo called on lawmakers to approve the package, along with the Dream Act and public financing of political campaigns.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins says if that happens, she hopes one of the first measures the Senate will act on will be campaign finance reform.

Yes, they would have a 32 - member majority, but at least two members — Simcha Felder and Ruben Diaz Sr. — could be counted on to vote «no» on public campaign financing and the full Women's Equality Act, which contains an abortion rights plank.

Cuomo says he wants lawmakers to act on a measure to forfeit the pensions of legislators convicted of felonies, and close a campaign finance loophole that allows Limited Liability Companies to circumvent contribution limits.

The two factions could not agree on campaign finance reforms, or a portion of a women's equality act that includes abortion rights.

According to the Indiana Election Division, «the most significant limitations on contributions contained in the Campaign Finance Act apply to corporations, labor organizations, state legislative candidates, certain judges, and certain state employees.»

Cuomo has «supported» efforts on the DREAM Act, campaign finance reform, and the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), but has not made powerful public or behind - the - scenes - efforts to enact them.

Jeffries noted that Gov. Cuomo's backing will be crucial to the success of the Fair Elections Act: «We need his leadership on this issue, and I'm convinced if he decides to lead and move this forward, we can get meaningful campaign finance reform in New York State.»

Koppell, if he runs, would be counting on some of the wealthy Democrats to vote against Klein for the failure of comprehensive campaign finance and ethics reform, which stalled thanks to a lack of support from Andrew Cuomo and Klein's Republican partners in the Senate, and on Hispanics in the district who are, in Koppell's words, «very disappointed at the way he failed to get the Dream Act through.»

While he lauded accomplishments like marriage equality, he blasted Cuomo over the IDC and pointed to lack of progress on the Dream Act, electoral reforms and campaign finance reform.

He's tried twice and failed to enact public campaign finance reform for all statewide offices, and last year lost on a battle to enact a Women's Equality Act that contained an abortion rights provision.

Senate Republicans in the Elections Committee cast a vote on closing a campaign finance loophole that has played a role in recent corruption trials of the former legislative leaders, but the act could doom the measure for the 2016 session.

At his kick - off, Liu ripped the IDC for working with Republicans, whom he blamed for inertia on initiatives such as the Women's Equality Act, a hike in the minimum wage and campaign finance reform.

The governor had promised to form the investigatory commission in accordance with the state's Moreland Act after he and lawmakers failed to agree on a package of ethics and elections law reforms that ranged from increasing punishment for taking bribes to making it easier to register to vote to using taxpayer money to finance political campaigns.

In exchange for their tax - exempt status, federal law bars 501 (c)(3) organizations from engaging in political activity, and some are calling on Schneiderman to investigate why Families for Excellent Schools made a multimillion - dollar contribution, now that the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance has acted.

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