Sentences with phrase «action on campaign finance»

Horner: Time for Cuomo and Legislature to Take Real Action on Reform Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in a commentary piece for the WAMC Northeast Public Radio, demanded that Governor Cuomo and the legislature take real action on campaign finance reform.

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But on this issue and others, Republican lawmakers face counterpressures from conservative antigovernment groups including Heritage Action, Club for Growth and Charles and David Koch's Americans for Prosperity, which want to kill the Ex-Im Bank and are ready to finance campaigns against unsupportive Republicans.

On April 25, Cuomo, who made public campaign finance part of his 2010 campaign reform agenda and highlighted it in his 2012 State of the State address, had this to say on whether action might be taken this yeaOn April 25, Cuomo, who made public campaign finance part of his 2010 campaign reform agenda and highlighted it in his 2012 State of the State address, had this to say on whether action might be taken this yeaon whether action might be taken this year:

Cuomo on Monday will take part in a telephone town hall meeting with Citizen Action as he starts to gear up for a campaign finance reform effort.

Longtime League of Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items including closing a giant campaign finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to candidates by setting up multiple Limited Liability Companies.

Scharff, with Citizen Action, says an agreement on «comprehensive reform» that incudes matching donor public funding for candidates and strong enforcement of the campaign finance laws would be great.

Good Government Groups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

A leading Senate Democrat says if a planned unification between rival factions in the State Senate occurs, do not expect any immediate action on key items like women's reproductive rights, public financing of campaigns and transgender rights.

The June 25 event to raise funds for Mr. Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign includes a host committee reception, dinner and musical performance, and is set to occur five days after the scheduled end of the legislative session in Albany, by which time the governor has pledged to attain legislative action on campaign - finance reform, including lowering contribution limits.

Scharff, with Citizen Action, says an agreement on comprehensive reform that includes matching donor public funding for candidates and strong enforcement of the campaign finance laws would be great.

Democrats pressing for bills to reform the state's campaign finance system say the U.S. Attorney's investigations into a panel controlled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo might help spur action on their measures.

A political action committee associated with Jonathan Soros is prepared to spend millions of dollars against Republican state senators on Long Island if state lawmakers don't approve a system of public campaign finance.

In a sign that a new push for campaign finance reform is on the horizon, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take part in a telephone «town hall» forum on Monday with Citizen Action, according to an email invitation released this afternoon by Executive Director Karen Scharff.

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.

A leading Senate Democrat said if a planned unification between rival factions in the State Senate occurs, don't expect any immediate action on key items like women's reproductive rights, public financing of campaigns and transgender rights.

A leading Senate Democrat says if a planned unification between rival factions in the State Senate occurs, don't expect any immediate action on key items like women's reproductive rights, public financing of campaigns, and transgender rights.

Cuomo appears to have given up on the state Legislature taking action to close the notorious LLC loophole, which allows wealthy donors to subvert campaign finance laws by creating multiple limited liability corporations that can each give more than $ 60,000 to a candidate's campaign.

Jim Gaughran, the Democratic opponent of Republican Sen. Carl Marcellino on Thursday is set to release an ethics reform package aimed at campaign finance reform and recalling elected officials whose actions impact taxpayers.

Silver notably did not choose to highlight public campaign finance reform, which has generated a lot of support on the left (Citizen Action, Working Families Party, Strong Economy for All etc), or a reduction of contribution limits for regular candidate committees or PACs.

There was additionally a very thorough discussion of Campaign Finance Reform with Kristina Andreotta, of Citizen Action NY particularly focused on New York State legislation that may be influenced over the next month by positions Gov. Cuomo will announce in launching the budget and legislative priorities for 2014.

The letter was circulated by the Public Campaign Action Fund, which has also aired TV ads urging Cuomo to focus on campaign financCampaign Action Fund, which has also aired TV ads urging Cuomo to focus on campaign financcampaign finance issue.

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.

«Addressing the negative impact that the Citizens United decision has had on our democracy is important,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement to Gotham Gazette, «but also we must take action to fix our own glaring campaign finance and ethics issues in New York State such as closing the LLC Loophole which also allows special interests to contribute endless amounts of money.

The court's conservative majority gave a skeptical reception to one of the least known features of campaign - finance law: caps the federal government imposes on the total amount of money any individual donor can give to federal candidates, national political party committees and federal political action committees.

Many GOP senators have not signed on to the changes the groups are seeking, including public financing of campaigns and strict new limits on donations, easier and quicker voter registration, and true independent oversight of politicians and their actions.

Prosecutors are looking at whether de Blasio's donors received favorable city action, after giving to his campaign, and also whether de Blasio may have bent the state's campaign finance laws when he solicited donations on behalf of Democratic candidates running for the State Senate, in 2014.

Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

In other action, good - government advocates praised a proposed public campaign finance referendum for Suffolk legislators, which would give a 4 - to - 1 match on donations of up to $ 150 for candidates who opt in.

Many W.F.P. members said action on a system of public campaign finance could tip them in Cuomo's direction.

To help raise awareness of our campaign finance crisis, the Southold Democrats are participating in a national action on whatever day the McCutcheon decision is handed down by the Supreme Court.

The organization has put forth a «Clean Elections» bill at the City Council level and also monitors the impact of federal campaign financing actions on local fundraising.

The recent release of these two reports and the ongoing corruption trials of two legislative leaders have put the spotlight on New York's dire need for state action on ethics reform, yet as Bob Hardt wrote in a recent NY1 column on the issue, «Never aggressively pushing campaign finance reform or transparency, Governor Cuomo seems content to play the master of Albany's current political game rather than rewriting its rules.

Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action of New York, said the varied makeup of the commission — a mix of elected officials, academics and policy experts — will encourage a healthy discussion on how to overhaul New York's campaign - finance system.

A leading New York state Senate Democrat says if a planned unification between rival factions in the Senate occurs, don't expect immediate action on key items like women's reproductive rights, public financing of campaigns, and transgender rights.

Through two of its affiliated political action committees, the RSA has $ 1.98 million on hand to spend on state political races, according to recent campaign finance filings with the state Board of Elections.

Anti-frackers, union members and good - government activists unhappy with the governor's fiscally conservative financial approach and lack of action on public campaign financing all existed long before Teachout came on the scene.

Portect Our Democracy PAC, a political action committee founded over the summer by investor / activist Sean Eldridge, husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, to work in coordination with the Cuomo administration on campaign finance reform, is out with its first mailers of the election cycle in support of Democratic state Senate candidate Cecilia Tkacyzk.

Longtime League of Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items, including closing a giant campaign finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to candidates by setting up multiple limited liability companies.

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.

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