Sentences with phrase «against public financing of campaigns»

The GOP has also steadfastly been against public financing of campaigns.

Not exact matches

Shifting swiftly to the general election, Trump says he's narrowed his list of potential running mates to «five or six» people and doesn't want to accept public money to finance a fall campaign against Clinton.

Former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, half of the McCain - Feingold sponsorship duo, calls in a DN OpEd for Cuomo to «lead the charge» against Citizens United by enacting a state - based public campaign finance system.

He told Syracuse.com he opposes Cuomo's calls for the Legislature to approve public financing of political campaigns, is undecided on closing the LLC loophole that lets wealthy donors contribute almost unlimited amounts to politicians, and is against the governor's call to limit the outside income of lawmakers to 15 percent of their $ 79,500 base salary as legislators.

After a new wave of indictments against state lawmakers in the spring, Cuomo tried to convince the legislature to adopt public financing of campaigns, the closing of loopholes for large donors, and better policing of the laws.

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.

He has, however, voted against both public financing of political campaigns and the Dream Act, which would make foreign nationals entering college eligible for state aid.

In perhaps a signal to the Working Families Party, the governor now says he may very well campaign against the Senate leadership in the fall elections if they don't agree to expand public campaign financing by the end of the legislative session.

In response to the recent corruption cases against public officials which continue to rock state and local offices, and perhaps in an effort to distance himself from the corruption which ensnared a member of his own small network of close colleagues, Senator David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Ossining) joined Executive Assistant District Attorney Itamar Yegeri to announce a comprehensive plan which aims to prevent campaign finance improprieties through new regulations on campaign spending and donations.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi, in an email, said of NYPIRG's criticism: «No governor has fought harder to reform New York's campaign finance system than Governor Cuomo, who included public campaign financing in his budget and is using the funds that NYPIRG is railing against for commercials urging the public to support it.»

The Campaign Finance Board limits the mayor's official 2017 campaign fund to spending $ 328,000 in public funds between January 1,2014 and December 31, 2016, with any spending in excess of those amounts to be «charged against the first limit applicableCampaign Finance Board limits the mayor's official 2017 campaign fund to spending $ 328,000 in public funds between January 1,2014 and December 31, 2016, with any spending in excess of those amounts to be «charged against the first limit applicablecampaign fund to spending $ 328,000 in public funds between January 1,2014 and December 31, 2016, with any spending in excess of those amounts to be «charged against the first limit applicable.»