Sentences with phrase «argue public financing of campaigns»

Others like Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill argue public financing of campaigns is the answer.

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Campaign Finance Reform Can Help Crack Down on Corruption A 2011 report by the Center for Competitive Politics has been seized upon by opponents of Fair Elections to argue that the public financing system in New York City is characterized by consistent abuse of public funds and corruption.

The minority conference objected to the inclusion of a public campaign finance system and the DREAM Act, and argued that the proposals would be bad for small businesses and taxpayers.

There's a continuing push for public financing of campaigns, arguing it removes the influence of big money and allows challengers who would have trouble raising money to run.

This is a particularly interesting line of reasoning from Dadey, since most Republicans are not fans of the public financing idea to begin with, arguing that it's inappropriate to use taxpayer dollars to support political campaigns.

The New York Public Interest Research Group released its own recommendations to the commission on Monday, arguing in favor of public financing for campPublic Interest Research Group released its own recommendations to the commission on Monday, arguing in favor of public financing for camppublic financing for campaigns.

The report authors argue charters have come to represent a force that «preempts traditional local control of public schools» and spends «hundreds of millions of dollars to promote itself... finance electoral campaigns up and down the political ladder and hire publicists who spread misinformation, aggressively lobby, and paint charter opponents as part of the problem they are solving.»