«The bill is, in effect, party funding legislation but is only partial reform in that it impacts solely upon the Labour party while not addressing issues such
as donation caps or spending limits,» he said.
Not exact matches
As was revealed last week, Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman in a report recommended criminal prosecution over the apparent attempt to skirt
donation caps.
Cuomo and Senate Republicans have been aligned on a number of key issues, including keeping a
cap on local property tax increases permanent,
as well
as a tax credit for
donations to public schools and private school scholarship programs.
As the unpublished minutes show, the talks were scuppered by the refusal of the Labour representatives, Peter Watt and Jack Straw, to discuss a
cap on
donations which would fully include the trade unions.
In their submissions, the Conservatives called for a
cap on individual
donations to political parties, but Labour rejected this and instead called for
caps on campaign spending throughout the year, rather than simply in a run - up to an election
as now.
But its demand that union
donations be included in a
cap as one person are unlikely to hold if Miliband manages to embed an opt - in system.
Each proposal is aimed at offsetting the new federal
cap on deductibility by shifting state and local taxes to fully deductible tax payments such
as the payroll tax and charitable
donations.
The Conservatives are refusing to allow a
donation cap as low
as # 10,000 because they rely more than any other party on big - figure cheques.
I repeat my offer that
as part of a comprehensive set of changes we should set a
cap on
donations from individuals, businesses and Trade Unions.
The Senate bill has further changes, such
as including
donations made to charter schools and expanding the pool of available credits,
capping it at $ 150 million for calendar year 2017, $ 225 million for 2018 and $ 300 million for 2019 going forward.
In September last year, Miliband was threatening to
cap donations to all political parties at # 5,000
as part of its election manifesto.
Regulation of the private funding of political parties, such
as caps on political
donations, can also help promote gender equality because women usually have less access to private campaign money.
But even
as he announced the end of the criminal probe, Vance offered a harsh rebuke to de Blasio's fundraising efforts during the 2014 state Senate races, when he skirted around
caps on
donations to individual candidates by funneling money through Democratic counties.
Thirdly,
as I explained in my PSA blog, Miliband's reforms will remove the main stumbling block to party finance reform for the Labour Party, leaving the door open for cooperation with the Liberal Democrats to
cap donations from all sources and introduce enhanced state funding
as an alternative income source.
States that offer less than Florida's 100 % tax credit should also account for the impact of the deduction of non-credit eligible portion of the
donation,
as well
as the
caps on deductions.
As a result, the program's cap now rises annually so long as total donations in the preceding year either closely approached or hit the ca
As a result, the program's
cap now rises annually so long
as total donations in the preceding year either closely approached or hit the ca
as total
donations in the preceding year either closely approached or hit the
cap.
Under the new bill, individual (
as opposed to corporate)
donations to scholarships would be
capped at $ 1,000 ($ 2,000 for married couples), double the previous limit.
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Magda Sawon, the Polish art dealer and Twitter wit who has run this gallery for more than three decades, made headlines this month when she put out her
cap for online
donations — necessary, she wrote,
as art hardens into a winner - take - all market.