Sentences with phrase «banning campaign contributions»

A provision to ban campaign contributions to legislators from gambling corporations did not end up in the final version.

Cuomo also wants to ban campaign contributions from contractors who are vying for state contracts.

In fact, a provision that would have banned campaign contributions from casino operators was quietly removed from the bill at the last minute.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. on Monday said his office will ban campaign contributions from criminal defense lawyers with clients before his office after taking heat for not pursuing...

And there is no reason for the gambling industry to change their tactics because the provision which would have banned campaign contributions by casino operators was quietly dropped from Proposition One at the last minute.

And, Cuomo wants to ban campaign contributions from contractors who are vying for state contracts.

The efficacy of a proposal to ban campaign contributions from companies bidding on contracts until six months after deals are awarded depends entirely on how strongly the legislation is written and how wide a net it casts.

Not exact matches

Nassau Comptroller George Maragos, a Democratic candidate for county executive, rolled out his anti-corruption reform plan, including proposed bans on political contributions from county vendors and publicly financing campaigns.

During this and future campaigns, Hagelin favored abortion rights without public financing, campaign finance law reform, improved gun control, a flat tax, the eradication of PACs, a ban on soft money contributions, and school vouchers.

«In particular, a low limit — rather than a ban — on campaign contributions may have been a safer route.»

Both Curran and Maragos made anti-corruption reforms a central campaign platform, proposing term limits for county elected officials, tighter contracting oversight and limits or bans on contractor campaign contributions.

It refuses to ban the use of campaign contributions for the legal defense funds of elected officials.

«I have voluntarily held contributions to my campaign well below the legal limits and I have instituted a ban on pay to play contributions as proposed by the SEC,» DiNapoli continued.

The plan includes a total contribution limit of $ 2,600 for all candidates running for state office, a complete ban on corporate campaign contributions, the elimination of «housekeeping accounts,» a $ 2,600 limit for transfers between party and candidate committees, and the repeal of the Wilson Pakula provision of the State Election Law which allows non-party members to be approved for candidacy by party officials.

It ends with a call for state and federal lawmakers to reject campaign contributions from gun rights groups like the NRA, enact stricter licensing and registration requirements for guns, a ban on «all classes of weapons that do not serve the specific uses of personal protection and sport shooting» and other gun control measures.

Among the many provisions in the bill: end outside employment for lawmakers, ban per diem limits and dramatically tighten campaign contribution limits, restrict contributions by lobbyists, create a public financing system, and provide for a substantial salary increase for legislators while extending their terms from two years to four years.

Question topics included whether there are similarities between past defenses of states banning interracial marriage and current defenses of states banning same - sex marriages, his reaction to NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks's resignation, whether campaign contribution limits are too high and what Cuomo intends to seek as campaign finance reforms if reelected, whether he's going to the Somo el Futuro conference in Puerto Rico next week, whether he's worried that «minorities» will not turn out on election day and how his recent references to recent New York Republicans as being «moderates» reconciles with his past statements about «ultraconservatives» in the state senate.

Klein, one of the Senate's most prodigious fundraisers and a former head of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, would also ban corporate contributions.

The inquiry into 2014 contributions solicited by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign apparatus and intended to assist the Senate Democrats is based on a state ban on contributions to a party committee if they are given or solicited for a particular candidate, with an intent to evade individual contribution limits.

The Democrats paid for pro-Malloy mass mailings with about $ 250,000 from the state party's federally regulated campaign account, which is allowed by federal law to accept heavy contributions from state contractors despite the state clean - election laws» ban on contractors» money going to candidates for state office.

The groups are seeking major changes in the wake of the arrest and conviction of the two majority party legislative leaders, including banning or strictly limiting outside income, and closing loopholes in the campaign finance system that in some cases allow for unlimited contributions.

There has been no shortage of broad ideas for disrupting the system: Banning outside incomes for lawmakers, enacting term limits, creating a truly independent ethics watchdog, closing a loophole that allows companies to skirt campaign - contribution limits, requiring more signoffs for expenditures of more than $ 1 million, to name a few.

Morinello called for reducing the contribution limits for political campaigns; barring companies that receive state contracts from making political donations for a year after the contract is awarded; and banning legislators from making «member item» grants to any organization that has made political contributions to state officials or committees.

They add another idea not on Cuomo's list, banning the prevalence of LLC's or Limited Liability Companies, used as a loophole by campaign donors to skirt contribution limits.

• Congress to ban most campaign contributions to members from lobbyists or leaders of any entity seeking federal earmarks.

The Republican Party filed a lawsuit Thursday to overturn the ban on unlimited campaign contributions that is the cornerstone of a 2002 law designed to reduce the influence of big donors in politics.

At the same time, did you know that a ban on campaign contributions to legislators from the casino industry was eliminated from the legislation?

He believes in public campaign financing, term limits, banning outside income, and closing the LLC loophole that allows interest groups to avoid contribution limits.

NU is on the SEEC's list of state contractors whose executives are banned from contributing to state election campaigns, the SEEC said, and a number of the NU executives» contributions would have been illegal if sent directly to the party's state account.

That contractors» contribution ban was approved by the legislature along with a public financing system under which taxpayers pay for state candidates» campaigns.

Start public campaign financing, close the LLC loophole in campaign finance regulations, and ban the use of campaign contributions for the legal defense funds of elected officials.

When a 2008 initiative, Measure 10, which would have banned the use of tax money for campaigns or lobbying and restricted political contributions by government contractors was defeated, its committee chair Jim Anderson noted, «We'll be able to prepare accordingly next time, knowing that the real opposition to ethics reform in South Dakota is NEA union officials back east.»

The November 2008 initiative would have banned the use of tax money for campaigns or lobbying and restricted political contributions by government contractors.

The case is testing the strength of sweeping campaign finance reforms passed in 2005 after a corruption scandal toppled Gov. John G. Rowland: a ban on donations from state contractors, limits on lobbyist contributions and a voluntary system of publicly financed campaigns.

The vast majority who do includes Senator Chap Petersen, who made news this year first by calling for a repeal of the 2015 boondoggle that will net Dominion a billion - dollar windfall at customer expense, and when that bill failed (in Senate Commerce & Labor, ahem), by calling for a ban on campaign contributions from public service corporations like Dominion.

The plaintiffs challenged eight restrictions on judicial conduct: 1) the prohibition on judicial candidates campaigning as a member of a political organization, 2) the prohibition on judicial candidates making speeches for or against political organizations or candidates, 3) the ban on judicial candidates making contributions to political causes or candidates, 4) the prohibition on judicial candidates from publicly endorsing or opposing candidates for public office, 5) the prohibition on judges from acting as a leader or holding office in a policitical organization, 6) the prohibition on judicial candidates knowingly or recklessly making false statements during campaigns, 7) the ban on judicial candidates making misleading statements, and 8) the prohibition on candidates making pledges, promises, or committments in connection with cases, controversies, or issues that are likely to come before the court.

«If retained, Chief Justice Castille vows ethics push»: In today's edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Craig R. McCoy has a front page article that begins, «Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Wednesday that if reelected next week, he would push to ban judges from hiring relatives or hearing cases brought by lawyers who have made substantial contributions to their campaigns.»

Planned Parenthood is a member of the Clean Missouri Coalition, an effort to reform our democracy by banning big lobbyist gifts, capping campaign contributions, and improving the way we draw district lines.

Planned Parenthood is supporting Clean Missouri, a non-partisan effort to reform our democracy by banning big lobbyist gifts, capping campaign contributions, and improving the way we draw legislative district lines.