Sentences with phrase «big contributions on»

«We urge the Elections Committee to pass Senator Squadron's legislation, and the full Senate and Assembly to pass this critical reform that would improve our campaign finance and ethics laws by reducing the influence of big contributions on the decisions made by our elected officials.»

Not exact matches

Modest about her own pioneering achievements, she is on record (in an interview with computer historian Janet Abbate) as saying that her biggest contribution was to be «the grandmother of the web».

If achieved, it will enable Prime Minister Harper to deliver on his promise of two big tax breaks: a doubling of the TFSA contribution limit and income - splitting for parents.

Investors haven't been happy that Dorsey is trying to be the big man at two public companies facing intense competition in a warp - speed tech industry, but Dorsey disclosed in Square IPO filings a side of himself focused on a very big financial contribution that requires a much smaller piece of himself: Roughly 20 percent of his personal holdings in Square stock would go to the Start Small Foundation.

I like to think that my biggest contribution to the whole process was a single sentence: «A great culture has to be built on expectations of performance, not rules of behavior.»

Seldom mentioned by these Big CPP proponents is the impact on employers, who kick in half of CPP contributions.

One big reason: Employers cut back on contributions to their plans to the lowest amount in six years, according to an analysis by benefits consultant Towers Watson, thanks,...

It makes more sense, in my opinion, to pay the taxes today (on the small contribution) and let it grow tax - free and withdrawn tax - free (when the balance is A LOT bigger).

For me, though, Evicted's biggest contribution isn't the focus on housing.

The issues that had the biggest negative contribution to the Fund's return were Snap - on (U.S.), Adecco (Switzerland), Rheinmetall (Germany), Credit Suisse (Switzerland) and Apache (U.S.).

This is the biggest difference between the Roth and traditional IRA: The traditional IRA nets you a tax deduction on contributions for the year you make them, but distributions are taxed in retirement.

So naturally I'm envious that Ken Masugi and John Presnall made major contributions to BIG BANG STUDIES before I could get around to posting on the show.

The Archbishop of Canterbury's big chance to make a substantial contribution to the debate on the Bill's second reading: an extempore intervention (that it was unprepared is indicated by the barely coherent assertion that «any lack of clarity in this area seems fatally compromising and ambiguous») of 124 words.

While we are on the low end of number of Athletes, Revenue, Sports and Contributions, we are second in the BIG in the cost of scholarships per athlete.

Hurst's play on the field was a big reason Del Oro repeated as Sac - Joaquin Section and NorCal champs, but Taylor praised Hurst's other contributions as a captain and a senior leader.

Doesn't mean they can't contend with a bit of luck, but it's going to take big contributions from guys not currently on the roster.

Well we are all making our contributions, moreover our contributions are decent individually, Wenger knows the direction he is heading towards when it comes to transfers, when he speaks with the press don't rely on his words, he speaks with the press sometimes to encourage the fans and conceal the truth in him.nevertheless my verdict concerning this issue of alexis sanchez and arsenal is that, wenger should keep hold to his words by not selling alexis, he should allow him to see off his contract if he refuses to sign because next season alexis will turn 29, he has already at the pick of his career, by allowing him to stay we can mount title challenge come next season and this will really give us an advantage even for him to o sign another contract with arsenal, arsenal is a big club, they should how to hold, encourage and lure their best players to renew their contract rather loosing them to other top clubs, especially title rivers

Big matches are won by big player bcos big players always have their magic moments, ozil on form or not, he is far better than welbeck on contribution to the overal performance of the team.I expect same line us as last wBig matches are won by big player bcos big players always have their magic moments, ozil on form or not, he is far better than welbeck on contribution to the overal performance of the team.I expect same line us as last wbig player bcos big players always have their magic moments, ozil on form or not, he is far better than welbeck on contribution to the overal performance of the team.I expect same line us as last wbig players always have their magic moments, ozil on form or not, he is far better than welbeck on contribution to the overal performance of the team.I expect same line us as last week

Ertz's first big contribution of the game comes on a third - and - 7.

Anyhow I think he should move on next season even though his contributions in some big games this season is duly noted....

Still thing Wenger has one big transfer in him this window, the intangible boost to morale (a la Sanchez last year and Ozil the year before) will probably be equal to their actual contribution on the field.

If, as rumoured, Liverpool bring in a big name on the attacking left to accommodate Coutinho's deeper role such as Lucas Moura or Douglas Costa they'll need a major contribution to settle a talented but chaotic rotation of forwards.

A big contribution to sleep problems is actually the focus on sleep.

Dan: Yeah, because it has such a big contribution to other developmental things later on in life, that the earlier they get to it, the better.

Since I am (as you now know from last week's Civil Eats post) more of a realist than an idealist, I'm not especially hopeful that our elected officials will suddenly find the courage to defy Big Food — and forgo its campaign contributions — nor am I hopeful that industry will change its ways voluntarily on a widespread basis.

«(Tkaczyk's) campaign proved that New Yorkers are tired of the corrupting influence of big money on politics, where major campaign contributions grease the wheels to special access and preferred legislative outcomes for a select few.»

The biggest critique that I have is that in resent political cycles there have been concerted efforts to bring in small donors on the left while the right has relied mostly on the traditional big money contributions.

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.

With Speaker Bercow barely able to warm his new big green chair, the daggers were already drawn, with some unpleasant off and on the record briefing against him, a less than gracious welcome by Alan Duncan, Shadow Leader of the House, and a quite distasteful contribution from Nadine Dorries parading herself round the media outlets the day after Mr Bercow's election.

It renewed rent regulations for over a million apartments in New York City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another year.

Such a policy also plays down the much bigger contribution that higher taxes on the bankers and super-rich should play, not least because basically they caused this deep recession in the first place.

He may have even bigger problems because depending on how these committees are / were set up he my have just exceded the contribution limits.

Overall, this approach would provide a better return on investment for public money spent supporting growth and a bigger contribution to the national purse.

It was perhaps the biggest hedge he's taken yet on the defined contribution option.

Still on politics, Congressmen Eliot Engel and Joseph Crowley have been using campaign contributions to spend big on food.

But then, he's got bigger troubles: He's awaiting trial on separate corruption charges in Manhattan federal court, where he's charged with illegally using a nonprofit group — one that he had supported with taxpayer contributions as a City Council member — in his political campaigns.

Government filings also suggest there will be testimony on matters ranging from lobbying on big - ticket items like rent regulation and real estate tax abatements, to Silver's killing of a Manhattan drug treatment clinic and $ 10 million in campaign contributions from New Hyde Park - based Glenwood Management, one of the real estate developers he allegedly shook down.

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.

A check of campaign finance records shows in June Pence received about $ 354,000 in individual big contributions (those over $ 10,000) and the Republican Governors Association bought nearly $ 855,000 in advertising on his behalf.

A revolt among big donors on Wall Street is hurting fundraising for the Democrats» two congressional campaign committees, with contributions from the world's financial capital down 65 percent from two years ago.

The North District race was a hotly contested one filled with big campaign contributions and contrasting educational ideologies from the two candidates on everything from charter schools to extending the school day to the use of standardized tests.

The Republican partisanship of the big donors was particularly intense, because conservative Republicans depended more on the contributions of the 0.1 percent than did moderate Republicans.

The state investigation, led by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, focuses on whether the de Blasio Administration illegally funneled big bucks campaign contributions to upstate campaign committees in an unsuccessful bid to regain Democratic control of the state senate in 2014, WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported.

On Monday, de Blasio criticized Massey for taking maximum - level contributions from some of the real estate industry's biggest players.

It brought together, not people who had made an important contribution to this country or even cared about its future, but the big money men who want to protect their non-domicile status and to continue to exploit Britain and London in particular as the latest fashionable tax - haven - on - the - Thames.

Green Party leaders congratulated voters in Kent, Ohio, for passing Issue 43, which called for a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood and abolish the legal definition of money as free speech, as well as establishment of an annual «Democracy Day» public hearing for residents to testify on the effect of big contributions from corporations and the wealthy on elections.

It is stuffed full of billions of dollars of slush funds that the governor and legislative leaders can spend on just about anything, including giving hundreds of millions in tax dollar subsidies to companies and hospitals that make big campaign contributions,» said John Kaehny, director of the group Reinvent Albany.

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.

As of January Sugarman had also not begun assembling a report on the biggest violators of campaign contribution limits the board has traditionally issued.

«Our study has shown a new area of research that could potentially make a major contribution to public health and have a big impact on the way we view our responsibilities toward future generations,» Pembrey says.