Sentences with phrase «big money donors in»

Meanwhile, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School plans to push for a system of public funds to match smaller donations as a way to limit the influence of big money donors in campaign fundraising.

The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.

Not exact matches

By showing your donors that you can follow through on your first campaign, effectively raise money, build a prototype, fulfill rewards and communicate your success, you have built in a second round of donors who have a vested interest in your success, and who will not only support you in round two, but will also help you spread the word for the bigger second campaign.

And to get the big bank accounts, we need big donors, so we can pool lots of money to make the biggest difference in a big world of big needs.

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.

In that sense, a solid Twitter following is like a favorable internal poll released to the press, or like having big money in the bank — it's a way to show The Powers That Be (funders, bloggers, journalists, party committees, large donors) that a campaign is worth supportinIn that sense, a solid Twitter following is like a favorable internal poll released to the press, or like having big money in the bank — it's a way to show The Powers That Be (funders, bloggers, journalists, party committees, large donors) that a campaign is worth supportinin the bank — it's a way to show The Powers That Be (funders, bloggers, journalists, party committees, large donors) that a campaign is worth supporting.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

They're also big - time donors to politicians in both the United States and Israel with contributions approaching $ 1.8 million, although none of the money has funneled into Western New York.

Case in point: While the 2002 McCain - Feingold law was supposed to put an end to the influence of big money in politics, eager donors turned to independent expenditures financed through Super PACs as a way to conduct unlimited political advertising.

Those who support a convention say dramatic action is required to address corruption charges that have forced more than 30 officials out of office in a decade as well as issues such as New York's high taxes, unequal funding of schools, and the influence of big - money donors in campaigns.

But as the big traditional donors attend their last $ 1000 - a-plate dinners, small donors across the country should become every campaign's target, in part because a campaign can turn to them for money again and again.

believe that the future of our country lies in our people, not in big money donors and lobbyists who seek to divide us for their profit.

«Without closing this loophole, the money of big donors will continue to have an unfair influence in our elections.»

Under the rules of the broadcast era of politics, a young man with a funny name and a couple of years in the Senate might run honorably but would almost certainly lose, crushed by the ability of an experienced candidate like Hillary Clinton to raise money from big donors and lock up endorsements from elected officials and party activists.

«Zephyr is fearless, independent - minded, and will stand up for working families against the big money donors and wealthy insiders who have rigged the economy in their favor.

Donors affiliated with a major TV and film production company who never gave more than $ 250 to any city office donated thousands to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2013 — and are now dodging questions about the big - money contributions.

We may not be able to do anything about the limits of individual donors but we can separately be building another infrastructure, a public financing infrastructure that at least enables candidates to get heard in their relevant district without have a lot of money and without having big money backers,» said Teachout.

Edward Erikson, a consultant who works with prominent Sanders supporter Ben Cohen (of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream fame) and other activists trying to reduce the role of big money in politics, said Sanders himself deserves the credit for motivating small donors.

According to an Assistant US Attorney, Malcolm Smith shook down big money donors back in 2008 by essentially offering to sell votes like shares of stock.

Probers are seeking to investigate charges that team de Blasio sought to evade individual campaign limits of $ 10,300 by having donors make big donations to local county committees, which in turn earmarked and funneled the money to specific candidates.

According to NYPRIG, Cuomo has raked in $ 22,191,108 from big - money donors so far, or 49 percent of all his donations in this election cycle.

Both candidates have been trying to raise enough money to convince national political parties and other big donors to invest in their campaigns.

No surprise that Klein — the landlords» best friend in the Senate with a «D, WF» after his name — got tons of money from landlords including at least $ 5000 from the notorious slumlord Larry Gluck — see one of his many corporate names «WB Stellar IP Owner, LLC» Another big corporate donor to Klein and his IDC clan is the check cashing industry.

Cuomo, in the remaining days of the session, is pressing for one of the items in his education initiatives: a tax credit for big money donors to send students to private schools and pay for extra curricular programs for public schools.

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign accounts.

He has also donated tens of thousands of pounds to the Labour Party and to Gordon Brown's leadership campaign (Iain Dale posted a list of eight Labour big money donors who are reportedly non-dom earlier in the week).

It was only a few short winters ago the Occupy Albany tents were set up across from the Capital in Academy Park, trying to shake loose the hold of Wall Street and big money donors on state government.

In his first month in office, he signed on as a co-sponsor of two House bills aimed at campaign finance reform — both of which seek to limit the influence of big donors and special interests, including super PACs that can spend unlimited amounts of money on federal campaignIn his first month in office, he signed on as a co-sponsor of two House bills aimed at campaign finance reform — both of which seek to limit the influence of big donors and special interests, including super PACs that can spend unlimited amounts of money on federal campaignin office, he signed on as a co-sponsor of two House bills aimed at campaign finance reform — both of which seek to limit the influence of big donors and special interests, including super PACs that can spend unlimited amounts of money on federal campaigns.

Commonly cited concerns include the potential for outsized influence of big money donors on the policy process relative to more traditional voices in public education debates, such as teachers and other education practitioners.

Those big donors aren't exactly helpless, and protecting the injection of «secret, dark money» in any campaign only backfires.

See which of Canada's 100 biggest charities are best - in - class when it comes to spending donor money wisely.

Nearly all of the potential Democratic Presidential nominees have spoken out against «big money» in politics, often decrying the «corporate influence» of large - money donors, specifically...

Most Republican members of Congress are now under great pressure from the big polluters who are their big money campaign donors to actively oppose clean energy industries that have been an agent of economic growth in the nation generally and in rural Republican districts specifically.

Mercer exemplifies a new breed of activist donors that has risen since the Supreme Court kicked off a flood of big money into elections in 2010.

He has attained almost mythic stature in the new big - money world of presidential politics — a reclusive computer programmer, a hedge fund magnate and the biggest individual super-PAC donor so far of this campaign cycle.

I learned that my predecessors had solicited most of the money in a handful of big donations from a small group of donors.