Sentences with phrase «by federal election»

Senator Richard Burr closed the session asking the companies to prevent disruption of America's future, abide by Federal Election Commission law, and that they should request anti-trust waivers if they need to further cooperate with each other.

The IRS simply redirects $ 3 to the campaign fund, which is managed by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Technical violations can result in fine imposed by the Federal Election Commission.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Filings released today by the Federal Election Commission show that fossil fuel companies poured nearly $ 7 million into parties and festivities for Trump's inaugural committee, according to a preliminary analysis by Friends of the Earth.

Political Action Committees are regulated by the Federal Election Commission and strict rules apply to all PAC fundraising.

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin has been fined by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for failing to report in a timely and accurate fashion $ 116,898 in independent expenditures spent in support of Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Russ Feingold during the 2016 elections, according to a settlement released by the commission.

According to the most recent disclosure reports published by the Federal Election Commission for the 2015 - 16 campaign, Ms. Throne - Holst has raised a total of $ 1,744,295 while Mr. Calone had raised $ 1,568,494.

Fossella also could be hit with an administrative fine by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for failing since April 2009 to file required notices regarding his old House fundraising committee.

New York (CNNMoney)- Mitt Romney is worth between $ 84 million and $ 256 million, according to campaign disclosure forms released Friday by the Federal Election Commission.

We are now nearly seven days into our field audit by the Federal Election Commission, and we have a clearer picture of what to expect from our auditors.

The Board of Elections» 1996 opinion was based on a ruling by the Federal Election Commission that was later reversed in 1999.

Since New York campaign finance restrictions are so lax — the Empire State's individual donor limit is more than 10 times that allowed by the Federal Election Commission — the money can't be transferred to a federal campaign committee.

The Commission found no reason to believe the respondents violated the Act because the film, associated trailers and website represented bona fide commercial activity, not «contributions» or «expenditures» as defined by the Federal Election Campaign Act.

Ballot Access News erred when it reported that the new Florida ballot access law for minor party presidential candidates requires a petition signed by 4 % of the last presidential vote, unless the minor party is recognized by the Federal Election Commission.

Such accounts are regulated by the Federal Election Commission, and are mainly intended for use in electing candidates for Congress or president.

«This apparent decision by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) underscores what our Committee has recognized for some time: that virtual currencies are not going away.

By Dec. 31, 2017, more than 2,100 people had taken at least the first step toward running for the House or Senate by filing the necessary paperwork, according to records kept by the Federal Election Commission.

Low information voters largely just trust «leaders» in the correct community (local Democrats, union reps, and so forth), but of the people who aren't surprised by federal elections every two years who like Obama, they just don't care.

There are very specific laws governing how a campaign itself can raise money, which are enforced by the Federal Elections Commission, created by Congress in 1975 as the enforcement / compliance mechanism for campaign finance laws.

Not exact matches

By 2019, the next federal election, the NAFTA re-negotiations will either be in the dramatic end game or the very contentious ratification phase.

Nelson, a three - term incumbent, had raised $ 10.2 million by the end of last December, according to filings from the Federal Election Commission.

Up until now, this issue has mostly been watercooler fodder, but with the Federal Reserve having raised rates in December and Donald Trump's election victory causing the 10 - year treasury yield to spike by 19 % since election day, many investors are now reducing their exposure to these rate - sensitive sectors.

The stock has surged 41 % since President Donald Trump's November election, surprising many who predicted the company led by billionaire Elon Musk would suffer under a Republican government averse to supporting clean - energy companies with federal tax subsidies.

As I have explained elsewhere, many of the policies put in place by the Federal government since the election of President Obama in 2008 — banking reform, business regulation, tax policies, and the Affordable Care Act to name a few — have made entrepreneurship more difficult to undertake.

That raises the possibility of court challenges by First Nations, blockades along the pipeline route between Edmonton and Kitimat, B.C., and rallies in major cities during the run - up to a federal election that must be called by October 2015.

The drugmaker's political action committee spent $ 405,000 on federal campaign donations and other political outlays last year, more than in 2016 — an election year — and nearly double its allocation for 2015, data compiled by Kaiser Health News show.

The FBI was acting as part of a probe related to Cohen by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who were acting on a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election as well as potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

The Electorate of Canning by - election in Western Australia on September 19 will take a snapshot of the national mood, just over two years on from the federal poll.

The data, which was compiled from Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings by CrowdPAC, a non-partisan organization aimed at analyzing money in politics, revealed what the candidate's own filings have been showing for the last several months: Silicon Valley loves Bernie and can't stand Trump.

The Department of Homeland Security's communications with state election officials were «impeded by state officials» mistrust of federal government overreach coupled with an unprecedented level of Russian cyber intrusions.»

A 510 - page filing with the Federal Election Commission, reported on by the Washington Post last night, lists Los Angeles - based Wings of Time, LLC as donating the money on Jan. 4, 2017.

«By contrast, federal tax law permits 501 (c)(4) organizations to spend money advocating the election or defeat of candidates, so long as such activity isn't the 501 (c)(4) organization's «primary» activity.

Mr. Cohen said that he had given a similar statement to the Federal Election Commission in response to a complaint filed by the government watchdog group Common Cause, which contended that the payment, made through a limited liability company that Mr. Cohen established, was an in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

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Martin Schulz, the center - left candidate for German chancellor and Merkel's primary rival ahead of the September federal elections, said that the U.S. withdrawal from Paris must be met with a refusal by the EU to re-initiate transatlantic trade talks.

The federal Liberal Party's recent election promise to create a new tax bracket for rich Canadians has been quickly decried by — well, rich Canadians.

According to Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission who also appeared on 60 Minutes, the money may very well constitute «a coordinated, illegal, «in - kind» contribution by Cohen for the purpose of influencing the electionElection Commission who also appeared on 60 Minutes, the money may very well constitute «a coordinated, illegal, «in - kind» contribution by Cohen for the purpose of influencing the electionelection.»

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Coming of Age in the Asian Century: The Need for a National Conversation By Sarah Eaton, Post ‐ Graduate Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Political pundits tell us this federal election will be fought not over big ideas but along a narrow set of economic wedge issues.

This practice raised questions about whether the company complied with federal election law that limits the roles played by non-U.

«It's part of the change that's been brought by the fixed - date election,» he said, in reference to the federal vote scheduled for Oct. 19, 2015.

Until the recent 2008 federal general election, the seat - advantage recorded by Liberals in 1921 was the largest in Canadian history.

The lawsuit by Ms. Clifford adds weight to allegations in a separate legal complaint brought by Common Cause, a public interest group that has asked the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department to investigate the $ 130,000 payment by Mr. Cohen.

New comments by President Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani about a payment to Stormy Daniels place the president at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leaders said.

«I would suspect the «know your customer» they're doing on their ad purchasers is probably driven more by what information they need for internal business purposes and to best sell ads rather than to satisfy information requests from any third parties, such as the Federal Election Commission, the Department of Justice, etc..»

The ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08 - 205, overruled two precedents: Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, a 1990 decision that upheld restrictions on corporate spending to support or oppose political candidates, and McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, a 2003 decision that upheld the part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 that restricted campaign spending by corporations and unions.

The money, which Mr. Cohen has said came from his own personal funds, is the subject of complaints lodged by the group Common Cause with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department.

According to Elections Canada, the number of voters aged 18 to 24 spiked by almost 7 per cent in the 2006 federal election.

On June 6 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty reintroduced his spring federal budget, which was never passed in the rush to an election, with a key twist: Flaherty added a measure to phase out the $ 2 - per - vote subsidy to political parties by 2015 - 16.

After he was defeated in the 2015 federal election, Dykstra ran for the presidency of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, winning by acclamation after his friend Brown brokered a deal where the other candidate, Jag Badwal, withdrew.