Sentences with phrase «by outside groups»

An estimated hundreds of millions of dollars was spent by outside groups in the 2012 elections.

This chart details all spending by outside groups from 1990 - 2014.

This is best done by outside groups between elections.

That expenditures by outside groups could not be limited, but they could be required to disclose or report spending or contributions.

A lack of involvement by outside groups and agencies.

I think it should be vetted by an outside group.

Spending by outside groups has more than doubled since 2010.

The district's 211 independent charters are publicly - funded schools run by outside groups who have even more autonomy, and in most cases, their teachers are not union members.

Santa Ana City Manager Censured by Outside Group for Dating.

«We have all seen the disturbing increase in spending by outside groups in federal, state and even local elections in recent years,» said Rose Gill Hearn, a CFB board member.

Dirty tricks are more likely to be employed by outside groups who'll be structured in such a way that you'll likely have a hard time proving that anyone on the benefiting campaign is connected.

Katko said last year he will not be influenced by outside groups that donate PAC money, and that his priorities are issues that affect Central New York and the 24th Congressional District.

Advertisements funded by outside groups targeting candidates in New York State Senate races are becoming increasingly common.

Amid the fear and confusion, there are ongoing efforts by outside groups such as DataRefuge to store data, especially that related to climate change, on nongovernmental servers and sites.

A government watchdog group in Connecticut says nearly $ 17 million was spent by outside groups on the state's tight gubernatorial race.

(Or, in a proxy battle, an alternative slate may be offered by an outside group.)

When the term «Christian» was first invented, it was coined by an outside group of «pagans» who observed the way Jesus - followers behaved and recognized the similarity between what they were doing and what Jesus did.

The result is that I end up identifying strongly with the so - called «young, restless, and Reformed» and have joined the Gospel Coalition, etc., yet still have my Calvinist credentials questioned by those outside these groups (though strangely not any inside that I know of (yet?)-RRB-

And an Associated Press reporter asked me if I supported evangelism during the Olympics by outside groups.

They were buoyed by outside groups rooting them on, and didn't fear the White House's fury because the law was unpopular — and, increasingly, so was the president.

(Quinn has been attacked by outside groups for accepting campaign contributions from Rudin Management, the developers on that site.)

A version of this article appears in print on October 17, 2012, on Page A25 of the New York edition with the headline: Attack Ads, by Outside Groups With Murky Ties, Shape 3 New York Senate Races.

The spending by outside groups comes on top of a prodigious amount of cash raised by lawmakers.

Even with Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano insisting that speeding in school zones is a huge problem and kids» lives are at risk, the newspaper's investigation found that, among other things, only one of the county's 37 fatal crashes in 2012, (the year studied by an outside group) occurred in a school zone.

Of course, that doesn't include the more than $ 1.2 million spent by outside groups supporting Ms. Stefanik and opposing Mr. Doheny.

Infusions by outside groups added to the total by $ 2.2 million, ranking the 19th Congressional District one of the top five in the country in terms of total spending, according to the FEC.

Throughout the race, despite the grenades lobbed by outside groups, Stefanik distanced herself from the negative attacks, maintaining she could not control outside spending on her behalf and emphasized that she was running a positive, issues - focused campaign.

The candidates focused on how they were funding the election — Spitzer through his own real estate wealth, and Stringer through campaign finance, but benefiting from millions being spent by outside groups aiming to take Spitzer down.

In one of his last actions as ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Grassley is concerned about intramural researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) who take a dozen or more trips a year for which their expenses are paid by outside groups.

Republicans often seem comfortable shrugging off the climate issue, noting that GOP candidates cruised to victory in the midterm elections last year despite heavy spending by outside groups like Tom Steyer's NextGen Climate, which depicted some GOP candidates as «deniers.»

He has received national attention for moves favored by reformers, such as opening 75 new schools operated by outside groups and staffed by non-union teachers; introducing a pay - for - performance plan that will eventually be in 40 Chicago schools; and working with organizations, including The New Teacher Project, Teach For America, and New Leaders for New Schools, that recruit talented educators through alternatives to the traditional education - school route.

Gove's earnestly pursued and widely touted «academies» scheme, which allows district - operated public schools to convert to charter - like status and be managed by outside groups, has led to a major scandal in Birmingham, where a handful of such schools were taken over by fundamentalist Muslims.

Spending on Colorado school board races by outside groups — especially in Douglas County, Denver — surpasses $ 1.5 million

While the board will not vote on the new applications for at least another month, any public discussion on the requests could provide valuable insights into the board's latest sentiments on charter expansion by an outside group and on more charters, in general.

Among 440 K - 12 IT leaders surveyed, only 15 percent said they have implemented a cybersecurity plan; just 19 percent said they have cybersecurity practices audited by an outside group; and 28 percent said they are adding security safeguards to vendor negotiations.

If you spring for this option, Mazda will completely restore your beloved car in a facility that's been certified by an outside group for its ability to do high - quality work.

The Great Hall is used for programs by outside groups, thereby enhancing its value to the community and the city.

Governments have paid too little attention to the science of global warming and have tended to accept the findings reached by outside groups.

Launch Package Engineer — International Space Station, 01/2004 — 09/2004 Handled development and maintenance of an analysis matrix to track all of the analysis being performed by outside groups such as Viper, Atrium, and Space.

In 2010, Jefferson became part of more than two dozen schools that the school board put up for bid to be run by outside groups as part of the Public School Choice program, and the Jefferson bid went to a group of LA Unified teachers, parents and administrators who crafted the school's plan with help from UTLA leadership.

(CNN)- The Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of a ruling by Montana's highest court that upholds the state's century - long restrictions on independent political spending by outside groups in election campaigns.

Katko has said that he will not be influenced by the outside groups that donate PAC money, and that his only focus is on voting for the best interests of the 24th Congressional District.

As a result, the team has turned to other projects funded by outside groups, such as measuring methane emissions from natural gas fields in Utah (ClimateWire, Aug. 7).

Assemblyman Nojay says the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision prohibits limits on campaign spending by outside groups, so he believes there's no way to totally eliminate the influence of money in politics.

This will be the first time the SHAC will be addressing the board face - to - face about an issue of concern: the often nutritionally sub-par items sold on our campuses, by outside groups and HISD itself, that compete with the federal school meal.

Roughly $ 5.87 million of that is from spending by outside groups.

As both parties battle for control of the State Senate, the most forceful attack advertisements have been concentrated in a handful of races that will determine who controls the chamber — and, increasingly, they are being drawn up by outside groups, including some not even in New York State.