Nassau's new law requiring vendors to disclose their political
campaign contributions does not cover many ways contractors historically have made controversial donations.
The federal «pay - to - play» rule does contain one exception: If bond contracts are awarded by competitive bidding, then the prohibition on
campaign contributions does not apply.
Both they and Gerrity said campaign contributions didn't impact contracts.
He did find a negative effect for campaign contributions, finding that
campaign contributions do lead to a loss of legitimacy (this is also true for state legislatures).
Not exact matches
Do you think cryptocurrency
contributions should be accepted for political
campaign funding?
«If we had to defend this as not being a
campaign contribution, I think we could
do that.
More dangerously, the awkward theory of «reimbursement» via retainer fees over time
does not solve the problem of an illegal
campaign contribution in 2016.
He needs to sell this story so that Mr. Cohen's payment was not a
campaign contribution (more about that below) and that Mr. Trump didn't really know about the arrangement in advance, and so has minimal responsibility for what is turning out to be a colossal mess with Stormy Daniels.
Giuliani also suggested that Trump's reimbursement of Cohen means the lawyer's payment to Daniels ahead of the 2016 election
did not count as a
campaign contribution.
Presidents of both U.S. parties rely on Wall Street for major political
campaign contributions, as
do heads of the key Senate and Congressional banking and finance committees.
Paying someone to be quiet so they
do not damage a political effort is an in - kind
contribution to that
campaign, covering a cost meant to aid efforts to win the election.
«That would be an illegal corporate
contribution to the
campaign even if the company
did not pay the $ 130,000.»
This has been my experience for over 40 of my 67 years in a fellowship that has no buildings, is not organized, accepts no outside financial
contributions, limits end of life personal
contributions, has NO fund raising or capital
campaigns,
does not define stewardship in the level of financial «benevolence!»
Kraft Heinz and the Kraft Heinz PAC
do not support Presidential
campaigns, judicial candidates, super PACs or make
contributions to independent expenditure committees, which is defined as money spent to support a political candidate, but not at the suggestion or request of the candidate, the candidate's authorized committee or a political party.
He donated $ 3 million last month to the University of Texas where he played and matched Colin Kaepernick's $ 10,000 in the quarterback's «10 for 10»
campaign, Durant's
contributions helping a local organization
doing community - based justice work.
The midfielder helped Chelsea to win the Premier League title last season but has struggled at times this
campaign, although he
did make a notable
contribution in the 2 - 2 draw with West Ham United last weekend as he scored both of his side's goals.
Of course, CPI includes all kind of other useful information in the site, including issue background on issues and an eye - popping list of
campaign contributions coming from the telecommunications industry — take a look at the numbers on this page and see if you don't jump back in shock.
Disclosure forms filed by the
Campaign For One New York show it accepted numerous
contributions from companies that
did business with the city or wanted something from his administration.
The [Federal Election
Campaign] Act
does not prohibit individuals with permanent resident status (commonly referred to as «green card holders») from making
contributions or donations in connection with federal, state or local elections, as they are not considered foreign nationals.
In return, the president tweeted earlier this week that Gillibrand used to beg him for
campaign contributions and «would
do anything for them.»
And refusing
campaign contributions from anyone
doing business with the State pension fund.»
You don't have to be explicit, and the
campaign contribution limits are sky high for the party committees.»
Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said he's still getting up to speed on the facts, but the payment to Stormy Daniels
did not require him to have a full accounting of the details, saying: «I am focused on the law more than the facts right now... The whole situation of the $ 130,000 doesn't require an analysis of the facts because it wasn't intended as a
campaign contribution.»
Take a look at what elected officials
do in exchange for those
campaign contributions,» he said.
Last Friday, he announced he was
doing away with his self - imposed
campaign contribution limits, saying he didn't want to unilaterally disarm against Wilson, who may or may not invest a boatload of his own cash into his
campaign.
Cynthia Nixon has already raked in more small - dollar
contributions in one day than her rival Gov. Andrew Cuomo
did in seven years, the star actress»
campaign announced.
Ellison's
campaign committee, Ellison for Congress, has raised $ 2.3 million so far this cycle but also
did not report any direct
contributions to Democratic
campaigns.
«Because regular people don't give millions of dollars in
campaign contributions.»
«They don't make
campaign contributions because they're feeling charitable, they
do it fatten the bottom line.»
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«Merely because Singh pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio using
campaign contributions and Mangano using personal enrichments
does not make the cases similar either factually or legally,» Treinis Gatz wrote.
A Lichtenstein spokesman said in a statement that «the
contribution was made in compliance with applicable
campaign finance laws,» but
did not answer further questions.
Entities that
do business with the State, their executives, and those who are paid to lobby state officials should be limited to making extremely modest
campaign contributions.
«We are proud of the work we
did on that
campaign, and have spoken in many public forums about what we consider to be our
contribution to the
campaign.»
A provision to ban
campaign contributions to legislators from gambling corporations
did not end up in the final version.
Singh said in testimony last month that, when he told de Blasio he would have to set up illegal
campaign contributions, the mayor told him to «
do whatever you got to
do.»
Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office «begging» for
campaign contributions not so long ago (and would
do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump.
«While we
do not comment on any specific
campaign contributions, we categorically deny any quid pro quo between
contributions and legislation,» Anna LaPorte, a spokeswoman for Extell, said in a statement to ProPublica.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo accepted more
campaign contributions from, and given state contracts to, a Yonkers construction firm with a history of criminal entanglements, though he and his allies slammed his 2014 GOP opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, for
doing the same thing.
The
Campaign Finance Board
does have different, lower
contribution limits for individuals who are categorized by them as
doing business with the city — registered lobbyists, those applying for land use actions, grants or contracts — but neither Herrera nor his relatives who worked at MJM or Masonry were categorized as such.
Naparstek, who also founded the influential Streetsblog.org, will remain on Reinvent Albany's board where he will continue pushing for reforms like an end to outside income for state legislators, restrictions on the use of
campaign contributions for personal use, and closing loopholes which foster corruption by allowing people who
do business with the state to make enormous
campaign contributions.
Yes, it is completely legal in New York for a person
doing business with the state to give the governor $ 250K worth of
campaign contributions using Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) and then get an enormous state contract.
At one point, JCOPE Chairwoman Janet DiFiore attempted to cut Batra off, telling the person testifying that he
did not have to answer Batra's question, which was about potential money laundering of
campaign contributions through 5014cs.
Albans), the only one of Queens» five - member Senate delegation who
did not have an opponent listed on the
campaign finance board website as of the July 15 filing deadline, has amassed $ 279,150 in
contributions and spent $ 240,441 so far.
Disclosure forms filed by the mayor's nonprofit group, the
Campaign For One New York, show that it accepted numerous
contributions from companies that
did business with the city or wanted something from his administration.
A Rice spokesman said the DA
did interview with the Post, but also took issue with the 20 percent figure, saying that even with the most «liberal» interpretation of firms associated with Weitz & Luxenberg, those
contributions account for just 8 percent of more her
campaign cash.
It doesn't get at the root of corruption in the money that wealthy individuals and special interests shower on elected officials in the form of
campaign contributions and outside salaries.
«The government
does not contend, and will not argue, that the
campaign contributions were unlawful,» acting Manhattan U.S. District Attorney Joon Kim wrote in a recent filing in U.S. District Court.
After being notified by the CFB that the EJ PAC was unregistered, the
campaign did not promptly refund the
contribution.
Pigeon, accused of soliciting an illegal
contribution to the 2014 re-election
campaign of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo,
did not appear in court but has said publicly that he's the victim of a political witch hunt.