Sentences with phrase «campaign contributions from»

So far, the blame for the financial crisis seems to be centered on Wall Street, mortgage lenders, and the government officials that received so many campaign contributions from these lenders.

Protest organizer Ellie Branson took aim at politicians like, in particular, Sen. Marco Rubio, R - Fla., and his campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association.

According to the ICIT report, members of the Senate Commerce Committee received $ 369,000 in campaign contributions from Facebook employees and from a Facebook political action committee, while members of the Senate Judiciary Committee received $ 235,000 from the same source.

Inc., the United Supreme Court required a West Virginia Supreme Court Justice's recusal where that Justice had received $ 3 million in campaign contributions from Massey Coal's CEO and then ruled favorably for Massey Coal in overturning a $ 50 million damage award against the company.

In Defense of Florida's Flat Ban on the Personal Solicitation of Campaign Contributions From Attorneys by Candidates for Judicial Office PDF · Burt Neuborne · 68 Vand.

The Arkansas Supreme Court held that the canon was narrowly tailored to the state's interests in judicial impartiality and open - mindedness, and that White was inapplicable because the facts of the case and the details of the solicitation canon were distinguishable: «We do not believe anyone can seriously argue that a judge personally soliciting campaign contributions from attorneys having cases before him or her should be permissible.»

Trouble was, Benjamin had received $ 3 million in campaign contributions from Massey, raising questions of judicial bias.

An examination of the Ohio Supreme Court by The New York Times found that its justices routinely sat on cases after receiving campaign contributions from the parties involved or from groups that filed supporting briefs.

SB 6255 Requires mandatory recusal for judges who receive $ 50 or more in campaign contributions from lawyers or parties in past 3 years.

The article claims that two of the countyâ $ ™ s three juvenile judges â $ œreceived more than 90 percent of their campaign contributions from the attorneys they appoint.â $

The conference provides ample opportunity for attorneys general to directly solicit campaign contributions from corporate representatives during private meetings, informal conversations and leisure activities — like a golf tournament, zip lining, and a tour of the Olympic training center.

After the democrat debate in Durham, New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton is questioned by a climate activist if she would stop accepting campaign contributions from «fossil fuels».

Hey, she owes it to them — she's accepted a whopping million dollars of cash in campaign contributions from them.

CRP also notes that from 1989 to 2006, Inhofe received more campaign contributions from energy and natural resource interests than from any other sector (the finance sector was the runner - up) with total contributions from energy and resource interests approaching $ 1.3 million.

In fact, an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) shows that from 2001 to 2006, Inhofe has received more campaign contributions from the oil and gas industries than from any other industrial sector — more than $ 300,000.

Berger received $ 46,700 in campaign contributions from fracking interests between 2009 and 2011.

Partnering with 350.org and other environmental organizations, the group is asking candidates to refuse campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry.

Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) incumbents Tricia Pridemore and Chuck Eaton each received approximately two - thirds of their campaign contributions from people or companies associated with regulated entities such as Georgia Power, according to an Energy and Policy Institute analysis of...

In unrelated news, the Democrat Party continues to collect massive campaign contributions from growers of tobacco, who for some unfathomable reason have escaped the wrath of Leviathan.

The vast majority who do includes Senator Chap Petersen, who made news this year first by calling for a repeal of the 2015 boondoggle that will net Dominion a billion - dollar windfall at customer expense, and when that bill failed (in Senate Commerce & Labor, ahem), by calling for a ban on campaign contributions from public service corporations like Dominion.

In 2010, Koch Industries was the largest political spender of the entire energy sector, dumping $ 2,645,589 in campaign contributions from their political action committee.

According to Ohio's campaign finance database, the primary sponsors of HB 554 and SB 310 have received 2016 campaign contributions from some of the same fossil fuel and utility interests that have lobbied on their bills:

Campaign contributions from these same special interests have also helped to fuel the campaigns of the president of the Ohio Senate and the speaker of the Ohio House, as well as the majority caucuses for both chambers.

They get their campaign contributions from scaring BP, GE and other companies hoping to survive the progressive decarbonization of the economy.

, the primary sponsors of HB 554 and SB 310 have received 2016 campaign contributions from some of the same fossil fuel and utility interests that have lobbied on their bills:

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

44 senators got millions of dollars in campaign contributions from the oil industry.

This new hospital — and a sizeable amount of campaign contributions from Bruce — are wrapped up in District Attorney Harvey Dent's bid for Gotham's mayor seat.

Bennett's success in pushing through these changes in Indiana had raised his national profile and brought in large campaign contributions from across the country.

Nick is not telling the truth, his campaign had over $ 1 million in campaign contributions from the CCSA (California Charter School Association), he is expected to «perform.»

An updated review of the latest federal and state campaign finance reports reveal that Governor Malloy has collected in excess of $ 70,000 in campaign contributions from individuals associated with the corporate education reform industry.

But when it came to light that Luke Bronin was collecting campaign contributions from the charter school industry, Johnson and the HFT leadership sat down with him a second time to discuss his relationship and connection with charter school proponents.

By mid-October, Brown had collected $ 715,000 in campaign contributions from California tribes, according to the Press Democrat.

A few weeks after the lawmaker returned from Florida, several received campaign contributions from the school voucher proponents.

«You do what you need to do sometimes to get the ball rolling,» said Walz, who accepted at least $ 2,600 in campaign contributions from K12, its executives or its lobbyists since 2008, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics.

While it's illegal to solicit campaign contributions from Los Angeles city employees, it is perfectly legal for employees to give on their own accord,...

Foxx, chairwoman of the House Education Committee's subcommittee on higher education and workforce training, received campaign contributions from Corinthian Colleges during her last reelection campaign in 2014 — nearly $ 20,000.

She said she won't accept any campaign contributions from state or national charter school organizations.

You read that right... Malloy's political campaign has benefited from more than $ 250,000 in campaign contributions from the corporate education reform industry.

In this role - play activity from SocialStudies.com, students act as elected legislators who have accepted significant campaign contributions from a list of companies and special - interest groups.

And most of the judges accepted campaign contributions from the Washington Education Association, the state's biggest teachers» union — and also the plaintiff.

And anyway, where are the campaign contributions from lower - class black America?

One received campaign contributions from an oil - company political - action committee, and the two others received contributions from the CEO of EnerVest, one of the two operators implicated in the S.M.U. study.

Vitter has received substantial campaign contributions from the nation's largest formaldehyde manufacturers and users.

Morse, who has taken 40 percent of his campaign contributions from the breakaway senate group the Independent Democratic Committee and told the Times Union earlier this month he did not recall some of his downstate donors, said he won't take contributions from those who lobby committees he oversees.

Between them, Brown and Collins have received $ 18,900 in campaign contributions from Delaware North and members of the Jacobs family.

In the November 2016 statement, Cuomo vowed, «I will order my campaign and my party not to accept campaign contributions from companies once a Request for Proposals has been announced, and for six months following the conclusion for the winner,» adding, «I believe the other state offices and the legislature should do the same and will propose such a law.»

With more than $ 30 million reported in his war chest as of January, Cuomo receives the lion's share of his campaign contributions from much bigger sectors — like real estate and pharmaceuticals — than the state's brewing industry.

Several of the attorney general's proposals echoed similar calls from government reform groups, including lowering campaign contribution limits and drastically limiting campaign contributions from any entity with business before the state.

The group also claims, among other things, that Gov. Cuomo and the Senate ignored the constitutionally mandated three - day waiting period before a bill can be acted upon and that lawmakers approved the legislation in exchange for campaign contributions from Bloomberg and other high profile «Wall Street financiers.»