Sentences with phrase «campaign finance laws also»

In addition to direct campaign contributions, campaign finance laws also apply to third - party organizations and nonprofit organizations that seek to influence elections through independent expenditures or issue advocacy.

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In a complaint filed in January by Common Cause with the FEC and the Department of Justice, the organization charges that the failure to report this expenditure to the FEC violates not only campaign finance law but also violates federal law prohibiting false statements of material fact to the Federal government.

This could also be an effort by Trump and Cohen to avoid prosecution for knowing and willful violation of federal campaign finance law.

As Common Cause alleged in its January complaints filed with the FEC and DOJ, the Trump campaign's failure to report this expenditure to the FEC would not only violate the campaign finance law disclosure requirements, 52 U.S.C. 30104, but would also violate the federal law prohibiting false statements of material fact to the federal government, 18 U.S.C. 1001.

She'll also hit on themes Democrats have raised in the campaign, including the cost of corruption to taxpayers and the need to approve anti-corruption and campaign finance law changes in the chamber.

They also took advantage of a loophole in campaign finance laws and bundled $ 125,000 in contributions, using limited liability companies, or LLCs, to hide the true amount of their donations.

He also passed the Assembly bill to close the «LLC Loophole,» which allows almost unlimited, often virtually anonymous contributions to flow from businesses to politicians, and championed other reforms to campaign finance laws.

In addition to a federal investigation into whether Campaign for One New York donors, many of whom had business before the city, received anything for their donation, authorities are also examining whether de Blasio's unsuccessful bid to bring the state Senate under Democratic control in 2014 violated campaign finance and electiCampaign for One New York donors, many of whom had business before the city, received anything for their donation, authorities are also examining whether de Blasio's unsuccessful bid to bring the state Senate under Democratic control in 2014 violated campaign finance and electicampaign finance and election laws.

Also being probed is whether de Blasio's effort to win control of the state Senate violated campaign finance and election laws.

Mr. Vance's campaign also has received large checks regularly from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, the law firm that represented Mayor Bill de Blasio during Mr. Vance's investigation of the mayor's campaign finances.

The independent spending also highlights New York State's notoriously lax campaign - finance laws, which in many instances do not require groups that run attack ads to reveal anything about themselves.

The problem is not only that New York State has such lousy campaign finance laws, but also that the U.S. Supreme Court has their heads firmly planted in their posteriors on this subject.

The board said that, because the council members were Advance Group clients and NYCLASS was also a client of the group, the contributions were «coordinated» and violated campaign finance law.

He also received $ 4,950 — the maximum donation allowed for a mayoral candidate under city campaign finance law — from Karen Romanoff, who listed her occupation as «homemaker.»

The commission also recommended closing loopholes, like unlimited donations by Limited Liability Companies, and creating a new independent agency to actually enforce campaign finance laws.

A con - con will also be a way to enshrine certain protections in the law, including safeguarding voting rights, implementing campaign finance reform and protecting against sexual and gender discrimination.

And Jon Del Giorno of the politically - prominent law firm Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin LLC (which manages the councilwoman's campaign finance filings) also helped pave the way.

Authorities are also examining whether de Blasio's unsuccessful effort to win control of the state Senate violated campaign finance and election laws.

He also made proposals related to campaign finance reform, including a law that would require many political contributions over $ 500 to be reported within 48 hours, or within 24 hours near Election Day.

They also took advantage of a loophole in campaign finance laws and bundled $ 125,000 in contributions, using limited liability companies to hide the true amount of their donations from the public.

He also said it's likely there will be a grand jury report that could recommend legal and policy changes «that would improve the campaign finance system and election law enforcement.»

State Sen. Daniel Squadron also said «fundamental reform of the system» is needed «including laws to create a better campaign finance system and more open and competitive elections, and to disentangle public service from for - profit business.»

The center, which first called Albany «dysfunctional» years ago, also seeks lower campaign contribution limits and an independent enforcer of campaign finance laws.

J. Patrick Barrett, counted among the members of the casino coalition, is also a member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Moreland Commission, which is investigating campaign finance laws, The Daily News first reported.

Critics also note the new law won't close a loophole allowing limited liability companies to circumvent campaign finance rules.

While the Governor has decried the the current campaign finance laws, he's also repeatedly stated that he will not unilaterally disarm.

People familiar with the investigation have said prosecutors are also investigating whether Cohen violated campaign finance law by working to squelch damaging information about Trump before the November 2016 election, including with a $ 130,000 payment to adult - film actress Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

The Public Campaign Action Fund has released a new television advertisement and revised an existing spot to more prominently mention the governor, a Democrat, who has said he supports changes to New York's porous campaign finance laws but has also made use of the current system to raise mCampaign Action Fund has released a new television advertisement and revised an existing spot to more prominently mention the governor, a Democrat, who has said he supports changes to New York's porous campaign finance laws but has also made use of the current system to raise mcampaign finance laws but has also made use of the current system to raise millions.

«The truth is, also, the Senate has been a problem on many of these issues,» Cuomo said, after promising to push for a higher minimum wage, public campaign finance and changes to state abortion laws.

He also proposed that lawmakers convicted of corruption be required to forfeit their taxpayer - funded pensions, that per diems be given either to reimburse specific travel expenses or as a lump sum, and that more stringent campaign finance laws be enacted to prevent campaign funds from going to personal use.

They also took advantage of a loophole in campaign finance laws and bundled $ 125,000 in contributions, using limited liability companies, or LLCs, to hide the true amount of their donations from the public.

Prosecutors are looking at whether de Blasio's donors received favorable city action, after giving to his campaign, and also whether de Blasio may have bent the state's campaign finance laws when he solicited donations on behalf of Democratic candidates running for the State Senate, in 2014.

Lebanon's new electoral law also allowed generous campaign financing which enabled parties to win votes by offering significant material incentives varying from direct cash (between $ 40 and $ 1000), school tuition fees, gas coupons and healthcare coverage.

He voted for pension forfeiture and increasing penalties for law - breakers, but also wants to eliminate legislators» outside income, close the LLC loophole, reform campaign financing and provide district attorneys with more tools to prosecute corrupt politicians.

Other measures Heastie outlined include closing the LLC Loophole that allows wealthy donors to subvert the state's campaign contribution limits, tightening rules around the use of campaign funds and party «housekeeping» accounts, which are also used to get around state campaign finance laws.

The company is also notorious as the No. 1 exploiter of the so - called LLC loophole in campaign finance law, which deep - pocketed donors blow past contribution limits and hide their identities by passing money through limited liability companies.

He's also touted his desire to reform Albany as a reason to pair with Senate Republicans, and yet Senate Republicans have stood opposed to banning outside income for legislators, reforming campaign finance laws and enacting public financing of campaigns — things Klein has said he wants to do.

Mintzer also said that under the agreement, Lopez won't be allowed to get around New York's porous campaign finance laws and use any of the $ 651,151 in campaign funds he was sitting on as of last month to satisfy his legal liabilities.

Meanwhile, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has another panel hearing arguments that the mayor and his closest political assistants deliberately circumvented campaign finance laws in their failed 2014 effort to flip the State Senate to the Democrats, by directing donors (many of whom also had business before the city) to funnel money into upstate party committees instead of into candidates» individual campaign accounts — thus bypassing state contribution caps.

Authorities are also examining whether the effort to win control of the state Senate violated campaign finance and election laws.

Also being probed by authorities is whether de Blasio's effort to win control of the state Senate violated campaign finance and election laws.

They'll also talk about reforming Rockefeller Drug Laws, public financing of campaigns and the challenges of balancing the state budget.