Sentences with phrase «campaign finance reform bill»

Although the legislature did pass an increased minimum wage in 2016, substantial campaign finance reform bills, for example, have failed to get through both legislative chambers.

But Mark Smith, Levy spokesman, said, «These same legislators talking about reform now thwarted the county executive's comprehensive campaign finance reform bill in 2006 - 07 because they liked the status quo.»

NEW YORK CITY — The City Council passed a package of campaign finance reform bills Thursday, including one piece of legislation that would limit the amount of money that companies or individuals with business before the city could give to political nonprofits.

«We understand that you introduced a comprehensive campaign finance reform bill... However introducing a bill without working to get it passed is worth little to the people of New York,» the letter states.

A group of New York state Senators held a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed campaign finance reform bill.

However, now the IDC is saying that it will not bring its own campaign finance reform bill up for a vote despite overwhelming support for comprehensive reform from the public, a majority of Senators, and all three statewide leaders, including Governor Cuomo.

They have worked closely on a number of issues including a critical campaign finance reform bill, the DISCLOSE Act.

The GOP is really digging in its heels on this one, which presents a problem for IDC leader Jeff Klein, since he is propsing a public matching system much like the one that currently exists in New York City as part of his omnibus campaign finance reform bill.

«I helped draft a law that gave path to citizenship to million and helped draft campaign finance reform bills,» Hochul said of her work as an aide to Moynihan.

In 1997, the McCain - Feingold campaign finance reform bill was first introduced in Congress, partly in reaction to 1996 fundraising controversies involving the Clinton White House.

This is evil and underlies why Flanagan will not allow a real campaign finance reform bill to come before Senators.

A third campaign finance reform bill, introduced by Rep. David Price, D-N.C.

Maffei also signed on as one of 33 original House co-sponsors of a second campaign finance reform bill, the Grassroots Democracy Act (H.R. 270), introduced Jan. 15 by Rep. John Sarbanes, D - Md.

A federal campaign finance reform bill that would have been harmful to members of trade associations such as the REALTOR ® organization was recently defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Cuomo says as part of campaign finance reform bill that he intends to introduce soon he'll require that the not for profits, known to critics as «dark money groups,» disclose campaign contributions to politicians.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver plans to proceed with two campaign finance reform bills: One that would create a public - financing system for all offices, and one that would create a pilot program for the race for state comptroller — to see which would be more «palatable» to the Senate.

The coalition of Republicans and Independent Democrats that control the Senate refused to bring any of the campaign finance reform bills to the Senate floor for a vote, not even the one that the IDC introduced.

«This is not your grandpa's campaign finance reform bill,» says David Donnelly, campaign manager for the national effort to pass the Fair Elections Now Act, known as Campaign for Fair Elections.

«While we don't have any detailed information on these expenditures, the issue of using campaign funds for purposes other than running for office is something that should get addressed in the campaign finance reform bill which we hope to see next year,» said Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

And who would not let a campaign finance reform bill come up for a vote this year in the Senate?

Including a campaign finance reform bill.

The Assembly's campaign finance reform bill is set to be taken up in committee later in the week.

Cuomo included a campaign finance reform bill in his state budget in January, but was dismissive about its chances early in private meetings with leaders, though he became more active on the issue later in the process, sources said.

The thinking is that passage of GENDA could give a much needed progressive win to IDC Leader Jeff Klein & Co. at a time when the breakaway Democratic conference is under intense pressure from the left for (so far) failing to force a vote on some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top agenda items, including the all - inclusive 10 - point Women's Equality Act and the campaign finance reform bill.

Schneiderman is pushing an omnibus ethics and campaign finance reform bill.

When the state Legislature killed the campaign finance reform bill, Spitzer blamed Albany's culture of self - preservation.

As a recent poll shows his job approval rating dropping, Governor Andrew Cuomo hit the road Wednesday to campaign for his Public Trust and Campaign Finance Reform Bill.

Maffei co-sponsored a campaign finance reform bill when he served in the House; Buerkle has not co-sponsored one.

With such powerful opponents, campaign finance reform bills proposed in the past few years have failed to gain traction in the House or Senate.

As a result of Connecticut's landmark 2005 campaign finance reform bill, in return for raising $ 250,000 in contributions of under $ 100, Malloy (and the Republican nominee for governor) have each received $ 6.2 million in public funds to pay for their gubernatorial campaigns.

This campaign finance reform bill is our declaration of independence.