Sentences with phrase «courting big donors»
Sky - high contribution limits — $ 41,000 for statewide races in the general election — mean that candidates spend more time courting big donors, who in turn exercise disproportionate influence over policy - making.
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And as the ones on the receiving end of so many fund - raising pleas, they know that elected officials are spending too much time courting big donors and not enough time doing the people's business.»
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Glenwood Management, the giant real - estate firm that was once the biggest political donor in New York, is being sued by US Attorney Preet Bharara for not making one of its properties disability - friendly, new court papers charge.
Much of that slowing momentum appears to be the result of his low - profile in the last month or so as he focuses heavily on courting the big - dollar donors he will need to challenge Clinton for the nomination.
However, Harris has reportedly courted Hillary Clinton's big donors, and for now she is still open to taking corporate donations.
Jona Rechnitz — one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's biggest donors — Told A Federal Court he had a direct line to City Hall...
Mercer exemplifies a new breed of activist donors that has risen since the Supreme Court kicked off a flood of big money into elections in 2010.