Sentences with phrase «direct contributions to candidates»

New York's relatively high limits on direct contributions to candidates ensure that most money flows to authorized campaign and party committees rather than independent groups, said Bill Mahoney, NYPIRG's research coordinator.

Corporations are limited to giving $ 5,000 in aggregate direct contributions to all candidate, party, and political action committees in a calendar year; individuals were restricted only by the maximum amount they could give committees.

It is worth noting that the Court's ruling did not address direct contributions to candidates.

NYSUT spokesman Carl Korn said the ad campaigns are «one piece of the puzzle» that also includes direct contributions to candidates and money for lobbying.

The majority opinion did not disturb bans on direct contributions to candidates, but the two sides disagreed about whether independent expenditures came close to amounting to the same thing.

Such groups have no limits on political spending on behalf of a candidate as long as it is not a direct contribution to that candidate's campaign coffers.

The majority opinion did not disturb bans on direct contributions to candidates, but the two sides disagreed about whether independent expenditures came close to amounting to the same thing.

After independent expenditures, the next largest piece of the REALTOR ® pie, $ 4.6 million, was direct contributions to candidates.