Sentences with phrase «discretionary donations to fund»

If the agreement on party funding isn't also implemented at this point, then Labour will go into the next election either: having to ask the unions for enormous discretionary donations to fund the campaign, rendering pointless the process started yesterday, or fighting an election with a fraction of the funds available to the Tories.

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Halloran is also facing charges of allegedly pocketing $ 18,300 in cash bribes and $ 6,500 in straw - donor campaign donations for agreeing to steer $ 80,000 of council discretionary funding for his district to a company he believed was controlled by those who paid him the bribes.

His fellow southeast Queens members on the Council, Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) and James Sanders (D - Laurelton), have also parceled out large donations to community groups with a combined total of more than a million dollars, according to the city's list of discretionary funding.

In another alleged bribery scheme, prosecutors said Halloran agreed to route city discretionary funding to Stern and an undercover FBI agent, who Halloran believed was a wealthy business partner of Stern's, in exchange for $ 24,800 in donations for his own failed congressional bid.