Not exact matches
Earlier this week Redditor shakethatbass became a shining example of the generosity of the Bitcoin community
after spurring a sudden
donation campaign.
«There are endless possibilities with «Tatiana Coin» and I want to see other artists and even start - ups adopt this fundraising platform which continues to build value long
after a
donation is made and the
campaign ends.»
So did Trump, who
after largely self - funding his
campaign only began actively soliciting
donations at the end of May.
As proof, American Atheists points to the way their
donations skyrocket
after every billboard
campaign.
Chartwells has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past few years on
donations to local school food watchdog Healthy Schools
Campaign, and it gives $ 20,000 annually to the late Maggie Daley's
After School Matters charity, which counts Bloomer as a board member.
In an interview with the
campaign coordinator
after the
donation, Don Pee told GhanaPoliticsonline.com that, they will always associate with Eid - al Adha as a special occasion as it provides the opportunity for Muslims throughout the world to pray for peace, tolerance, and Allah's blessings, irrespective of colour, religion, creed, and tribe for the development of the nation and the world at large.
But can't they just accept the
campaign donation and not help their donor
after the election?
Instead they get
campaign donations and cushy multi million dollar jobs
after they retire.
After the release of a list with the names of hundreds of politicians who have received
campaign donations made by the construction company Odebrecht, a corporation largely implicated in the corruption scandal of Petrobras, it became even more evident that the main political actors have much to explain.
A spokesman for de Blasio's
campaign said it would return more than $ 32,000 in contributions,
after DNAinfo reported exclusively on several unusual
donations.
City Comptroller John Liu has not stopped attending events or City Council hearings in the week
after his
campaign treasurer Jia «Jenny» Hou was charged with funneling illegal
donations to his mayoral war chest even as Democratic insiders are questioning how a bid for Gracie Mansion could possibly take place.
After all, seems like Graziano often rewards his former boss in
campaign donations for such recognition.
But Hayworth, who has supplemented
donations with large infusions of her own money, finished the quarter with $ 775,000 on hand
after raising $ 220,000 and lending her
campaign another $ 100,000.
The lawsuit goes
after Patterson's
campaign for allegedly knowingly accepting LLC
donations that exceeded limits and were not in the «true name» of donors, which would be a violation of state election law.
The third
donation received by the new Senate Independence
Campaign Committee
after its creation was a $ 2,000 check from the landlord - backed Neighborhood Preservation PAC in August.
He is expected to supply full details of his financial backers to the commission within days,
after first stating on December 3rd that he had not fully reported the
donations to his deputy leadership
campaign.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) plans to keep more than half of the
campaign donations he received from Democratic donor and Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein
after it was revealed last week that he had settled sexual harassment claims with at least eight different women.
After a criminal referral to prosecutors from the state Board of Elections office, other subpoenas sought records related to hundreds of thousands of dollars in
donations solicited by the mayor's
campaign that were rerouted to upstate Democrats running for the state Senate.
After Representative Parker Griffith of Alabama left the Democratic Party in December to become a Republican, he said he would return only
donations given to him for his 2010 re-election
campaign.
Diaz still seems to be smarting from the sting of Assemblyman Michael Blake's denunciation and demand that his
campaign refund of a $ 1000
donation after gay activists pressured the Morrisania legislator to rescind his endorsement of his colleague.
After Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick (R) spent $ 17,000 on polling for Fallon's
campaign, Estes said in a televised debate, «The
donation in kind from Dan Patrick amounts to nothing more than a bribe to hire a yes man in the Texas Senate, a puppet.
Andrew Cuomo appoints Trump advisers to Penn Station task force
after big
campaign donations — IB Times
Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, Jr. received a $ 31,000 reelection
campaign donation from Trump's personal lawyer in 2013
after deciding not to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. (Alec Tabak / for New York Daily News)
Cuomo agreed to end the Moreland Commission
after state lawmakers in the budget adopted stiffer penalties for bribery and general corruption, and some greater disclosure of
campaign donations.
A month
after Baker took over the role, the group accepted a
donation of # 6,500 from the Constitutional Research Council — the same secretive organisation which had previously funnelled a controversial # 435,000 to the DUP for their Brexit
campaign, and which has repeatedly refused to disclose the source of this cash.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's
campaign plans to return $ 32,200 to seven contributors, just weeks
after it was disclosed that state and federal investigators were looking into possibly illegal
donations to his 2013 run for City Hall.
Ms Harman said she and her
campaign team acted in good faith by accepting a # 5,000
donation from Janet Kidd to help clear her debts
after this summer's deputy leadership
campaign.
Mayor de Blasio's team raised conflict - of - interest questions about the state awarding two big contracts to a firm owned by a top
campaign donor to Cuomo one a day
after the state put on hold a Brooklyn construction project because Cuomo ESDC appointees expressed similar concerns about the developer who made
donations to a fund supporting the mayor.
The Neath MP resigned from government to «clear his name»
after the Electoral Commission asked the Metropolitan police to investigate his failure to declare # 103,000 in
donations to his failed
campaign to become deputy leader of the Labour party.
«Any individual who donated to my
campaign in 2010 or 2011 will be given back their
donation in full,» Lee explained to the Buffalo News via e-mail (he has not been seen since he disappeared shortly
after the scandal erupted, reportedly holing up in his father's Florida home with his wife).
Of course, the online petition also nets her
campaign valuable email addresses of supporters, who can be sought
after for
donations and for the all - important get - out - the - vote effort (Teachout,
after all, was part of the embryonic digital effort for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential
campaign).
Scrutiny of Liu's fund - raising practices first surfaced in mid-September
after The New York Times found his
campaign account was flooded with large
donations made by people who appeared unlikely to have the means to make such contributions.
In a statement released
after the complaint was filed, Banisch acknowledged that it was unclear whether Kennedy's
donations to the DSCC and the party committee's subsequent payments to benefit his
campaign even amount to a
campaign finance violation.
And he collected only $ 76,000 in
donations after loaning his Senate
campaign $ 1.9 million.
(CNN)-- The day
after President Barack Obama publicly endorsed same - sex marriage, and later issued a call for
donations, his Republican rival said the hot button topic shouldn't be used to raise
campaign cash.
Sanders» lopsided win Tuesday prompted a flood of
donations — $ 5.2 million in the first 18 hours
after the primary, shattering his record for fundraising in a day, his
campaign said.
«Michael Blake is dead to Senator Diaz,» reports a Bronx Democratic party operative
after the Morrisania assemblyman and DNC vice chair rescinded a $ 1000
donation to Diaz's city council
campaign committee.
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.
Political Fallout Over Contribution Refund «Michael Blake is dead to Senator Diaz,» reports a Bronx Democratic party operative
after the Morrisania assemblyman and DNC vice chair rescinded a $ 1000
donation to Diaz's city council
campaign committee.
Morinello called for reducing the contribution limits for political
campaigns; barring companies that receive state contracts from making political
donations for a year
after the contract is awarded; and banning legislators from making «member item» grants to any organization that has made political contributions to state officials or committees.
Assemblyman Al Stirpe became the second elected official to reject
campaign donations he received from executives of COR Development Co.
after Bharara's press conference.
Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy today responded to some of the criticism he received this week
after we first reported that he was using his private
campaign donations for $ 1,900 a month apartment when he's Albany, saying it's better than using taxpayer money.
But just two months
after appearing at Mr. Vallone's
campaign kickoff — and sandwiched between two
donations to his operation totaling $ 6,600 — the union gave almost $ 4,000 to his primary rival, former Councilwoman Melinda Katz.
After the Brexit vote, the DUP transferred # 9,000 remaining from the
donation it received for its Brexit
campaign into normal party funds.
After criticism from union leaders and others, Drew said he had made an «error in judgment» when he personally requested a list of home addresses of city employees from the city human resources department and had his
campaign use the list to send out letters asking for $ 100
donations.
Capalino has steered tens of thousands of dollars in
donations to the mayor — $ 50,000
after lobbying for Rivington, $ 40,000 for de Blasio's reelection
campaign, and $ 10,000 to the Campaign for One New York — the mayor's controversial no
campaign, and $ 10,000 to the
Campaign for One New York — the mayor's controversial no
Campaign for One New York — the mayor's controversial nonprofit.
In recent months, public attention has focused on the 44 - year - old House member's
campaign donations after a friend and donor was charged with funneling illegal contributions to Grimm's
campaign four years ago.
After openDemocracy first reported the scale of the record
donation to the DUP's lavish Brexit
campaign, Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire announced an end to donor secrecy in NI.
Established last year by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to examine Albany's pay - to - play political culture and
campaign donations, the commission's investigations were halted by Cuomo this spring
after he got agreement from lawmakers to enact a limited version of
campaign finance reform.
Almost half of the
donations in New York came in 2010,
after the legislative defeat of a microstamping bill, which would have required bullet casings to carry unique markings,
campaign records show.