Not exact matches
Jack Straw has rejected the idea of
imposing a
limit on
donations to political parties, ahead of a review into party funding this autumn.
He would rather have greater and faster transparency of reporting
donations, and would eliminate politicians» perpetual need to raise money by
imposing eight year term
limits.
Critics of the system are calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to
impose stricter
donation limits and allow for matching public funds.
The $ 500,000 given to the Committee to Save New York thus brings the total from the developer that went to support the governor during his first term to $ 1.97 million — about 32 times the campaign contribution
limit imposed on
donations from most individuals.
The Conservatives, meanwhile, will be reticent to
impose limits on
donations, given their backing by numerous private donors giving large sums individually, and arguably stand to lose most from any reforms, given that they are currently at the top of the pecking order in terms of income.
All of this spending comes after lawmakers
imposed campaign
donation limits on public officials to curb the Blagojevich - era fundraising abuses.
In the SFO - British Aerospace deal, the company pleaded guilty to a relatively trivial Companies Act offence for which a
limited court -
imposed fine is expected and it also agreed to make a substantial charitable
donation.