Sentences with phrase «donations from lobbyists»

The B.C. Liberals are under scrutiny for accepting significant donations from lobbyists, including those connected to the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline project, sparking an RCMP investigation.

For that reason, Mattei, a Democrat, has said he's refusing to accept donations from lobbyists during his campaign.

The BC Liberals are under investigation by Elections BC and the RCMP after The Globe and Mail revealed the party is accepting illegal donations from lobbyists, specifically highlighting donations by Byng Giraud and Marian Ngo from Woodfibre LNG, which proposes to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the old Woodfibre Pulp and Paper Mill site near Squamish, British Columbia.

Guest writer Tracey Saxby is the Co-Founder of My Sea to Sky The BC Liberals are under investigation by Elections BC and the RCMP after The Globe and Mail revealed the party is accepting illegal donations from lobbyists, specifically highlighting donations by Byng Giraud and Marian Ngo from Woodfibre LNG, which proposes to construct and operate -LSB-...]

For example, how does one distinguish between a donation from a lobbyist and another...

Not exact matches

Apart from donations to individual candidates (more below) and spending by lobbyists on congressional committees, it is difficult to see where Pfizer's political spending is going.

Voted YES on allowing some lobbyist gifts to Congress Voted NO on banning campaign donations from unions & corporations Voted NO on banning more types of Congressional gifts less

Unlike contributions at the federal level, there is nothing in state law requiring lobbyists who bundle contributions (usually from their clients) to attach their names to the donation checks.

* At one private fundraiser, Cuomo took $ 125,000 from five limited liability companies connected to Cor Development, the Syracuse company that saw its state - funded projects soar after it began making the donations and hired a now - disgraced former lobbyist, Todd Howe.

Sierra Club representative Robert Ciesielski cited a study by Common Cause that the governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, had received over $ 1.6 million in political donations from the industry — a figure that, given the current state of New York's campaign finance laws, lobbyists in Albany could well surpass.

Bundlers, the intermediaries that deliver donations from multiple donors to a candidate, can skirt campaign finance rules which restrict city contractors and lobbyists to just $ 400 in contributions per candidate.

The mayor has endorsed legislation to restrict the role of lobbyists and others with business before the city from bundling donations for candidates.

Nixon campaign manager Nicole Aro accused Cuomo of racking up donations from «wealthy corporate interests, lobbyists and billionaires.»

Kindlon's donations included $ 7,000 from the New York State Laborers; $ 4,000 from Albert Hanley of Menands; $ 1,000 from Mohawk Asphalt in Scotia; and $ 1,000 each from high - profile Albany attorney Steve Coffey and well - known lobbyist and lawyer James Feathersonhaugh.

The organization will accept donations from individuals and corporations but not from lobbyists and political action committees.

Fundraisers in the field also worried that Obama's initial pledge to reject money from lobbyists would slow the early hunt for donations.

Todd Howe, a lobbyist and former advisor to Gov. Andrew Cuomo when they worked for the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, solicited bribes from companies that made large donations to Cuomo's

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, who can't take lobbyist donations of more than $ 100 for his own campaign or any donations from executives who hold state government contracts, raised money from them for Virginia AG Mark Herring's campaign.

When asked on WNYC about a report that one of his fundraisers tried to solicit donations exceeding typical amounts from lobbyists representing clients with businesses before the city, de Blasio claimed the incident was «mischaracterized,» 1010 WINS Sonia Rincon reported.

Lobbyist Joel Schnur said that though the Governor may put some distance between himself and REBNY in the short - term, REBNY's active solicitation of donations from its members was «as American as apple pie.»

A spokesperson for the mayor told the Daily News, «Nicole Malliotakis, a former registered lobbyist, just accepted a maximum contribution from the landlord lobby and has never disclosed a cent of donations that were bundled for her by lobbyists when she ran for State Assembly four times.

The original concept, which passed following the conviction of Governor John Rowland in 2005, was that in return for a multi-million dollar campaign donation from the public, candidates would agree to forgo private funds raised from state contractors, lobbyists, political action committees, the wealthy and other special interest.

The case is testing the strength of sweeping campaign finance reforms passed in 2005 after a corruption scandal toppled Gov. John G. Rowland: a ban on donations from state contractors, limits on lobbyist contributions and a voluntary system of publicly financed campaigns.

Of particular note is that while pledging to support Hartford's Public Schools, Bronin relied heavily on donations from the Charter School and Corporate Education Reform Industry, collecting huge amounts of money from charter school advocates and Greenwich residents Jonathan Sackler and Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II, as well as employees, board members and lobbyists for Connecticut's charter schools.

What a difference 10 years and millions of dollars» worth of donations from charter school lobbyists make.

The wording in this and the linked articles capitalizes «The Humane Society» and does not specify whether they are referring to a LOCAL Humane Society, or the horrible lobbyist organization The Humane Society of the United States, which spends most of their donations in court lobbying to have Animal Rights bills tacked on to legislation and keep people from owning pets, while at the same time putting down any animals they get their hands on instead of finding them proper homes.

My wife Tanya and I are working on the idea of me setting up a website, donations, and a 501c4 non-profit called Climate Solutions Lobbyist so I can raise funds from family, friends, and donors to exclusively lobby and organize on climate change.

The original Toronto city council decision that Rob Ford should return donations to his private football fund from lobbyists, was invalid and as a result a Superior Court judge should not have ordered him removed from office as Mayor of Toronto, his lawyers are arguing.

While the old guard continue to rely upon cash donations (not to mention whatever kickbacks they get from lobbyists), younger politicians are opening up their crypto wallets to accept Bitcoin donations.