Sentences with phrase «effect for campaign contributions»
He did find a negative effect for campaign contributions, finding that campaign contributions do lead to a loss of legitimacy (this is also true for state legislatures).
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Campaign contribution limits in effect during the 2016 election capped direct donations to candidates at $ 2,700 for a primary or general election.
«When the limits for contributions to the parties are much higher than for candidates, contributions to the parties in effect become a pass - through to the candidates,» said Michael Malbin, a University at Albany political science professor and director of the Campaign Finance Institute, a nonpartisan Washington, D.C., think tank.
In a radio interview this week, Gov. Cuomo renewed the call for statewide campaign finance reform, decrying the corrosive effect that super PACs and high contribution limits continue to have on electoral politics in Albany.
Good - government advocates fear this morning Supreme Court ruling could have wide - reaching effects for New York's own aggregate limits on campaign contributions in a given election cycle.
«Campaign contributions have absolutely no effect whatsoever on public policy,» said Scott Reif, spokesman for the Senate's Republican majority.
Cuomo has said that he wants to overhaul the state's campaign finance laws by closing loopholes, lowering contribution limits and instituting a public financing system similar to what's in effect for New York City.