Originally organized around fundraising — Emily is an acronym for Early Money Is Like Yeast — the group now recruits and trains as well as
finances women candidates.
Not exact matches
Longtime League of
Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items including closing a giant campaign
finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to
candidates by setting up multiple Limited Liability Companies.
The rise of female political donors parallels a similar surge in the number of
women running for elective office and has prompted a change in campaign
finance rules allowing
candidates to use their political money for child care in some cases.
The fifth member of the ticket, Bernadette Castro, the
candidate for United States Senate, has said she supports the right to an abortion and also continued Medicaid
financing of abortions for poor
women.
Longtime League of
Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items, including closing a giant campaign
finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to
candidates by setting up multiple limited liability companies.