Sentences with phrase «for more campaign contributions»

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And both women's suits could provide more fodder for federal complaints from the watchdog group Common Cause that the payoffs were, effectively, illegal campaign contributions.

He needs to sell this story so that Mr. Cohen's payment was not a campaign contribution (more about that below) and that Mr. Trump didn't really know about the arrangement in advance, and so has minimal responsibility for what is turning out to be a colossal mess with Stormy Daniels.

The political action committee for Abbott Laboratories, the maker of U.S. market leader Similac, spent more than $ 1.5 million in contributions to federal and congressional candidates during the last election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington - based watchdog of campaign contributions.

Those detailed pieces in turn link to more details and to primary sources if you have them (the polling data that your piece on public opinion is based on, for instance, or a spreadsheet of your opponent's campaign contributions from well - known evildoers).

But he's finding that the senator — while likely harder to dislodge with more years on the job and a base of support in his district — is a more attractive target when it comes to generating campaign contributions, particularly for LGBT donors.

The article would have been much more informative had you included numbers for Romney, Guiliani, et al.; or, posted numbers for past campaigns; or, statitics on what percentage of voters typically make contributions in contested primary races.

Cuomo called for lowering contribution limits; requiring that all contributions of more than — including to independent expenditure entities — be disclosed within 48 hours, or 24 hours close to Election Day; and creating a publicly funded campaign finance system.

«Over the last few months we've seen a surge in low - dollar contributions, as more and more of my neighbors here in the Hudson Valley and Catskills join us for stops along our 163 town Rhodes Trip and want to chip in to help keep fueling the Winnebago and support our growing grassroots campaign,» Rhodes said.

What was once suspected — that elected officials could their trade policy positions for campaign contributions — has become more and more openly discussed.

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.

The more campaign contributions from business interests justices receive, the more likely they are to vote for business litigants appearing before them in court.

The legal defense fund would allow people to contribute more than the limits set for campaign contributions, the San Diego - Union Tribune reported.

Corporations Use Limited Liability Companies to Skirt Campaign Contribution Limits Limited Liability Companies associated with luxury real estate mogul Leonard Litwin have channeled more than $ 900,000 into races for the New York State Senate this election cycle, largely to Republicans seeking to hold on to majority control.

ALBANY — Members of the Real Estate Board of New York and their firms gave $ 21.7 million in campaign contributions to state - level elections in the last cycle, accounting for more than 10 percent of the money that entered the campaign finance system.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo accepted more campaign contributions from, and given state contracts to, a Yonkers construction firm with a history of criminal entanglements, though he and his allies slammed his 2014 GOP opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, for doing the same thing.

Since taking office, Katko has relied on PACs for a little more than $ 1 million in campaign contributions out of a total of about $ 1.8 million, according to Federal Election Commission records.

«For more than a decade, Sen. Espada has cavalierly flouted campaign finance rules,» the letter says, referring to Espada's failure over several years to file legally required campaign - contribution disclosure forms.

And there should be more stringent restrictions on what campaign funds can be used for, along with significantly lower contribution limits.

Grodenchik has received more than ten thousand dollars from other politicians» campaign committees, for example, and Lynch has taken close to $ 50,000 — more than half of her contributions — from labor unions.

Asked about acceptable ways for candidates to raise money, more than three - quarters of Americans say that raising campaign money from contributions made by Washington lobbyists is unacceptable, putting it at the bottom of a list of six ways for raising money.

A Rice spokesman said the DA did interview with the Post, but also took issue with the 20 percent figure, saying that even with the most «liberal» interpretation of firms associated with Weitz & Luxenberg, those contributions account for just 8 percent of more her campaign cash.

Campaign officials refused to release more detailed information, but said the donations ranged from just $ 5 to $ 12,707.79, the maximum contribution allowed for an individual donor under Ohio -LSB-...]

Flanagan joins a field of Republicans testing their polling power and ability to raise campaign contributions for what would be an expensive run against Cuomo, a Democrat who remains popular after two terms and has more than $ 20 million in his campaign account.

What's more, they are enforced by an energetic and independent Campaign Finance Board, which oversees a carefully constructed system that combines generous public matching funds with limits on contributions to political candidates, limits that are especially strict for lobbyists and others doing business with the city.

'' — $ 280,000 — for receiving more than $ 300,000 in illegal campaign contributions from his parents for his 1994 primary and general election campaigns, and then lying about it.»

«Our campaign's focus on grassroots, small - dollar donors has powered us to more than 11,000 contributions, and we are now fully funded for a Primary campaign,» said Elana Leopold, finance director for de Blasio's campaign, in a statement.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan's campaign is under fire for allegedly taking more than $ 38,000 in excessive campaign contributions, filing late reports and hosting a fundraiser with a raffle for theater tickets, according to a complaint filed by the state Board of Elections.

More than a dozen of them were convicted of charges including authorizing bribes to get on a ballot, diverting money meant for community programs into a campaign and skimming funds from contributions to a Little League baseball program.

«Every year, hundreds of donors give more money than is allowed by state law that has highest limits of any state capping donation size; scores of candidates fail to disclose large contributions received in the run - up to Election Day; thousands of filings obfuscate the identity of donors or the purpose of expenditures through the inclusion of incomplete or incorrect information; and dozens of incumbent lawmakers spend campaign funds for what reasonable people would unanimously agree are non-campaign reasons,» the report found.

The state Board of Elections will refer three campaign committees found to be in violation of campaign finance laws to local prosecutors for potential prosecution for receiving donations for more than the legal contribution limit.

Government - watchdog groups expressed optimism that the conviction would serve as a spur for a more aggressive round of action, perhaps targeting legislators» income or the so - called L.L.C. loophole, which allows large unfettered contributions to political campaigns.

Our state has a history of corruption, stretching back to Tammany Hall, our campaign laws are too lax, contribution limits are too high, lawmakers» pay is too low, opportunities for graft are more abundant, state politics is personality - driven, and on and on and on.

Trump's son Eric echoed his dad's recent attack on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, saying he renmembers «when she came into his office every three days to ask him for money and ask for major campaign contributions,» adding: «There is no one who wanted to get into his office more than Kirsten Gillibrand.»

Trump put himself once more at the center of the sexual harassment debate, repeating his contention that the women who have accused him of misconduct fabricated the allegations and describing U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, one of his leading critics, as a «lightweight» who «would do anything» for campaign contributions.

WASHINGTON — President Trump put himself once more at the center of the sexual harassment debate on Tuesday, repeating his contention that the women who have accused him of misconduct fabricated the allegations and describing Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, one of his leading critics, as a «lightweight» who «would do anything» for campaign contributions.

De Blasio campaign spokesman Dan Levitan defended the timing of the solicitation, claiming Hizzoner «has received more low - dollar contributions from individual, everyday New Yorkers than any candidate for mayor — Democrat or Republican — in more than two decades.

Heaney has raised more than $ 600,000 for his campaign through some 600 contributions ranging to the top legal limit of $ 2,700 per supporter.

There has been no shortage of broad ideas for disrupting the system: Banning outside incomes for lawmakers, enacting term limits, creating a truly independent ethics watchdog, closing a loophole that allows companies to skirt campaign - contribution limits, requiring more signoffs for expenditures of more than $ 1 million, to name a few.

More than a dozen have been convicted of charges including authorizing bribes to get on a ballot, diverting money meant for community programs into a campaign and skimming funds from contributions to a Little League baseball program.

Orange County Democratic Chairman Brett Broge is asking a state attorney to investigate Sen. William Larkin Jr.'s failure to report his campaign contributions and expenditures from January to July, an accounting that he was supposed to file by July 15 and is now more than a month overdue.In a letter on Thursday to Risa Sugarman, chief enforcement counsel for the state Board of Elections, Broge noted that Larkin set up a new campaign account on July 8 and transferred his money there, but never submitted a semi-annual report itemizing the transactions that occurred before then.

Rangel has already spent more than $ 2 million from his campaign treasury on legal fees and can use contributions from the birthday fund - raiser for the same purpose.

For more than a year, JCOPE has been probing whether The Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lobbyiFor more than a year, JCOPE has been probing whether The Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lCampaign for One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lobbyifor One New York, a nonprofit fundraising group Mr. de Blasio has used to push his agenda and which can accept larger contributions than his campaign, was improperly lcampaign, was improperly lobbying.

And the governor donated the more than $ 110,000 he received in campaign contributions from disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein to Women's Justice NOW, NOW - NYC's charitable partner organization that supports public education and outreach efforts and offers legal advocacy and referrals for women.

In 2012, when Gillibrand ran for re-election the first time, she received more than $ 15.4 million in campaign contributions, which was also far above that year's average fundraising total of $ 3.1 million.

«More people take us as a credible campaign, so they're willing to give us contributions,» Hawkins said by phone, ducking out of a state board that is holding a hearing on whether or not to raise the minimum wage for workers who rely on tips.

For years, this little - known Long Island - based firm has reaped influence in Albany, quietly donating more than $ 10 million in campaign contributions, and in return benefiting from construction tax perks that critics charge help the company's bottom line far more than house the poor.

It is about adding more money to the political process — more money to Andrew Cuomo, more campaign contributions to allied legislators, more money for «pay to play» deals, a larger war chest and more business contacts for a governor who dreams of higher office.

According to his admission and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Markstone's principal, Elliott Broidy, lavished Mr. Hevesi, his associates and family with $ 75,000 worth of luxury trips, gave or arranged for more than $ 500,000 in contributions to Mr. Hevesi's campaign and agreed to a $ 380,000 sham consulting deal for a lobbyist friend of Mr. Hevesi's close political adviser, Hank Morris.

Mr. Cuomo's call for public campaign financing, along with substantially lower contribution limits and much more aggressive enforcement of campaign finance laws, already faces the well - funded wrath of a political establishment that cares little that elections are bought as much as they are won.

Other surveys, such as this one by the Committee on Economic Development demonstrate support for reform is also strong in the business community; 72 percent are in favor of creating a public financing system that would match low - dollar contributions and give average citizens more incentives to contribute to campaigns.