Sentences with phrase «foreign national contributions»

Corporate and foreign national contributions are not permitted.

Despite the general prohibition on foreign national contributions and donations, foreign nationals may lawfully engage in political activity that is not connected with any election to political office...

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These restrictions are justified by the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (2010), which seeks to root out funding deemed «detrimental to the national interest.»

The former boss for the National Commission for Civic Education also pointed out that all political parties are actively involved in the electoral process, and an extension of the scope to foreign countries should not affect the contributions of the parties.

The [Federal Election Campaign] Act does not prohibit individuals with permanent resident status (commonly referred to as «green card holders») from making contributions or donations in connection with federal, state or local elections, as they are not considered foreign nationals.

Longtime WNY Democratic political operative G. Steven Pigeon, who is charged in two separate state cases, now faces a federal complaint, accused of trying to arrange a large contribution by a foreign national to what his attorney identified as Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign.

In a case that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

If the firm gave the data or sold it at less than fair market value, the transaction would amount to a campaign contribution — a twofer violation of the law, which bars corporations and foreign nationals from contributing.

We can not accept: contributions from corporations, partnerships, LLCs, political committees, or foreign nationals.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Attorneys for New York's Western District unsealed a criminal complaint Monday, charging former Erie County Democratic Committee chairman Steve Pigeon with soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national and conspiring with other to commit the offense.

«The third time however, proved to be a charm, as Mr. Pigeon and the foreign national, together orchestrated that the $ 25,000 campaign contribution be made through a U.S. citizen,» Kennedy said.

According to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday, Pigeon is accused of trying to arrange a large contribution by a foreign national to what his attorney identified as Governor Cuomo's campaign.

A foreign national shall not direct, dictate, control, or directly or indirectly participate in the decision making process of any person, such as a corporation, labor organization, political committee, or poltiical organization with regard to such person's Federal or non-Federal election - related activities, such as decisions concerning the making of contributions, donations, expenditures, or disbursements in connection with elections for any Federal, State, or local office or decisions concerning the administration of a political committee.

He averred that the solid minerals sector is acknowledged as a viable alternative to oil and gas for foreign exchange earnings, adding that the National Bureau of Statistics has made us to understand that the contribution of Solid Minerals to the IGR which stood at 1 % in 2014 has the potential of increasing to 10 % by 2020.

Access to these observatories by astronomers outside a given private collaboration is sometimes possible via financial contributions or time - exchange programs negotiated by universities (e.g., Swinburne University, Yale, and the Australian National University) or agencies, either domestic (National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], National Optical Astronomy Observatory [NOAO]-RRB- or foreign (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / Subaru Telescope).

Contributions from foreign nationals may not be accepted unless they have permanent residency status in the United States.

It began by saying that US law currently prohibits «contributions, donations, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements by foreign nationals,» and added that «of greater concern» was the «participation by foreign nationals in decisions involving election - related activities.»

Foreign nationals, companies, and sketchy quasi-governmental troll farms are already banned from making contributions to federal US elections, but social media companies make it cheap and easy to skirt that rule.