Sentences with phrase «forward on campaign finance reform»

«But the likelihood that things will move forward on campaign finance reform is much greater under the Democrats.»

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This is a major step forward toward full transparency in Nassau County government and enacting true campaign finance reform on the local level.»

Added Senator Gipson: «I look forward to working with Assemblyman Lalor on this bill, and continuing to push for comprehensive campaign finance and ethics reform in New York.

Government corruption, electoral dysfunction, more investigations, broad popular anger over the political status quo and how it hurts regular people: As they return to the Capitol this week, you'd think it would be a really good time for lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to move forward with big new reforms on ethics, elections, campaign finance and voting.

Jeffries noted that Gov. Cuomo's backing will be crucial to the success of the Fair Elections Act: «We need his leadership on this issue, and I'm convinced if he decides to lead and move this forward, we can get meaningful campaign finance reform in New York State.»

Government ethics, voting, and campaign finance reform do not appear to be particularly high on the list of priorities for Cuomo, the Assembly majority, the Senate majority, or the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference (a group of eight breakaway Democrats that has a coalition agreement with Senate Republicans but nevertheless put forward its own conference budget resolution on Wednesday).