Sentences with phrase «from wealthy special interests»
«Everywhere you turned, you saw a lawn sign, a car magnet or a button urging a «No» vote — a sign that NYSUT, and labor, remains a strong force in New York state fighting to protect workers from wealthy special interests.»
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It and other dark money groups can serve as conduits for anonymous donations from corporations and other wealthy special interests to flood elections, making it particularly dangerous to democracy.
Enact Public Campaign Financing: In order to free state government from control by wealthy special interests and pay - to - play corruption, election and ethics reform must include full public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona and Maine.
He tries to smear Carl for being wealthy (self - made, albeit) all while he has his own inherited family wealth and political money from special interest groups that he claims to denounce.
WASHINGTON — Despite Hillary Rodham Clinton's claims she'll take on wealthy special interests and reform Wall Street, the road to her White House run has been paved with gold from...
The original concept, which passed following the conviction of Governor John Rowland in 2005, was that in return for a multi-million dollar campaign donation from the public, candidates would agree to forgo private funds raised from state contractors, lobbyists, political action committees, the wealthy and other special interest.
The poor are suffering disproportionately across the country from the vicious dog epidemic, (whether its is from attacks, or limits to their civil rights and ability to use their yards or walk down the street) because authorities being manipulated by special interests feel they can get away with trampling the rights of the poor on behalf of the interests of the wealthy.