Sentences with phrase «funds for political purposes»

Senate Democratic official added: «There are no plans to print this at the taxpayers expense because it won't allow us to use public funds for political purposes to retake the Senate, which is what most of what our public funds are used for.»

This resulted in the outlawing of the use of trade union funds for political purposes.

Unshackle Upstate recently argued in an anti-public campaign finance system white paper that using public funds for a political purpose would be unconstitutional.

Further, we see daily how one paper is brought forward as proof, talking points are shown to have come from a denialist blog, how there is a documented countering effort that is funded for political purpose.

Not exact matches

«DonorsTrust makes grants only to other publicly supported 501 (c)(3) organizations,» Whitney Ball, the President and CEO of DonorsTrust said via email, «and as a condition of accepting any grant the grant recipient must agree that grant funds will not be used for lobbying or other political purposes.»

«It should be troubling — to «progressive» Catholics as well as others — that political operatives like John Podesta, who has been associated with Clinton campaigns and administrations for decades, admits that his organization set up (with funding from the Koch Brothers... I mean, George Soros) groups with the purpose of promoting a «revolution» — a «Catholic Spring» — «in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic church.»

Schneiderman's critics accuse him of wasting taxpayer dollars on publicly funded lawsuits and investigations for political purposes.

«Without accountability by local political leaders, the Federal government would continue to be the scapegoat for the failure of states and local governments to use ecological funds for the purposes they were released,» he said.

While the taxpayer - funded mailers can not officially be used for political purposes, incumbent legislators like Felder — who spent $ 67,177.50 on mail expenses between April 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017 — use the funds to promote their office's activities which helps stave off challengers.

It found that she had misused Commons stationery and publicly - funded first - class pre-paid envelopes by using them to send out hundreds of circular letters for «political purposes», in which she boasted of achievements by the «Labour Government».

Several veteran lawyers who have read Section 107.3 of the Civil Service Law, which prohibits state employees from allowing political donations in state facilities «occupied for any governmental purpose,» say they warn or would advise their political clients to stay off the track for fund - raising.

The Fund's resolution announced this week calls on Aetna's board of directors to amend Aetna's political contributions policy to disclose all direct and indirect payments to tax - exempt organizations it believes were used for a political purpose.

It should also be noted that the political fund does not need to be handed over to the Labour party, it simply needs to be used for political purposes, and this could conceivably be campaigning against Labour over unpopular policies through advertising or supporting independent Labour candidates.

Foster equity and comity through the fair allocation of resources between the majority and minority conferences by ensuring that funding for central staff is proportionate to a conference's size and tightening rules prohibiting the use of resources for political purposes.

In a statement, Republican Congressman Chris Collins criticized Schneiderman for «another publicly funded lawsuit for purely political purposes.»

In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.

CSEA is proud that Comptroller DiNapoli has demonstrated strength and character in clearly and forcefully rejecting pressure to let the fund be used for political purposes.»

«We have had many assurances that taxpayer - funded government communications will not be used for party political purposes and that the Labour Party respects the impartiality of the Civil Service.

«The Special Adviser's Code of Conduct clearly states that Special Advisers «must not:... ask civil servants to do anything which is inconsistent with their obligations under the Civil Service Code» and that they «should avoid anything which might reasonably lead to the criticism that people paid from public funds are being used for party political purpose».

Crucially, the Court declined the plaintiffs» request to overturn a 1977 ruling in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education that allowed teachers unions to collect agency fees from nonmembers for costs related to «collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment purposes» but forbid them to use such funds for political or ideological purposes.

Abood allows agency fees, so long as the fees are limited to the portion of membership dues used solely for collective bargaining, and are separated from funds used for political purposes.

Under Abood, public sector unions could collect «agency fees» from nonmembers, but those funds could not be used for ideological or political purposes.

However, any attorney's fees paid from public funds for any officer, employee, or agent who is found to be personally liable by virtue of acting outside the scope of his or her employment or acting in bad faith, with malicious purpose, or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property may be recovered by the state, county, municipality, or political subdivision in a civil action against such officer, employee, or agent.

And by the way, why should a government that does not agree with the «consensus» political agenda, continue funding post modern «science,» the express purpose of which is to provide PR support for that agenda?

The brief argues that the Court's invitation to overrule key First Amendment precedents would undermine, rather than advance, First Amendment values by granting corporations the power to use huge corporate treasury funds in electoral campaigns even though such funds were not accumulated for political purposes.

White House and Climate Change Science Program officials have never offered an honest public explanation of why the terms of that dismissal would have legally required (as distinct from an unofficial, secret political agreement) that the White House and the federal agencies suppress a taxpayer - funded, scientifically based assessment sponsored by the federal global change research program, even for purposes of using it as a scientific document or in program planning for research and future assessments.

«All too often we see the Agency using flawed science for political purposes, but this report — partially funded by environmental activists no less — shows EPA's emissions estimates from hydraulic fracturing are way off.»

They weren't told that their answers would become part of a psychological profile used by a voter profiling company, Cambridge Analytica — first to assess how they might vote and second to design personalized advertising for the purpose of changing their political views or their likelihood of voting, all to favor the agenda of Cambridge Analytica's funders and clients.

«In pursuit of his highly political and extreme agenda, Rep. Mike Pence, with the full support of Speaker John Boehner, will also offer an amendment to prohibit all Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving any federal funds for any purpose, including providing affordable cancer screenings, birth control, HIV testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.