Sentences with phrase «further donor contribution»

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The candidates also raise money for their parties, enabling them to ask for contributions far higher than the $ 2,700 - per - donor limit to the campaigns.

Jenny Hou is accused of helping Liu's campaign skirt campaign finance laws by allegedly using straw donors to channel illegal contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign coffers.

In preparation for the launch of the Fair Elections for New York campaign, a series of events in Albany and across the state are being held to call attention to state legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions — further evidence of the need for a state public campaign finance system that relies on small donors and local money.

[20][21] The move allowed a few donors to give contributions far in excess of the legal limit to evade the cap that would have otherwise applied.

Male donors are also increasing their participation in the campaign finance system by some 60 percent this election cycle, with nearly 1 million men so far making a political contribution in a congressional race, compared with about 615,000 at this point in the 2016 cycle, according to the center's data.

Over the past two years, nearly all of his campaign funds have come from thousand - dollar - plus contributions, which seems a far cry from the kind of small - donor - driven operation typified by Sen. Bernie Sanders» campaign in the last Democratic presidential primary.

Hou and Pan are accused of using straw donors to funnel illegal contributions that are far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign chest.

If you include the small - donor contributions he took during his first run for governor, Cuomo's small - donor contributions have (so far) outpaced Nixon's.

Liu's campaign has been floundering since the arrest of the 25 - year - old campaign treasurer in February on allegations that she helped use straw donors to channel illegal contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign coffers.

The person would not say who made the call on the governor's behalf, but described it as a direct message to withhold monetary contributions from the fund - raising group, which has so far refused to disclose its donors.

Hence, to avoid further corruption, Cuomo's award on Dec. 10 of about $ 50 million in capital grants and state tax credits to Nassau County for government and private - sector projects must be postponed until Mangano's recommendations — like the $ 3 million for county - owned Nassau Hub infrastructure improvements and Grumman studios run by a Mangano donor — are vetted to ensure they weren't driven by cronyism or campaign contributions.

While subtle, the change reflects the extent to which Liu has managed — at least temporarily — to step out from the shadow of the arrests of Oliver Pan, a top fundraiser, and Jenny Hou, his campaign treasurer, on allegations that they helped use straw donors to channel illegal contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign.

The General Sir John Monash Foundation was established in 2001 with an initial contribution from the Australian Federal Government together with further contributions from corporate and private sponsors and donors.

If the Supreme Court now strikes down aggregate contribution limits, it will further privilege wealthy donors in the political process and further undermine working people's confidence that government is serving the public interest.»

G8 members have thus far pledged approximately US$ 6 billion as an ODA contribution to the funds and welcome commitments from other donors.

Further, all offset - based contributions result in pooled carbon credit retirement by COTAP on behalf of the donor.

In order to further enhance the recognition and visibility of urban agriculture and its contributions to food security and social inclusion among bilateral and multinational donors,

In order to further enhance the recognition and visibility of urban agriculture and its contributions to food security and social inclusion among bilateral and multinational donors, RUAF also implements research and produces reports, facts sheets, policy narratives and briefs.

The largest contribution so far to an anti-consumer measure to impede access to solar energy just came from a mysterious new donor.