Sentences with phrase «get big donations»

Similarly, Flanagan likes to mess with rent control and housing regulations to get big donations from the real estate fat cats.

In 2010, Donnelly «was the first to get a big donation from any of the state's law - enforcement unions,» according to the Pasadena Star - News.

These powerful men (they are all men, and all white) get the biggest donations, but anyone with a seat on the committee can expect to collect donations from Dominion.

[Citizens For Ethics] * The ACLU is set to get another big donation, this time courtesy of a talent agency's Oscars party.

He rubs elbows with the big guys in town and gets big donations.»

Not exact matches

«At some schools, sometimes when you give a big donation, you get your name on a building,» a touched Shaw told the Edmonton Journal.

Dogwood's success in 2006 in getting the province to make political donations disclosures available online laid the groundwork for our Ban Big Money campaign.

UC San Diego's push to raise a record $ 2 billion in private donations got a big lift Saturday when a scientist who helped turn Facebook into a social - media giant gave the campus $ 75 million.

Republicans get donations from big business and the chamber of commerce and want to continue the flow of money.

cavani probably wont happen not wenger type of striker (wont play on the wings, non flexible non starter for wenger) like unless some one else said on here if it was on our terms and price (or if the big russian was willing to make a one off donation to cover all expenses then maybe also while we use the rest of funds to get players we need) then and only then it would happen maybe the growing consensus is a d / m who covers at c / h (it would have been mbia for free if we got cavani how scary is that) and maybe one more marquee signing for a reasonable price i would bet my house on it (if i had one of course lol) if we were to offer bvb # 45 million for reus this week or at the start of next and offered him # 130,000 in wages he would be ours injury or not at 25 years old worth the risk every time.

What if you make the change just before a big event (in the campaign world, perhaps a debate) and then all of the sudden, you get more donations?

Likewise, engaging users might get fewer donations, but it will garner bigger ones as you focus on those who care and want to engage.

The reality is the way our system is currently set up, the reliance on private donation — and big donations — is a deterrent to people getting involved.»

For powerful politicians and the big businesses they court, getting around New York's campaign donation limits is easy.

«We've got to stop this perception that parties can somehow be bought by big donations either from very rich people, or trade unions, or businesses.»

This would get past the big obstacle of the donation cap, which - depending on the level at which you set it - would leave either Labour or the Tories worse off.

«If a big donor gets a favor you don't necessarily tie it to the donation,» he said.

Yes, we do still take some very big donations because we have to compete with the Labour Party who can literally pick up the phone to three unions and get the money, but we have massively broadened the number of people giving # 50,000.»

The billionaire hedge fund managers who give million - dollar donations to elite private schools and privatized charter systems want new taxpayer - funded subsidies for their private donations — tax breaks even bigger than they get now.

«The public at large is very ready for a deep change of course where they get to be in charge of their elections again and their small donations matter not the big - time corporate donations,» she said.

For each volunteer we provide, The Great Inflatable Race donates money to the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, so the more volunteers we get, the bigger the donation!

But the $ 20,000 donation from Bloomberg is only the tip of a much bigger iceberg and Residents for a Better Bridgeport is only one of a series of corporate funded political groups spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to make sure Bridgeport's parents and other voters don't get a direct role in selecting who sets education policy in Bridgeport.

Get competing companies wanting THEIR customers to be the ones making the biggest donations.

All kinds of stuff right there and then the other thing too is when you give away big charitable donations, they're limited to your adjusted gross income and you can get a situation where if you take the RMD and then record the charitable deduction you don't get to deduct it all because adjusted gross income isn't high enough.

Just when we thought the op - ed letter couldn't get worse, these fake skeptics have the gall to suggest that we «follow the money,» because climate «alarmism» supposedly brings bountiful research funding, «an excuse for governments to raise taxes», «big donations» for environmental groups, and other similar tinfoil - hattery.

Big Wind and the Big Banks who back them are playing the system to tap into taxpayers» and ratepayers» wallets, while the crony - politicians who enable the whole dastardly deal get hefty «campaign donations» in return.

CS: Well it is definitely different, we usually we get 60 % small donations then one or two big ones.

Then, instead of receiving many $ 1 donations, the charity would be getting one big donation every month from the app.