Sentences with phrase «get public campaign finance»

Cuomo's spokeswoman attempted to walk back the governor's comments that seemed to be throwing cold water on the possibility of getting public campaign financing enacted in 2014, and the governor later clarified that he's still 100 percent for public campaign financing.

Cuomo's spokeswoman attempted to walk back the governor's comments that seemed to be throwing cold water on the possibility of getting public campaign financing enacted in 2014, and the governor later clarified that he's still «100 %» for public campaign financing.

Not exact matches

Another insider said the breakaway Dems won't help control the agenda like they did the past two years, but they do expect to be able to get some bills to the floor — though not contentious ones like the public financing of campaigns that are being pushed by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

The governor was unable to get items like public campaign finance or reform of expense payments to state lawmakers approved.

Governor Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

«The fact that the [public campaign finance] coalition was powerful enough to get the language included in the budget was a huge breakthrough,» Schneiderman said.

Public campaign finance supporters having been pushing hard to get a plan included in this year's budget.

About 100 John Liu supporters «stormed» the offices of the Campaign Finance Board this afternoon, protesting the possibility the mayoral candidate might not get public matching funds.

DiNapoli has suggested his office should be used as a test - case for public campaign financing at the state level to get out from under the pay - to - play pension fund scandal of his predecessor.

Now we'll work on making public campaign financing a reality, and try to ensure that all candidates will, in the future, get equal coverage and air time.

But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.

[The idea] that if we got public finance we are going to solve all of the mess that campaign finance has created, I haven't been convinced that that is the solution.

Outside spending on the contest between Malloy and Republican Tom Foley has reached $ 15 million — more than the combined amount that Malloy and Foley are getting from Connecticut's taxpayer - paid - for public campaign finance system.

Liberal advocates have suggested in recent weeks that Koppell's challenge could disintegrate if Klein and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are successful in getting the Senate Republicans to agree to a more robust public campaign finance program than the comptroller - only pilot included in the 2014 - 15 budget.

And Klein, who was initially ambivalent over whether the public can get on board with a statewide system of publicly financed campaigns, is embracing it.

As for the claim that is widely made by good government groups and left leaning reformers that establishing a public campaign finance system would go a long way toward getting big money out of the political system and reducing corruption, New Yorkers aren't really on board.

Reformers believe that getting issues like early voting or campaign finance reform passed would require an aggressive public campaign from Cuomo, like the ones he undertook on same - sex marriage and minimum wage.

Libous (R - Binghamton) insists the coalition remains «very strong» despite criticism from the left that the Independent Democratic Conference can't get bills pertaining to public campaign financing or strengthening of abortion rights to the floor for a vote.

Wisneski, whose group supports public campaign financing, said with Democrats in charge of the Senate, it's more likely that they will respond to what she said is increasing voter demands to get big money out of politics.

Under current Connecticut public campaign financing law, candidates who get such unlimited state party funding can still qualify for taxpayer funded campaign money.

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim discusses getting public financing a potential gubernatorial campaign.

The governor is not putting any muscle into tackling the major structural conditions that facilitate rot — a part - time Legislature where lawmakers can get money from people with ulterior motives, campaign finance limits that empower the powerful, pots of money distributed by legislative fiat without public scrutiny, and near - impotent enforcement of the rules that do exist.

Green candidate Howie Hawkins has pledged to ban fracking, implement public financing of elections to get rid of the corporate cash that has infused Cuomo's campaign, and introduce a Green New Deal where every New Yorker would be entitled to a job.

MyDD's Jonathan Singer and Hotline's Jennifer Skala both pick up on a statement from Barack Obama hinting that, contrary to previous statements, he won't accept public financing because «We have created a parallel public financing system where the American people decide if they want to support a campaign they can get on the Internet and finance it...» Skala argues that since Obama isn't taking money from PACs or Washington lobbyists (state lobbyists is another issue), «What would he have to prove by signing up for public financing?»

Wisneski, whose group supports public campaign financing, says with Democrats in charge of the Senate, it's more likely that they will respond to what she says is increasing voter demands to get big money out of politics.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

Without small - donor public financing of campaigns, New Yorkers who manage to get a ballot will stay stuck with candidates dependent on big - money donors.

While Antonacci plans to opt into the public campaign financing pilot program, he must reach the $ 200,000 threshold before he can begin getting the 6 - to - 1 matching public funds.

Within a span of just five days, Teachout's long - shot Democratic campaign won round one of a legal battle with Cuomo over her residency, though the governor is appealing the Brooklyn judge's ruling; got a much - needed infusion of some $ 50,000, thanks to a boost from the political action committee of Harvard law professor and leading campaign finance reform advocate Lawrence Lessig; and announced an endorsement from the Public Employees Federation, New York's second - largest public Public Employees Federation, New York's second - largest public public union.

He says if the governor tries as hard to get campaign finance reform passed as he did to achieve legalization of same sex marriage and a new lowered benefit pension tier for public workers, then the bills can become law this year.

The LLC loophole has become a major flashpoint in the battle for campaign finance reform because other efforts at reform failed in this year's budget negotiations and a pilot public financing program for last year's comptroller race never got off the ground.

This month Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy will be getting a check for $ 6.2 million in public funds through the Connecticut Public Financing Program to pay for part of his campaign for govpublic funds through the Connecticut Public Financing Program to pay for part of his campaign for govPublic Financing Program to pay for part of his campaign for governor.

So how on earth did we go from having one of the «best» campaign finance reform laws in the nation to a campaign in which Malloy gets $ 6.2 million in public funds, while accessing another $ 10 million or more in campaign donations including money from state contractors and others who personally benefit from the governor's policies.