Sentences with phrase «give unlimited campaign contributions»
A coalition of groups on Monday urged the state Board of Elections to prohibit the practice of allowing individual donors to give unlimited campaign contributions through a network of limited liability corporations.
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At the moment, a single campaign donor can give unlimited contributions through a network of limited liability companies or LLCs.
Thursday's filings lay bare those donations and other jaw - dropping financial details of the first modern presidential campaign in which donors could give unlimited contributions for political ads and in which both major party candidates declined to participate in a Watergate - era public financing system designed to limit fundraising.
Gianaris, of Queens, insisted that because Bruno is no longer an office holder or candidate, the money he gave to the Senate GOP's main campaign account should be considered a donation, not an unlimited transfer, and capped at the legal $ 109,600 contribution limit.
Defenders of unlimited campaign contributions like to think donors give money to candidates whose views they share, or to lawmakers who have done a good job in office and need the money to win election and continue doing a fabulous job.