Sentences with phrase «hearing on campaign finance»
Klein plans this week to begin a series of statewide hearings on campaign finance reform and publicly financed campaigns.
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«Something was missing at a public hearing held by the State Senate on Tuesday to examine New York City's campaign finance system: the public.»
The IDC will hold another public hearing on ethics and campaign finance reform from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Buffalo.
The Senate Democrats are again trying to use a 2009 chamber rule change to their advantage in hopes of forcing a public hearing on their reform agenda, which is contained in five ethics and campaign finance - related bills.
BRASILIA (Reuters)- Brazil's top electoral court on Tuesday decided to hear new witnesses in an illegal campaign financing case that could remove President Michel Temer from office, delaying any verdict in the trial until at least May.
Good Government Groups, NYC City Councilman Ask Moreland Commission to Consider Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Good - government groups and a New York City Councilman were also present at the Moreland Commission hearing on Tuesday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission held another hearing Monday focusing on reforming the state's campaign finance system.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission held another hearing Monday evening focusing on reforming the state's campaign finance system.
The group is billing the event as a chance to hear Cuomo talk why he wants to overhaul the campaign finance structure in New York and give «the latest update on activity» here at the Capitol.
«To be clear, we all want comprehensive campaign finance reform with public financing at the core and we feel public financing is the real game changer, but we're hearing a lot of myths around public financing in particular and trying to connect that to corruption in a bad way as opposed it to being a solution so we wanted to focus on that today,» he said.
The Independent Democratic Confernece announced plans this afternoon to hold a series of hearings on overhauling the state's campaign finance laws.
Also at 11 a.m., the Senate Republicans are holding an invite - only hearing on «abuses» in NYC's public campaign finance system.
A hearing by Senate Republicans on New York City's public campaign financing system was overshadowed by protests, as government reform groups and other members of the public were denied entry, and noisy protests ensued.
Senator Klein and the rest of the breakaway Democrats announced that they will hold hearings on their anti-corruption package of bills that includes public campaign financing.
The Senate GOP sent out notices that there would be a public hearing on what the Republicans say are the «abuses» in New York City's public campaign finance system.
Cuomo has said he intends to launch a new effort for campaign finance reform, and Samuels says he could hold public hearings and create an open process to develop legislation, as well as setting a good example on his own, by saying he won't accept any more corporate donations.
«Voters are very angry about corruption and they want to hear the candidates recognize this problem and what they plan to do about it,» said Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit focuses on ethics and campaign finance issues.
The Moreland commission's staff drafted a report, based on its initial investigation and several public hearings, that included a recommendation for a public campaign finance system, according to one source familiar with the report.
He has called a June 3 hearing of the Judiciary Committee to consider an amendment on campaign finance proposed by Colorado Senator Mark Udall.
The City Council heard testimony Monday on a broad package of bills that would prevent conflicts of interest between elected officials and political nonprofits, limit the electoral influence of those who do business with the city, and make it easier for first - time candidates to navigate the city's campaign finance system.
The New York Campaign Finance Board (CFB) held a hearing Monday morning to field testimony on the 2017 New York City election cycle from candidates, operatives, and advocates.
Supporters of campaign finance reform rallied outside a hearing on Tuesday held by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's commission on public corruption.
A group of New York state Senators held a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed campaign finance reform bill.
ALBANY — Something was missing at a public hearing held by the State Senate on Tuesday to examine New York City's campaign finance system: the public.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard McCutcheon vs. Federal Election Commission, which may become as much a chapter of the history of climate change as it is a case about campaign finance law.
A big contributor to Gore's campaigns, Molten Metals has surfaced in the Senate hearings on corrupt campaign financing.