But they can create an endless number of LLCs that have significantly
higher donation limits.
Sugarman had previously investigated a coordinated effort by de Blasio and his team to raise money for upstate Senate Democrats by taking advantage of significantly
higher donation limits allowed for county committees.
Given New York state's
high donation limits, the same donors will get hit up for more checks throughout the two - year election cycle.
Reduce the outrageously
high donation limits that allow contributions of $ 65,000 to a candidate for statewide office — and enable people who control shell corporations to give without caps.
Not exact matches
There are two tough position for the TEAPubs to have hung around their neck going into a round of elections where interest / turnout will be
high — Champion for child molestors and blockers of a vote on
limiting legislator income and the size of
donations (bribes)!
Donation limits are far too
high and the LLC loophole must be closed.
While New York law restricts individual
donations to any candidate at just over $ 10,000 — already among the
highest such
limits in the nation — party committees can receive individual
donations of more than $ 100,000, and the committee can then transfer an unrestricted amount to the candidate.
Omitted from the new laws are reductions in any «sky -
high contribution
limit» or existing loopholes in campaign
donation restrictions, according to the center.
«Every year, hundreds of donors give more money than is allowed by state law that has
highest limits of any state capping
donation size; scores of candidates fail to disclose large contributions received in the run - up to Election Day; thousands of filings obfuscate the identity of donors or the purpose of expenditures through the inclusion of incomplete or incorrect information; and dozens of incumbent lawmakers spend campaign funds for what reasonable people would unanimously agree are non-campaign reasons,» the report found.
Unions and other major special interest groups usually write their biggest checks to directly to political parties or housekeeping committees, where the
donation limits are
higher.
Bharara told Capitol Pressroom that unfettered outside legislator earnings from those who have an interest in certain outcomes in state government and New York's
high campaign
donation limits are factors in Albany's entrenched culture.
Nixon will likely be the beneficiary of small - dollar
donations — something that has not really been tried at a statewide level in New York, where contribution
limits are far
higher than the federal cap.
The
donation limits to county committees are far
higher than to candidate committees and there are no
limits on
donations from the former to the latter.
The U.S. Attorney and Manhattan DA are investigating whether the office of New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio knowingly violated campaign contribution laws by funneling
donations for some upstate Senate races through county committees, which can accept
donations 10 times
higher than the
limits on an individual Senate candidate.
The state's notoriously
high limits on campaign
donations should be drastically reduced, he said, and rules about people with business before the state donating to campaigns should be tightened.
New York has laughably
high limits on
donations and an almost non-existent enforcement mechanism for campaign abuse.
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.
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higher - level
donations of # 15 or more will be able to choose limited edition rewards by British artist Bob and Rober
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