Sentences with phrase «in campaign contributions as»

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But, as we all know, the former Cabinet secretary pulled out of the race in October, citing an inability to amass campaign contributions.

United States officials had been shaken by tape recordings in which people identified as leaders of the Cali cartel were heard discussing contributions of millions of dollars to Mr. Samper's presidential campaign.

«Any payment by a person such as Cohen on behalf of or in consultation with a candidate to influence an election is an in - kind «contribution'to the candidate under campaign finance law subject to a $ 2,700 limit and disclosure requirements,» he said.

If the $ 130,000 payment was meant to help Trump win the election (something Cohen denies), it could count as a campaign contribution that was well in excess of federal limits.

Prosecutors failed to get a conviction against Democratic Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina on charges that he received illegal contributions and falsified documents to pay for the silence of his pregnant mistress as he campaigned for president in 2008.

These include activities considered intervention under the Internal Revenue Code in any political campaign, such as direct and indirect political contributions to candidates, political parties, or political organizations; independent expenditures; or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.

Any payment by a person such as Cohen on behalf of or in consultation with a candidate to influence an election is an in - kind «contribution» to the candidate under campaign finance law subject to a $ 2,700 limit and disclosure requirements.

The law counts such payments as an «in - kind» contribution to the campaign.

, then it may count as an in - kind campaign contribution by Cohen — one that apparently went unreported to the Federal Election Commission and exceeded the legal limit for individual donations under federal law.

If the money was connected to Trump's ongoing presidential campaign, then it may count as an in - kind campaign contribution by Cohen — one that apparently went unreported to the Federal Election Commission and exceeded the legal limit for individual donations under federal law.

Thus, when they support crowdfunding campaigns with their money, backers get not only promises (as on other crowdfunding platforms) but also a real valuable asset - KickCoins in the amount of up to 20 % of their contribution as a bonus.

I used Earth Balance's Organic Whipped Buttery Spread in these cookies to provide a nice texture and flavor, as a contribution to their Make Me Mindful campaign.

The midfielder helped Chelsea to win the Premier League title last season but has struggled at times this campaign, although he did make a notable contribution in the 2 - 2 draw with West Ham United last weekend as he scored both of his side's goals.

The school raised twice as much as the other schools in Township High School District 214's United Way Contribution Campaign.

Some polling station agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Kintampo North Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region, have accused their executives of diverting about GHc 37,100.00 meant for them as allowance for their contribution towards the party's campaign ahead of the 2016 general elections.

As presidential candidates make the high - visibility pilgrimage to the «Googleplex» in Mountain View, contributions from Google employees quietly help boost the campaigns of congressional candidates.

Sharing staff can be complicated in the US, as it may be considered a campaign contribution.

The [Federal Election Campaign] Act does not prohibit individuals with permanent resident status (commonly referred to as «green card holders») from making contributions or donations in connection with federal, state or local elections, as they are not considered foreign nationals.

The two campaigns have traded barbs in recent weeks over a controversial amortization plan that Wilson characterizes as borrowing from the pension fund and DiNapoli's camp insists is merely «smoothing» to provide predictability for local governments and the state when it comes to contributions.

... as politicians speak, we fact - check them in real time with a cover - it - live embed, alongside data cards that highlight what campaign contributions and lobbying likely influenced how they frame issues.

According to campaign disclosure reports the Erie County GOP received five separate contributions of $ 20,000 each in 2012 from Limited Liability Corporations with the same address as New York City real estate company Glenwood Management.

As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.&raquAs the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.&raquas a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.»

The Cuomo campaign is already working to undermine Paladino's track record as a creator of jobs, highlighting his campaign contributions and lucrative state real estate contracts in attack ads.

«For most offices, New York State's contribution «limits» are substantially higher than those of any other state that imposes limits, and they are so high as to ensure that large donors dominate major political campaigns and candidates spend as much time as possible raising money from donors rather than talking with voters about issues,» Cuomo said in the written version of the SoS.

Longtime WNY Democratic political operative G. Steven Pigeon, who is charged in two separate state cases, now faces a federal complaint, accused of trying to arrange a large contribution by a foreign national to what his attorney identified as Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign.

«Over the last few months we've seen a surge in low - dollar contributions, as more and more of my neighbors here in the Hudson Valley and Catskills join us for stops along our 163 town Rhodes Trip and want to chip in to help keep fueling the Winnebago and support our growing grassroots campaign,» Rhodes said.

And that meant search ads, since new media team head Joe Rospars has said that search ads yielded a Return On Investment as high as 10 - or 15-fold, presumably measured in campaign contributions.

While Governor Cuomo is criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for stepped up enforcement against undocumented immigrants, an immigrant rights group is calling him a hypocrite for keeping campaign contributions from a billionaire who's company is headquartered in the same Buffalo building as ICE.

«We're going to make a real push to match her spending in the final weeks of the campaign,» his email promised, along with a request for contributions as low as $ 5.

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Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) are used by a wide variety of industries to circumvent the $ 5,000 annual corporate contribution limit in New York State campaign finance law, relying on the New York State Board of Elections» 1996 determination to treat LLCs as individuals, subject to a $ 150,000 annual contribution limit.

Both firms paid Howe six - figure sums and were major Cuomo donors, the complaint said, with COR linked to $ 250,000 in campaign contributions to the governor as it sought projects, while LPCiminelli was responsible for $ 100,000 and sponsored a $ 250,000 fundraiser.

As Gerald Benjamin, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at SUNY New Paltz, points out in aJournal News op - ed; Forty - nine out of 63 New York State Senators received most of their campaign contributions from corporations or big money donors.Millions are wasted and misdirected each year because of sweetheart deals for the special interests.

Our analysis underscores how unlimited campaign contributions - as limited liability companies effectively have no limits - warp our elections and result in important policy decisions being driven by the demands of wealthy special interests.

De Blasio continues to maintain a sizable financial advantage over all his likely challengers as he runs for re-election in New York, having brought in $ 414,123 in contributions and spent nearly as much over the last two months, according to a campaign fund - raising report filed yesterday.

One thing of interest I spotted as I quickly breezed through this filing: Paladino returned a $ 2,500 campaign contribution to former AG Dennis Vacco, who is representing indicted GOP operative John Haggerty in the Mayor Bloomberg / state Independence Party case.

In 1996, the state board of elections ruled that LLCs may be treated as separate and distinct individuals for the purpose of campaign contributions.

When Mr. Cuomo ran for governor in 2010, he characterized large LLC contributions as one of the campaign finance system's «loopholes,» proposing that such donations be counted against the parent company's $ 5,000 contribution limit, to make that limit «meaningful.»

The Assembly's LLC loophole closing legislation (A. 1926, Kavanagh), which has passed every year since 2015, would eliminate a provision in the current law that allows LLCs to make campaign contributions as individuals, ending the practice where one person or a corporation owns multiple LLCs that are used to funnel donations to a single candidate or committee.

The bulk of its money has come from a long - standing agreement in which it gives Cuomo's campaign efforts office space in Manhattan, which appears on the governor's forms as in - kind contributions.

Albans), the only one of Queens» five - member Senate delegation who did not have an opponent listed on the campaign finance board website as of the July 15 filing deadline, has amassed $ 279,150 in contributions and spent $ 240,441 so far.

Arcuri also decried Albany's «culture of dependence on large campaign contributions,» describing it as a corrosive and expensive practice that reduces public faith in state government.

The defense claim of selective prosecution stems from recent revelations that Singh, the government's star informant, secretly pleaded guilty in October 2016 to bribing Mangano and Venditto, and also to trying to bribe a New York City elected official with campaign contributions — identified in Azrack's decision as Mayor Bill de Blasio.

But in the end, the board's two Republican commissioners voted against the reclassification, in part saying it was up to the Legislature to consider campaign finance regulations such as contribution limits.

Assembly Approves Bill to Close LLC Loophole in State Law to Help Establish a Level Playing Field in Elections Legislation to Hold Limited Liability Corporations to Same Accountability Provisions and Campaign Contribution Limits as Corporations

Cuomo has been the top recipient of hedge fund campaign contributions, taking in $ 4.8 million in donations during his time as state attorney general and governor, a new «Hedge Clippers» report found.

If campaign contributions are any measure of support, Republican Richard Hanna emerged Thursday as a serious challenger to Rep. Michael Arcuri, D - Utica, in the 24th Congressional District.

«Even if he took his own private plane, he has the responsibility to report the expenses as an in - kind contribution,» said Carolyn Ehrlich, a campaign aide to Arcuri.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to use campaign contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as evidence in the upcoming corruption trial of a former top Cuomo aide and three others.

Last year, she disclosed the hiring of her son, Ricardo Aguirre Jr., as a campaign consultant who earned $ 55,000 of the $ 102,000 she received in campaign contributions for a primary she ended up winning by a 2 - to - 1 margin.