Sentences with phrase «in campaign donation»

They note that Senate Republicans since 2000 have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donation from pro-gun interests like the National Rifle Association.

Omitted from the new laws are reductions in any «sky - high contribution limit» or existing loopholes in campaign donation restrictions, according to the center.

Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission is supposed to investigate instances of potential corruption in the campaign donation system.

But last year's increase in campaign donations and lobbying seem like more than business as usual for Novo Nordisk, said Billet, a former AT&T lobbyist who directs GWU's Legislative Affairs program.

While Facebook (FB) and Intel (INTC) employees also participated in campaign donations, their contributions were substantially less.

Christy Clark and her BC Liberal party collected more than $ 771,000 in campaign donations from the Texas pipeline company and its oil patch backers.

Americans for Financial Reform reported that the financial sector spent $ 2 billion on political activity in the 2016 election cycle, including $ 1.1 billion in campaign donations and the rest for lobbying.

Allies of the mayor are under investigation in part for channeling millions of dollars in campaign donations to county committees, which allowed them to seemingly avoid contribution limits when those dollars wound up in the coffers of individual candidates.

Rep. Charlie Rangel slammed his main primary opponent, Sen. Adriano Espaillat, for accepting $ 21,300 in campaign donations from the controversial charter school lobby since 2006.

He also knocked Donovan for being too close to Wall Street and criticized him for having received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from a single hedge fund executive.

But, the governor, in a radio interview, said there's only so far that he can go to reign in campaign donations.

Rep. Martha McSally, R - Ariz., raised nearly $ 1 million in campaign donations from July through September.

After all, seems like Graziano often rewards his former boss in campaign donations for such recognition.

During that time, close to $ 1 million in campaign donations, much from those very same county vendors, flowed to the Hicksville Republican Club run by Walker.

Electoral Commission figures show the four federal independent MPs received a total of $ 176,000 in campaign donations.

But a loophole allows companies to create unlimited amounts of limited liability corporations known as LLCs that can each give up to $ 150,000 in campaign donations.

But the governor, in a radio interview, says there's only so far that he can go to reign in campaign donations.

Prosecutors claim Silver engaged in a game of quid pro quo with Glenwood, raking in campaign donations in exchange for fighting a methadone clinic that could have moved to Liberty Plaza, next to one of Glenwood's buildings.

Cuomo waited a week before agreeing to give up all $ 118,204 in campaign donations he received from Weinstein, amid criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.

Since then she's matured somewhat in the job and has attracted almost $ 22 million in campaign donations so far.

Taxi medallion owners, who in 2013 were part of an industry that gave NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations, say he is betraying them by capitulating to Uber on wheelchair accessibility.

Nearly four dozen Democratic state legislators are pushing Cuomo to use the upcoming state budget talks to close a loophole that lets companies give virtually unlimited amounts in campaign donations.

Saylor noted that the Long Island luxury developer Glenwood Management — which has given millions in campaign donations through a slew of limited liability companies — was a player in corruption plots described at the recent trials of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who were both convicted.

According to the Brooklyn Paper, Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are each returning the $ 250 in campaign donations they received from him last August, and New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez said he plans to donate $ 10,500 of the $ 33,000 he received to charity.

NYSUT had previously directed millions of dollars in campaign donations to that parent union.

Espaillat took more than $ 6,500 in campaign donations from IDC leader Jeffrey Klein when he decided to run again for his State Senate seat following his 2012 loss to Charles Rangel, according to the New York Daily News.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito hauled in more than $ 27,000 in campaign donations from yellow - cab interests in the months before the council proposed a cap on high - tech rival Uber, records...

Perusing campaign spending reports, which are public record and readily available on - line, the local daily reported that County Executive Mike Hein had received some $ 12,500 in campaign donations between 2012 and 2014 from different parties seeking to establish medicinal marijuana farms in the county.

«Lee Zeldin is a Wall Street bonus baby who has supported tax breaks for millionaires in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations, and wants to raid the retirement savings of working families.

Silver and Skelos were once two of the «three men in a room» - the other being Gov. Andrew Cuomo - who controlled $ 150 billion a year in state spending, decided what legislation would get voted upon and what bills would die, and controlled millions of dollars in campaign donations that they could use to help elect lawmakers across the state.

Now implicated in the sweeping bribery case, Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli, along with his wife and employees, has given Gov. Cuomo $ 650,000 in campaign donations since 2000, according to a Buffalo News analysis.

There's Antonio Delgado, a Democrat who has reported $ 300,000 in campaign donations.

Gov. Cuomo has proven to be a «master» of mixing policy with self promotion will still raking in campaign donations as he bolsters his ties to organized labor.

All the way, the company gave more than ten million dollars in campaign donations over about the last decade.

Revelations that Ulster County Executive Mike Hein received $ 11,500 in campaign donations over the last two years from the developers of the proposed Park Point student housing project in New Paltz, with an additional $ 5,000 in contributions from their Albany - based, county - connected law firm, have further roiled the muddy waters gurgling around this controversial project.

The reforms include limiting lawmakers» outside income, closing the LLC loophole in campaign donations, and clearly identifying the purpose for, and recipients of, all state funds allocated to be spent at the discretion of legislators and the governor.

«Whether it is their support for irresponsible economic policies, opposition to drilling, or stashing thousands in campaign donations from Charlie Rangel, we plan to hold Democrats accountable in the run - up to Election Day,» said Spain.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo took in a hefty $ 5.2 million in campaign donations the past six months and used $ 100,000 off it to pay legal fees, new filings show.

In 2010, Delvin received $ 133,492 in campaign donations.

I read with some interest published reports on County Executive Mike Hein explaining his acceptance of $ 11,500 in campaign donations from a Rochester - based developer seeking to build a $ 56 million student and faculty housing project in New Paltz.

I read with some interest published reports on County Executive Mike Hein explaining his acceptance of $ 11,500 in campaign donations from

Syracuse, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner announced today that four Democratic candidates in Onondaga County will return some of the $ 33,000 in campaign donations that her political action committee steered to them through the New York State Democratic Committee.

Senate Republicans, who have received millions of dollars in campaign donations from the charter industry, pushed for the elimination of the charter cap and for unfreezing charter school tuition, which would have resulted in an enormous windfall for charter schools.

Mayor Stephanie Miner announced today that four Democratic candidates in Onondaga County will return some of the $ 33,000 in campaign donations that her political action committee steered to them through the New York State Democratic Committee.

Younger, a law school classmate of the governor, has given Cuomo at least $ 23,000 in campaign donations since 2006.

People and entities connected to Norstar have given Cuomo at least $ 157,000 in campaign donations since the beginning of 2010.

State fund - raising records show that Batra has contributed thousands of dollars in campaign donations to state Senate Democrats in recent years, including at least $ 8,000 to Sampson.

But Paterson said the huge sums in campaign donations and the cost of lobbying is changing that.

In 2005, the Spitzer campaign returned $ 24,000 in campaign donations from Gabelli because they learned his company was the target of an SEC probe after complaints that shareholder money wasn't being properly handled and that Gabelli was taking too much for himself in compensation.

Over the years, his campaign, PACs and the Queens Democratic Party he controls have received more than $ 70,000 in campaign donations from Davidoff, its employees and interests connected to the Hunts Point Terminal.