Sentences with phrase «individual campaign contribution limits»

«Instead of being held to a $ 5,000 corporate contribution limit, they're allowed to make a $ 160,000 individual campaign contribution limit,» said Lerner, of the good - government group Common Cause.

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, 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.

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.

He also opposes public campaign financing, which is being discussed in Albany at the moment, and reducing the limit on individual campaign contributions.

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

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.

The Campaign Finance Board does have different, lower contribution limits for individuals who are categorized by them as doing business with the city — registered lobbyists, those applying for land use actions, grants or contracts — but neither Herrera nor his relatives who worked at MJM or Masonry were categorized as such.

The donors include George Soros and Time Warner Cable, who were legally able to skirt limits on direct contributions to Cuomo's individual campaign account.

Her campaign website said Nixon won't accept any corporate contributions and will limit contributions from any individual or organization to $ 65,100 for the election cycle.

Governor Cuomo proposed a broad set of laws including stricter limits on campaign contributions and party spending on behalf of candidates, public financing of elections to match small contributions from individuals, and new public corruption crimes in an attempt to reduce the culture of corruption in Albany.

The Assembly voted to close the LLC loophole in campaign finance laws, cap contributions by limited liability corporations at $ 5,000 and require them to identify the individuals who make the donations in the LLC's name, and limit lawmakers» outside income to 40 percent of the annual salary of state Supreme Court justices.

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.

The loophole allows donors to skirt limitations on individual campaign contributions by donating anonymously through one or more limited liability companies.

The ethics pledge envisions a reinvigorated ethics commission with sweeping jurisdiction and subpoena power, comprehensive annual financial disclosure requirements and the creation of a panel to recommend limits on campaign contributions from individuals and organizations that solicit or obtain state business.

However, since there is no limit on the number of LLCs a corporation or an individual may create, it effectively allows unlimited campaign contributions.

Mr. Schneiderman has outlined an ambitious package of proposals that would end outside income for lawmakers, end per diem compensations given to politicians to pay for accommodations in the capital, drastically lower campaign contribution limits for individuals and lobbyists, control the amount of cash limited liability corporations can donate to candidates and abolish the virtually unregulated party «housekeeping» accounts.

In order to qualify for public financing, Connecticut candidates must agree to certain campaign spending limits and contribution ceilings from private individuals.

In order to qualify for public financing, Connecticut candidates must agree certain campaign spending limits and contribution ceilings from private individuals.

The $ 500,000 given to the Committee to Save New York thus brings the total from the developer that went to support the governor during his first term to $ 1.97 million — about 32 times the campaign contribution limit imposed on donations from most individuals.

The inquiry into 2014 contributions solicited by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign apparatus and intended to assist the Senate Democrats is based on a state ban on contributions to a party committee if they are given or solicited for a particular candidate, with an intent to evade individual contribution limits.

Her campaign website said Nixon would not accept any corporate contributions and would limit contributions from any individual or organization to $ 65,100 for the election cycle.

The bill, which awaits action in the Senate, would regulate the ability of individuals to make campaign contributions over the legal limit through the use of LLC's.

The ability of LLC's to circumvent campaign contribution limits promotes a «pay - to - play» atmosphere in state government, giving some individuals undue influence.

The LLC Loophole is the main way that real estate companies like Glenwood Management, a major player in both the Skelos and Silver scandals, have given millions of dollars to political campaigns despite contribution limits on individuals and corporations.

The loophole has allowed special interest groups to funnel tens of millions of dollars into political campaigns, sometimes in secret, and circumvent contribution limits that individuals would otherwise have to follow, according to the Brennan Center, which has sued New York's Board of Elections to try to force it to close the loophole.

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.

It's tiring to hear the governor say that «you can only live within the system that exists» while he rakes in campaign cash that comes overwhelmingly in donations of $ 10,000 or more and takes advantage of a loophole that treats limited liability corporations as individuals when they make campaign contributions, even if they're controlled by one individual.

Instead, the Board decided to follow the lead of the Federal Election Commission and treat LLCs as individuals for the purposes of campaign contribution limits.

The campaign will be aided by a federal court ruling last week that said donors can contribute unlimited sums to Super PACs after tossing out New York's $ 150,000 limit on individual contributions.

Steve Tisch donated $ 2,700 — the limit for individual contributions — to the state assemblyman's congressional campaign.

On Thursday, the prosecutor said the de Blasio operation «enabled an unprecedented amount of money to flow» to individual campaigns, but did so without violating the limits on contributions.

Federal election law limits individual campaign contributions to $ 2,000 per election cycle.

To make matters even worse, since Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs) are subject to individual rather than corporate contribution limits under New York campaign finance regulations, one person could set up several different subsidiaries to funnel millions more into state campaigns.

LLCs can legally circumvent campaign - finance rules that limit contributions by corporations to $ 5,000 and individuals to $ 150,000 combined for all campaigns each year, driving up the total donations by Litwin's holdings.

The New York City Campaign Finance Board bars donations from corporations, companies and law firms and limits individual and political action contributions to $ 2,750.

Accordingly, the Hawkins for Governor campaign is limiting the size of contributions it will accept to the federal campaign contribution limits of $ 2,700 for individuals and $ 5,000 for PACs.

The US Supreme Court decided in the past year that a corporation has the same free speech rights as an individual, so campaign contribution limits did not apply.