Sentences with phrase «influence of special interests»

Lazio is riffing off a report released by NYPIRG Monday that found Cuomo has received $ 320,540 from lobbyists through 2009 — more than any other elected official — even as he is now campaigning on a reform plank and talking about ending the undue influence of special interests in Albany.

Scharff in Buffalo News: Reduce Influence of Special Interests by Matching Small Donations With Public Funds

Enacts new ethics reforms to Drain the Swamp and reduce the corrupting influence of special interests on our politics.

When we fret over the «outsized influence of special interests,» we are decrying the fact that the «average guy's» voice is being drawn out by money.

Louis noted an «eerie familiarity» between Spitzer's «Day One Everything Changes» rhetoric and Cuomo's «New New York Agenda,» both of which were replete with pledges to overhaul state government, end the influence of special interests and enact a slew of reforms on everything from ethics to campaign finance.

Moreover, term limits will reduce the influence of special interests and extremist...

He has argued that term limits «would cut the influence of special interest lobbyists and encourage a true citizen - legislature.»

He and announced his intent to run again in 2017 with a strategy of seeking small donations to avoid the influence of special interests and focusing on the issues.

Both sides have accused the other of circumventing or violating the spirit of Connecticut's public campaign finance program, which was intended to lessen the influence of special interest dollars on elections.

Obama banned PAC and lobbyist donations during the presidential campaign to square with his pledge to limit the influence of special interests in Washington.

It has lessened the influence of special interests — also very good.

As seen by the opening of this office, despite the influence of special interests and powerful donors, the power to govern still rests with the people.

Significantly limiting campaign contributions to limit the influence of special interests and the wealthy

In doing so, it also reduces the influence of special interests in elections and helps

Advocates for campaign - finance reform lauded the commission's recommendations for how to reform current law, particularly the push for a publicly funded system like that in New York City, which uses taxpayer dollars to limit the influence of special interest groups.

His use of this organization to skirt the bounds of the public financing system blatantly defeats its purpose of curbing the influence of special interests in government,» Tusk wrote in the letter.

This will make political donations more transparent and helps to stop the influence of special interest groups in local government.

By publicly financing campaigns, we can reduce the influence of special interests and ensure that every candidate has a fair shot at winning an election.»

The bipartisan legislation would create a public financing system for congressional campaigns, with the goal of limiting the influence of special interests and encouraging a «more diverse pool of candidates» to run for federal office.

We are assured by researchers that this actually worked reasonably well in avoiding corruption and the influence of special interests.

A broader electorate, for instance, would no doubt reduce the influence of special interests, but also the high percentage of educators (per above, 27 percent) who end up exercising those special interests as policymakers.

The only way for the phone lock issue to be resolved permanently is for Congress to make changes to the DMCA, which is much easier said than done because of the influence of special interest groups and lobbyists.

The public, if well informed, has the ability to override the influence of special interests, and the public has shown that they feel a stewardship toward the Earth and all of its inhabitants.