Sentences with phrase «influenced by campaign»

Whether or not judges are influenced by campaign contributions, there is a significant public perception that they are.

Moyers: Let me just give you some statistics from a poll conducted by the Texas state supreme court and the Texas state bar association, which found that 83 % of the public think judges are already unduly influenced by campaign contributions.

Cuomo indicated, though, that he does not plan to give his donations back, and he says he's not influenced by campaign donors.

Quinn's decision to support Local Law 17 was influenced by her campaign contributors Slattery alleged.

Cuomo indicated, though, that he does not plan to give his donations back, and he said he's not influenced by campaign donors.

In this, and other areas, Miliband's thinking shows clear signs of influence by the campaign group London Citizens, which is calling for a «living wage» of # 7.60 — higher than the current minimum wage at # 5.80.

Not exact matches

Flynn was the first member of the Trump administration to plead guilty to a crime uncovered by the special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing, wide - ranging investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election and whether any Trump campaign aides colluded with Moscow.

Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence, described in his opening remarks the process by which the intelligence community concluded in January that «the Russian government pursued a multi-faceted influence campaign in the run - up to the election, including aggressive use of cyber capabilities.»

But the campaign also warned that if the lawsuit is allowed to proceed by a judge, the campaign will use the legal discovery process to «explore the DNC's now - secret records about the actual corruption they perpetrated to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.»

Governments have made efforts to improve accountability by requiring lobbyists to register their activity and making campaign contributions public, predicated on the idea that transparency will reduce the risk of undue influence.

The company's overstated political influence was noted by the New York Times political reporter Ken Vogel, who tweeted on Monday that the company's «BIGGEST SECRET» was that it was «an overpriced service that delivered little value to the TRUMP campaign, & the other campaigns & PACs that retained it» and that most people hired it because it was seen as a «prerequisite» for receiving cash from the Mercer family.

During the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Wikileaks published internal emails of top Democratic Party officials, which the agencies said were hacked by Moscow as part of a coordinated influence campaign to help Republican Donald Trump win the presidency.

«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.

We learned last weekend that a trove of personal information from 50 million people — one in three U.S. Facebook users — was harvested for an influence and propaganda operation led by Cambridge Analytica, a company later used by the Trump 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.

The search portion of the AdWords campaign is not then influenced by the massive impressions and lower conversion rates of a content campaign bolted on to a refined account.

Cambridge Analytica is partly owned by hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and played a role in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and the connection raises continued concerns over the influence Facebook had in the election.

The content of that record was influenced by Bono's activism, the Jubilee 2000 campaign and a book Bono had been reading: Philip Yancey's What's So Amazing About Grace?

Nor will the Church be immune to the infection of secularist campaigning: it has always been the case that the Church is influenced by trends in the world and there are some horrible trends in today's Britain.

As the recent presidential campaign turned US attention to Russia — with reports of Trump's alleged ties to the Russian president as well as alleged hacking by Russian operatives in hopes of influencing the election — Russians were following American politics too.

However, in the end, the dominant influences in this campaign were anonymous: they were the people who decided to fund and promote the «equality» agenda wherever and however possible; the editors and sub-editors of influential publications who carefully manipulated the presentation of the issues so that reasoned argument always looked cold and uncaring, and above all, the educators who decided to teach social inclusion by means of a series of examinable clichés rather than do the hard work of equipping people to think for themselves (but that is for another long article...).

All IRC section 501 (c)(3) organizations, including churches and religious organizations, must abide by certain rules: ■ their net earnings may not inure to any private shareholder or individual, ■ they must not provide a substantial benefit to private interests, ■ they must not devote a substantial part of their activities to attempting to influence legislation, ■ they must not participate in, or intervene in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, and ■ the organization's purposes and activities may

Carefully scripted public relations campaigns orchestrated by the White House will not undo the damage done by wealth's undue influence over the nation's political processes.

When the church is consumed and possessed by mortgages, capital campaigns, membership numbers, qualifications for membership or deacon or elder, the variety and format of financial reports, redecorating, ordination policies, the proper delineation of committee responsibilities, the aggregation and strengthening and protection of church hierarchical authority, the preference for political associations and prominence instead of being a voice and influence for justice and compassion, seasonal vestment colors, the abandonment and refusal to acknowledge congregations who dare to be excited by their proclaiming and provoking and living and sharing the Good News, the continual choosing and preoccupation with better organization over better outreach, or what styles of worship are to be offered — then it is time for an earth - shaking, stone - rolling, curtain ripping, hurricane - strength, fiery and noisy transformational revolution that will resurrect the Good News in the body and spirit of communities and individuals.

Dixon would preside over just three games this campaign — an opening day defeat at Shrewsbury, an 8 - 0 League Cup pummelling from Nottingham Forest, and a 5 - 0 home loss to Peterborough — before moving on, unhappy that his team selection was being «influenced» (i.e dictated) by the chairman.

Even if you don't feel influenced by your friends, be careful not to think it's cool because of a clever advertising campaign.

Duncan Fisher, Chief Executive of Fathers Direct says: Fathers Direct supports the Parent Know How campaign as it highlights the positive influence that both fathers and mothers can have by making the most of even the simple «everyday» time they spend together with their children.

The Conflicts of Interest Coalition / Network is an international campaign by hundreds of groups and networks calling for policy making to be free from commercial influence.

Contest entrants are only eligible to win once per sweepstake, per household as a part of a campaign sponsored by Influence Central and must reside in the United States

We were greatly influenced by the sleep campaigns, friends, and family saying not to co-sleep and were very scared to do it.

The event was hosted by Clemmie Telford, from Mother of All Lists fame, and was attended by people with much greater influencing... Continue reading Tommy's #SleepOnSide in Pregnancy Campaign to help prevent Stillbirth →

The consensus is that Russia influenced the US election in Trump's favor (by eg hacking his political opponents and strategically using that information to influence public opinion; this may or may not have happened in coordination with some people from the Trump campaign).

Ironically, this international military campaign is playing into al - Qaeda's hands in several ways: by targeting al - Qaeda's own domestic enemies; by employing sectarian rhetoric that plays up Sunni - Shi» ite fault lines previously insignificant in Yemen; by destroying Yemen's military hardware that had been used against al - Qaeda; and by enabling al - Qaeda to exploit the lawless war - torn environment to expand its influence and build alliances among southern and eastern tribes to combat the mutual Houthi foe.

-- I am the sponsor of legislation that would help end «pay to play» and «influence peddling» by establishing disclosure requirements for campaign consultants who also engage in lobbying practices (S. 3245).

The PSC's press release (not sent out by the Schneiderman campaign) quotes from the Times» endorsement senator and also highlighted his effort to combat the «corrupting influence of big corporations» and support of tax increases on the wealthy to help close the state's chronic budget gap.

Is this film influenced or run in some way by the Plane Stupid campaign?

The term refers to U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1947 to 1956 and characterized by heightened political repression as well as a campaign spreading fear of Communist influence on American institutions and of espionage by Soviet agents.

Companies routinely circumvent New York's campaign contribution limits by giving through multiple LLC entities, which has degraded the integrity of our elections and given certain interests outsized influence in both chambers of the legislature.

«We urge the Elections Committee to pass Senator Squadron's legislation, and the full Senate and Assembly to pass this critical reform that would improve our campaign finance and ethics laws by reducing the influence of big contributions on the decisions made by our elected officials.»

If there is anything recent events have taught us, it's that we need to limit the outsized influence of wealthy corporate donors, who have been able to influence lawmakers by making virtually unlimited campaign contributions to candidates — often without even disclosing their identities.

Biviano, who says he is campaigning «against developers, lobbyists and political bosses» to return power to the voters, has accused his opponents of being part of a political machine coordinated through political PR firm Berlin Rosen, and of being influenced by Brooklyn «boss» Frank Seddio.

The criticism Teachout was making was not over direct contributions like the checks cut by the Soros family to her campaign, but the influence of big money flowing to super PACs.

Together with Citizens United, this decision guts our campaign finance system and opens the door to corruption by handing a small minority of wealthy individuals the power to exercise undue influence over our government.»

Assemblyman Nojay says the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision prohibits limits on campaign spending by outside groups, so he believes there's no way to totally eliminate the influence of money in politics.

This is seen by some as anomalous and can have a significant influence on how different parties campaign in the election.

The NDC, led by its flagbearer launched its 2016 campaign manifesto over the weekend presenting a litany of pledges which have influenced an NPP press conference themed, «Promises made, promises broken.»

By influencing state elections, developers have undermined rent stabilization and preserved a key tax break that saves them far more money than they spend on political campaigns.

«The process was tainted due to the influence of campaign contributions given to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo,» according to the civil lawsuit filed by LI Clean Tech.

While numbers of voters may also be influenced by ongoing «Get Out The Vote» campaigns, Republican Deputy Commissioner of Elections Robin Sion said that is strictly a political function — something the Board of Elections does not participate in.

Independent expenditure campaigns have been funded by a variety of interest groups seeking to influence the outcome of a legislative race, including the teachers unions, charter school groups and real - estate organizations.