Sentences with phrase «last federal election campaign»

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At the time of his termination, Comey had been leading a federal investigation into whether the president's campaign advisors had colluded with Moscow in order to influence last year's election.

At the start of last year's federal election campaign, Bardish Chagger left Waterloo, Ont., for an out - of - town meeting.

The drugmaker's political action committee spent $ 405,000 on federal campaign donations and other political outlays last year, more than in 2016 — an election year — and nearly double its allocation for 2015, data compiled by Kaiser Health News show.

We're in the last week of a federal election campaign, and every party wants you to believe they're there for the hardworking families of a middle class under enormous pressure.

Stronger manufacturing activity data from the U.S. Thursday, in the form of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's regional business survey, allowed investors to add long positions in the greenback, which has fallen more than 1.4 % this week in the wake of President Donald Trump's decision to fire his FBI Director, James Comey, and revelations that his campaign team may have had extensive contacts with Russian officials - despite his repeated denials - in the run up to last year's elections.

Speaking last weekend to 3,000 - plus Liberals attending the federal party convention in Halifax, Justin Trudeau gave the kick - off speech to the 2019 election campaign.

Just last week, the Federal Election Commission, which regulates political campaign activity, voted to begin writing rules that detail the kinds of disclaimers they will require on online and mobile political ads to identify sponsors.

Boehm said Donahue's selection had nothing to do with the fact that her husband, Dan, worked on Mayor Dan McLaughlin's election campaign two years ago and her brother - in - law David Donahue was hired last year as the village's legislative liaison, a newly created position designed to foster communication between the village and state and federal lawmakers.

The political action committee for Abbott Laboratories, the maker of U.S. market leader Similac, spent more than $ 1.5 million in contributions to federal and congressional candidates during the last election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington - based watchdog of campaign contributions.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. joined the ongoing federal investigation into de Blasio's fundraising tactics last January after the Board of Elections» chief investigative officer sent a «criminal referral» to Vance's office alleging the efforts of the mayor's nonprofit to unseat the Republicans violated campaign finance laws, Vance has said.

Tenney, a three - term member of the State Assembly, enters the primary race with a campaign debt of $ 110,000 from her last congressional bid, according to Federal Election Commission records.

The main federal investigation, which covers fund - raising by Mr. de Blasio and his staff since his 2013 election campaign, is examining whether donors were promised or received favorable municipal treatment in exchange for their contributions.The nonprofit is in the process of closing down, the mayor said last month, explaining that its work advocating universal prekindergarten and affordable housing was finished.

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Trump's campaign paid Breitbart News national security editor Sebastian Gorka $ 8,000 for «policy consulting» last year, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

The son of liberal billionaire financier George Soros donated $ 650,000 to Democratic campaigns and committees last year, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Last week, the Federal Election Commission found Guinta violated campaign finance rules by accepting more than $ 350,000 in illegal campaign contributions, ordering him to pay back the funds along with a $ 15,000 fine.

Brindisi, D - Utica, raised about $ 100,000 more than Tenney, R - New Hartford, in the last quarter, and now has more campaign cash than the first - term congresswoman, according to reports filed today with the Federal Election Commission in Washington.

New documents filed with the Federal Election Commission show Manhattan Democratic Party chairman Keith Wright still $ 202,337.72 in the hole from his unsuccessful campaign to replace retired Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel last year — with cash owed to an array of consultants, staffers and contributors, including GOP power players like former Sen. Al D'Amato and supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis.

Last month, Heaney — a businessman who founded a website that serves as an online propane marketplace — filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission and has been actively campaigning, visiting community events and opening campaign offices throughout the district.

DNAinfo New York reported last week that the federal probe is now eyeing the mayor's entire fundraising apparatus as a potential criminal enterprise — with many of the same advisers, campaign officials or lobbyists acting in a «conspiracy» to circumvent election laws.

Four have bolstered their volunteer operations with paid canvassers, including David Mastrianni, Katie Wilson, Dylan Ratigan and Don Boyajian, who leads the pack in fundraising, generating $ 494,633.34 since declaring his campaign last August, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

Filings with the Federal Election Commission show Owens currently has $ 547,488 in his campaign accounts, collecting $ 187,879 during the last three months of 2013.

Recent confessions released by federal courts indicate that corruption from the construction companies involved financed the last two presidential election campaigns, thus providing a rationale for detachment of decisions from normal economic logic.

Last week's election campaign was marked by all three major federal leaders being called out about the tar sands.

In fact, the ads employ the same techniques used in last year's presidential campaigns — but according to election experts, federal law is more flexible than many state laws.

During the last election campaign, the federal NDP said it would not allow Trans Mountain to go forward based on the Harper government's truncated and inadequate approval process.

Last year, the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the Mercer - family funded super PAC Make America Number 1 engaged in «unlawful coordinated spending by using the common vendor Cambridge Analytica.»

In the last federal election, he served as campaign manager for Saint John MP Rodney Weston.