Sentences with phrase «leave campaign finance»

In Sunday's Post, former congressman and head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Martin Frost said that corporate campaign money is «something the average voter couldn't care less about» and that Congress should «leave campaign finance reform to the...

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While the candidates currently hold some very similar positions on issues such as immigration reform, gay rights, gun control and campaign finance reform, Sanders has been able to stake out positions to the left of Clinton on other issues that excite some vocal voters.

Trevor Potter, a campaign finance expert and former FEC chairman, said the president's statement left unanswered questions about when he first learned of the payment and whether Mr Cohen was reimbursed.

Robert Lozaro, who challenged the board's finances during his campaign, was left behind with 20.9 percent of the vote.

The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released a list of 10 candidates who have filed certification forms to join the public financing program for the upcoming Nov. 2 nonpartisan special election to fill the Queens seat left vacant by the death of the late NYC Councilman Tom White.

According to campaign finance disclosures filed Thursday, Gabryszak still has $ 4,400 left in his war chest.

When the atypical politician loses, he'll have pushed the party's presidential nominee left and started a movement for campaign finance reform

The Democrats» bill for partial public campaign financing through matching funds for small donations leaves in place unlimited private campaign financing.

And Suereth doesn't just leave it at the complaint over campaign finances in the letter.

He also weathered criticism from others on the left for not participating in the state's first public campaign financing program.

We're disappointed that state lawmakers, though slapped across the face by major scandals, left the Capitol last month without doing anything to strengthen ethics and campaign finance laws.

The controversial WFP, which is under investigation for possible violations of the New York City campaign - finance law, was founded nearly a decade ago by left - wing labor unions and political activists, and has emerged as a potent force in helping Democratic candidates.

Lerner said the lawmakers left in Albany need to make changes like limiting or banning outside income and closing campaign finance loopholes.

With just one week left in the New York State legislative session, press outlets are predicting that few big - ticket issues, such as public campaign financing, the women's equality agenda, medical marijuana or the Dream Act, will be resolved.

Democratic lawmakers were quick to praise the move, which Cuomo had pledged to do back in January during his second State of the State address (and unlike other pledges — campaign finance reform and a call for independent redistricting — Cuomo actually spoke the words about fingerprinting, rather than leaving it in the official statement).

The failure to implement a full public campaign finance system in the state budget has the left rather unhappy with Governor Cuomo.

Klein called the proposal a «very exciting development» but added the new Democratic coalition majority would need to be able to pass a range of issues sought by the left, including bolstering abortion rights, single - payer health care and the public financing of campaigns.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky on the left's worst nightmare: «What if Cuomo says he'll muscle campaign finance reform, but only if Klein, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (yes, the Assembly has a role), and advocacy groups agree to massive upper - income tax cuts?

«I'm to the left of Gangi on political reform,» Albanese said on the podcast, where he explained his number one issue is campaign finance reform.

The city Campaign Finance Board determined last week that the 2009 campaign of Debra Markell to fill the District 19 City Council seat left vacant by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) had committed two vioCampaign Finance Board determined last week that the 2009 campaign of Debra Markell to fill the District 19 City Council seat left vacant by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) had committed two viocampaign of Debra Markell to fill the District 19 City Council seat left vacant by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) had committed two violations.

For forty years, the Socialist Workers Party has been the most consistent voice on the left in opposition to campaign finance disclosure requirements.

The left - leaning minor party was angered when Cuomo failed to win a public campaign financing system for state wide offices in the budget.

Cuomo, in exchange for an endorsement from the left leaning Working Families Party, promised to help reunite the two Democratic factions in order to achieve passage of several progressive issues, including public campaign financing, a women's equality act with an abortion rights provision, and a measure to give college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, known as the Dream Act.

Ashley Ross is leaving the Senate President's Office to become «senior finance consultant» for Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis «campaign for governor.

The left - leaning minor party was angered when Cuomo failed to win a public campaign financing system for statewide offices in the budget.

The change is expected to have implications for public campaign financing and other reforms left on the table at the end of this year's session.

The on - again, off - again special Oct. 6 primary — a rare second primary in an election cycle — has left a tangle of questions about campaign finance for Martins and his former GOP rival Philip Pidot, a Glen Cove financial consultant.

But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.

According to federal campaign finance records, Graham had about $ 1 million left in her federal account at the end of the first quarter.

He also has created an election - year headache for Cuomo with his investigation into the early demise of the governor's corruption - busting Moreland Commission, and his decision to take up where the commission left off with its various campaign finance probes.

The proposal, along with an effort to close the LLC loophole in the state's campaign finance law, comes a week before lawmakers are due to leave Albany for the rest of the year.

He plans to run a campaign around campaign finance reform, and would stay in office only long enough to see his proposed Citizen Equality Act get passed, then step down and leave his vice president in charge.

Silver notably did not choose to highlight public campaign finance reform, which has generated a lot of support on the left (Citizen Action, Working Families Party, Strong Economy for All etc), or a reduction of contribution limits for regular candidate committees or PACs.

With seven session days left until June 21, it seems unlikely for now that an overhaul of campaign finance laws, with a public matching system for political campaigns would be in the final mix.

Grisanti also received some pressure from the left yesterday, compliments of campaign finance reform advocates who were angry he joined his fellow Republicans in voting down a hostile amendment that would have established a publicly financed system.

The thinking is that passage of GENDA could give a much needed progressive win to IDC Leader Jeff Klein & Co. at a time when the breakaway Democratic conference is under intense pressure from the left for (so far) failing to force a vote on some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top agenda items, including the all - inclusive 10 - point Women's Equality Act and the campaign finance reform bill.

That vision includes a number of bread - and - butter planks for the state Democratic Party: Paid family leave, increasing the state's minimum wage and reforming campaign finance laws.

His campaign finance filings show Libous has spent $ 75,000 on legal fees since 2012, and he has $ 673,000 in campaign funds left in the account.

It is one of the issues that appears to still be «live» down at the Capitol, as opposed to public campaign financing and the Women's Equality Act, which Cuomo himself has admitted are unlikely to pass before lawmakers leave Albany for their summer vacations.

As for the claim that is widely made by good government groups and left leaning reformers that establishing a public campaign finance system would go a long way toward getting big money out of the political system and reducing corruption, New Yorkers aren't really on board.

Rose Gill Hearn, chairwoman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board and a former federal prosecutor, plans to step down in December, leaving an opening at the helm of the nonpartisan agency ahead of next year's city elections.

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Rose Gill Hearn, chairwoman of the New York City Campaign Finance Board, plans to step down in December, leaving an opening at the helm of the nonpartisan agency ahead of next year's city elections.

Libous (R - Binghamton) insists the coalition remains «very strong» despite criticism from the left that the Independent Democratic Conference can't get bills pertaining to public campaign financing or strengthening of abortion rights to the floor for a vote.

They don't fix New York's notoriously weak campaign - finance laws, reduce contribution limits or close loopholes that leave the capital awash in money, the fuel for its corrupt pay - to - play culture.

«Andrew is very smartly charming and engaging this campaign - finance coalition, partly because it includes money people like Soros and Sean Eldridge and the good - government groups, partly because he doesn't want to be attacked from the left,» a Democratic strategist says (Eldridge, a possible congressional candidate, is also the husband of multimillionaire New Republic owner Chris Hughes).

With just two months left in the legislative session, advocates of campaign finance reform are pressing Governor Cuomo and the legislature to adopt a New York City style public financing system for the state.

Before he made his surprise retirement announcement, Israel raised $ 1.4 million and spent $ 1.2 million in the last quarter of 2015, leaving him with $ 933,449 in the bank, according to this campaign finance filing.

Senator Charles E. Schumer, left, accompanied by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, spoke about campaign finance reform after the Supreme Court ruling on Thursday.

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