Sentences with phrase «limits on campaign finance»

Until you have real limits on campaign finance, you will continue to see political campaigns financed by big money in exchange for favorable legislative and regulatory environment.

But if Albany is serious about fixing its problems, a better system of contracting, new limits on campaign finance, new ethics restrictions on outside income, and the creation of an independent enforcer, are major components of meaningful reforms.

Tighter limits on campaign finance, public campaign financing, a better redistricting process or even a smaller Legislature are all possibilities.

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Viral hoaxes on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election reveal the limits of campaign finance laws and regulations.

«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.

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.

Ever since 2002, most of those organizations have insisted that support for campaign - finance restrictions — particularly of the McCain - Feingold sort — is a black mark on a politician's pro-life record (on the grounds that pro-life advertising would be unfairly limited during campaign seasons).

Also on the NYC Indy Party reform to - do list: Initiative and referendum, term limits for legislators, letting voters change their enrollment after a one - month waiting period, nonpartisan administration of the Board of Elections, nonpartisan redistricting and campaign finance reform.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

It was announced today that Kerrey, the former president of the New School in New York City, had signed on to the effort to tighten campaign finance laws by introducing a voluntary public matching system similar to New York City and lower contribution limits.

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

Longtime League of Women Voters lobbyist Barbara Bartoletti expressed frustration at the lack of action on items including closing a giant campaign finance loophole that allows big money donors to make unlimited contributions to candidates by setting up multiple Limited Liability Companies.

He told Syracuse.com he opposes Cuomo's calls for the Legislature to approve public financing of political campaigns, is undecided on closing the LLC loophole that lets wealthy donors contribute almost unlimited amounts to politicians, and is against the governor's call to limit the outside income of lawmakers to 15 percent of their $ 79,500 base salary as legislators.

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

By contrast, in New York City, where profound reforms were implemented in 1989, the Campaign Finance Board imposed 128 penalties on 31 candidates that accepted contributions above 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.

Adopt system of public financing of campaigns, with new lower limits on direct contributions to statewide and state legislative candidates; Establish the «New York State Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations of PIT liability; and limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25,000.

Horner, with NYPIRG, says the testimony illustrates the need to clean up New York's campaign finance laws by setting stricter caps on contributions and eliminating a loophole that allows donors to use LLCs or limited liability companies, to skirt existing donor limits.

Along with vigilant enforcement of the law, disclosure of contributions, and lower contribution limits, public financing of elections can «end the mad chase for campaign cash that starts some elected officials down the road to corruption and... make candidates dependent on ordinary voters rather than special interests.»

They include adoption of early voting in New York, same - day voter registration, public financing of campaigns, and constitutional amendments to impose term limits on elected officials.

The June 25 event to raise funds for Mr. Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign includes a host committee reception, dinner and musical performance, and is set to occur five days after the scheduled end of the legislative session in Albany, by which time the governor has pledged to attain legislative action on campaign - finance reform, including lowering contribution limits.

State of the State: Gov. Cuomo Once Again Calls for Public Financing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public fFinancing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public financingfinancing.

The full bill, which can be read here on the State Assembly website, in addition to providing new contribution limits and enforcement rules, also stipulates that the public campaign fund would be partially financed with money from Wall Street fraud settlements.

The governor must take the lead in advancing contracting reforms that focus on independent oversight, greater openness, and strict limits on the state's «pay to play» campaign financing system.

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.

In a radio interview this week, Gov. Cuomo renewed the call for statewide campaign finance reform, decrying the corrosive effect that super PACs and high contribution limits continue to have on electoral politics in Albany.

The state Board of Elections on Thursday declined to reclassify limited liability companies when it comes to the state's campaign finance law.

What's more, they are enforced by an energetic and independent Campaign Finance Board, which oversees a carefully constructed system that combines generous public matching funds with limits on contributions to political candidates, limits that are especially strict for lobbyists and others doing business with the city.

Question topics included whether there are similarities between past defenses of states banning interracial marriage and current defenses of states banning same - sex marriages, his reaction to NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks's resignation, whether campaign contribution limits are too high and what Cuomo intends to seek as campaign finance reforms if reelected, whether he's going to the Somo el Futuro conference in Puerto Rico next week, whether he's worried that «minorities» will not turn out on election day and how his recent references to recent New York Republicans as being «moderates» reconciles with his past statements about «ultraconservatives» in the state senate.

Advocates for stronger enforcement of campaign finance rules said the group's maneuver around the coordination ban effectively circumvents the limits on how much individuals can give to candidates.

But good government groups wanted more, including: • Meaningful public campaign financing • Donation limits • Oversight on pork barrel spending • Oversight on lawmaker spending

Mr. Larson is an advocate for campaign finance reform on the federal level, as well as tax reform, limits on congressional gerrymandering, increased Connecticut and U.S. manufacturing and other useful measures.

On Wednesday Campaign Finance Board Chairwoman Rose Gill Hearn said she could not comment on the ongoing probe but noted, «We have all seen a concerning increase in activity by organizations that face no limits on what they can raise and spend at the city and state level in recent yearOn Wednesday Campaign Finance Board Chairwoman Rose Gill Hearn said she could not comment on the ongoing probe but noted, «We have all seen a concerning increase in activity by organizations that face no limits on what they can raise and spend at the city and state level in recent yearon the ongoing probe but noted, «We have all seen a concerning increase in activity by organizations that face no limits on what they can raise and spend at the city and state level in recent yearon what they can raise and spend at the city and state level in recent years.

Cuomo appears to have given up on the state Legislature taking action to close the notorious LLC loophole, which allows wealthy donors to subvert campaign finance laws by creating multiple limited liability corporations that can each give more than $ 60,000 to a candidate's campaign.

Cuomo has often decried the Citizens United decision, which ushered in the era of the «super PAC» of unlimited political spending on the national level as constraining efforts in New York to limit the state's porous campaign finance laws.

Cuomo has been sympathetic to the push for a salary hike, but has said he wants lawmakers to take up sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform in the process, including the public financing of political campaigns and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

On campaign finance reform, Cuomo again this year said he wanted to close the LLC loophole, which allows limited liability companies to donate to campaigns under the same provisions to which individuals, providing virtually unlimited opportunities for entities to donate cash.

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.

In an open letter released on Tuesday, Gipson called for a special session to deal with ethics and campaign finance legislation, namely the closing of the loophole in state election that allows for unlimited donations to flow from a web of limited liability companies.

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If a good portion of the corruption comes from downstate Dems that is more reason for Flanagan to stand up for limits on outside income and meaningful campaign finance reform.

Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a package of ethics reform legislation that would cap outside income, strengthen disclosure requirements and close a loophole in campaign finance laws that guarantees unlimited contributions from limited liability corporations.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of As - Sahabah Limited, Mr Prince Osman Sahibi told the court that he uncovered the rot on the eve of this year's Eid al - Fitr festival on June 25, and upon questioning, the convict confessed using the money to finance the campaign of the NPP in the region.

The congressman said any campaign for governor he would mount would focus on combating Albany's corruption with term limits, campaign finance reform and independent redistricting.

Assembly Democrats on Friday evening released a package of ethics and campaign finance reform measures including limits to outside income, while holding out for negotiations for a constitutional amendment for pension forfeiture by public officials convicted of corruption.

On campaign finance: the LLC loophole, housekeeping, reducing the limits.

Democrats argue that the Supreme Court is changing the campaign - finance landscape in decisions like Citizens United and McCutcheon by striking down limits on corporate donations and expenditures, which they say gives Republicans the advantage.

Now, the sentencings of Silver and Skelos will put pressure on lawmakers to react legislatively, Johnston said, and there are measures that can help, from tightening conflict - of - interest laws to some campaign finance changes to limit what he calls some of the «legal corruption» of money influencing the outcome of policy decisions.

In addition, Schneiderman wants to limit the influence of large donors on campaigns by enacting public campaign financing and limiting contributions.

Both Malloy and Kennedy had pledged to abide by limits on campaign spending by the state's public campaign financing system.