Sentences with phrase «million in campaign contributions»

Inc., the United Supreme Court required a West Virginia Supreme Court Justice's recusal where that Justice had received $ 3 million in campaign contributions from Massey Coal's CEO and then ruled favorably for Massey Coal in overturning a $ 50 million damage award against the company.

Trouble was, Benjamin had received $ 3 million in campaign contributions from Massey, raising questions of judicial bias.

They also plied federal candidates with more than $ 300 million in campaign contributions and spent more than $ 105 million on lobbying, according to Federal Election Commission data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Exxon has also given $ 1.8 million in campaign contributions since 2007 to more than 100 members of Congress who deny climate change, such as Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.

From 2007 to 2013, corn ethanol interests spent $ 158 million lobbying for more mandates and subsidies — and $ 6 million in campaign contributions — for a fuel that reduces mileage, damages engines, requires enormous amounts of land, water and fertilizer, and from stalk to tailpipe emits more carbon dioxide than gasoline.

In late August — her campaign more than $ 1 million in campaign contributions behind her opponent, Tony Bennett — Democratic state superintendent candidate Glenda Ritz made a prediction.

Nick is not telling the truth, his campaign had over $ 1 million in campaign contributions from the CCSA (California Charter School Association), he is expected to «perform.»

Three school board seat races generated $ 6.7 million in campaign contributions, much of it from charter school advocates and labor groups.

As of the most recent filing period ending on Jan. 11, the New York City comptroller has collected $ 1.37 million in campaign contributions for his 2017 re-election bid — more than de Blasio's haul of $ 1.13 million — public records show.

According to state campaign finance records posted Monday evening, the Democratic State Central Committee of CA accepted a total of $ 1.59 million in campaign contributions on Sept. 19 — with the overwhelming majority of those funds coming from the state's powerful labor unions, representing teachers, firefighters, engineers and nurses.

This cut into the time in which Rob Astorino could play the populist and accuse him of doling out «massive corporate welfare» that came back to him in the form of $ 45 million in campaign contributions, and assert that Preet Bharara would soon present him with a pair of custom - made handcuffs.

The Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York plans to release a report today detailing more than $ 6.3 million in lobbying and $ 14.6 million in campaign contributions by New York's major trial lawyer groups and individual attorneys and firms.

In the past week, the CA GOP has received $ 2.1 million in campaign contributions, according to state campaign finance records, published at ElectionTrack.com.

According to state campaign finance records posted Monday evening, the Democratic State Central Committee of CA accepted a total of $ 1.59 million in campaign contributions on Friday, the overwhelming majority of those funds came from the state's labor unions.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo has received about $ 9.4 million in campaign contributions this year.

For years, this little - known Long Island - based firm has reaped influence in Albany, quietly donating more than $ 10 million in campaign contributions, and in return benefiting from construction tax perks that critics charge help the company's bottom line far more than house the poor.

In 2012, when Gillibrand ran for re-election the first time, she received more than $ 15.4 million in campaign contributions, which was also far above that year's average fundraising total of $ 3.1 million.

So far this year, Cuomo has received about $ 9.4 million in campaign contributions, according to the New York State Board of Elections.

The casino industry's approach to working with state government is already evident by the $ 20 million in campaign contributions they gave to NY State politicians over the last two years and the $ 2.6 million contribution they gave to pro-Cuomo committees.

Government filings also suggest there will be testimony on matters ranging from lobbying on big - ticket items like rent regulation and real estate tax abatements, to Silver's killing of a Manhattan drug treatment clinic and $ 10 million in campaign contributions from New Hyde Park - based Glenwood Management, one of the real estate developers he allegedly shook down.

At the heart of the Silver and Skelos scandals were a network of limited liability companies — LLCs for short — that admitted to funneling $ 10 million in campaign contributions, with a cool $ 1 million to the governor himself.

Hillary Clinton dropped by the resort island of Martha's Vineyard over the weekend to pick up more than $ 1 million in campaign contributions during an elegant party at the summer home of one of her most devoted supporters.

In the 2014 election cycle, according to Politico New York, members of REBNY gave $ 21.7 million in campaign contributions to state - level candidates and political parties.

Fat - cat contributors exploited New York's porous election law to shovel $ 28 million in campaign contributions to statewide candidates and to political parties last year, according to a report released Tuesday.

In his quest to keep two feet firmly planted in Albany after 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised $ 5.1 million in campaign contributions between January...

The press needs to focus on who has given Cuomo the $ 24 million in campaign contributions, and since he had the governor's race all but won four months ago, what he plans to do with that $ $ $.

Since taking office, Katko has relied on PACs for a little more than $ 1 million in campaign contributions out of a total of about $ 1.8 million, according to Federal Election Commission records.

In his quest to keep two feet firmly planted in Albany after 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised $ 5.1 million in campaign contributions between January and July, including at least $ 595,000 from active New York City real estate developers and executives.

De Blasio holds a commanding lead against his primary challengers — he has raised about $ 4.8 million in campaign contributions compared to leading opponent Albanese, who has raised about $ 175,000.

ALBANY — Members of the Real Estate Board of New York and their firms gave $ 21.7 million in campaign contributions to state - level elections in the last cycle, accounting for more than 10 percent of the money that entered the campaign finance system.

As a result of the moves, Bill Stanley challenged incumbent Roscoe Reynolds (D) in Senate District 20, a contentious race that was expected to draw millions in campaign contributions.

Not exact matches

Chevron gave $ 1 million in 2013, according to OpenSecrets, a website that compiles federal campaign contributions and lobbying data.

United States officials had been shaken by tape recordings in which people identified as leaders of the Cali cartel were heard discussing contributions of millions of dollars to Mr. Samper's presidential campaign.

Her campaign raised $ 52 million while his brought in $ 37 million for the month, including a $ 2 million contribution from Trump himself.

He donated $ 3 million last month to the University of Texas where he played and matched Colin Kaepernick's $ 10,000 in the quarterback's «10 for 10» campaign, Durant's contributions helping a local organization doing community - based justice work.

According to Wikipedia, the forerunner to the CCF was called the «Guest Choice Network» and was formed «to unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend their consumers and marketing programs against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat, etc. activists...» It was funded by $ 2.95 million from, you guessed it, Phillip Morris, along with contributions from an unholy alliance of slot machine manufacturers, beer companies, meat processors and cigar makers.

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.

The ad calls Carl Paladino «a landlord and developer» who traded $ 452,000 worth of campaign contributions for sweetheart inside deals in the form of a $ 1.4 million Empire Zone tax break for which he created only one job.

In return the charter schools have showered millions of dollars of campaign contributions on these senators.

Allies of the mayor are under investigation in part for channeling millions of dollars in campaign donations to county committees, which allowed them to seemingly avoid contribution limits when those dollars wound up in the coffers of individual candidates.

«Additionally, it is an outrage that Senate Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Senator Michael Gianaris is refusing to return almost half a million dollars in dirty campaign contributions from Senator Kruger to the coCampaign Committee Chairman Senator Michael Gianaris is refusing to return almost half a million dollars in dirty campaign contributions from Senator Kruger to the cocampaign contributions from Senator Kruger to the committee.

The US Attorney's Office in Manhattan has launched a probe into an upstate health care company that received over $ 25 million in state grants after making significant campaign contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan is investigating Crystal Run Healthcare, a Hudson Valley company that received an extraordinary $ 25.4 million in state grants following a series of campaign contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

It rejected the suggestion that savings made from Britain's budgetary contribution to the EU - made famous by the # 350 million pledge on the Leave campaign bus - would compensate for the reduction in income from leaving the trading block.

«Because regular people don't give millions of dollars in campaign contributions.»

Policy agendas for important issues like the 421a tax abatement and New York City rent laws are being set by publicly elected leaders who have become dependent on the real estate industry's onslaught of millions of dollars in campaign contributions.

Sanders» campaign said Monday it raised more than $ 42 million in February, with more than 1.4 million contributions averaging $ 30 a piece.

That second account has $ 1.76 million in it, but because there are higher contributions limits in that statewide account most of it could not be used for a Senate campaign.

Since 2007 and up until July of last year, pro-fracking businesses, trade organizations, and unions spent $ 15.4 million on campaign contributions to state lawmakers, who are set to determine the fate of the practice in New York.

Governor Cuomo has received $ 47 million in direct campaign contributions between December 31, 2010 and November 30, 2014.