Sentences with phrase «needed on campaign contributions»

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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.

In preparation for the launch of the Fair Elections for New York campaign, a series of events in Albany and across the state are being held to call attention to state legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions — further evidence of the need for a state public campaign finance system that relies on small donors and local money.

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 $ $ $.

The candidates selected will need to take a position on hard issues, like the five outlined at reform.to, which provide concrete plans to create a small donor system for campaign financing: matching citizen contributions and providing voters with vouchers.

The Senate GOP, which is based mostly upstate and on LI is sticking its nose into NYC schools / charters because it needs the campaign contributions of the charter billionaires, not because it wants to help anyone.

Horner said 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.

«You do what you need to do sometimes to get the ball rolling,» said Walz, who accepted at least $ 2,600 in campaign contributions from K12, its executives or its lobbyists since 2008, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics.

Although few were willing to speak on record then, many agreed that the only reason Belo Monte was built was because the PT government needed a big construction project by which the political party could pay back the big construction companies, like Odebrecht, for the huge sums in illegal electoral campaign contributions the firms had provided.

NAR also plans to maintain information on creative ways to make fund - raising campaigns successful, solicit feedback from fund - raising volunteers and staff to determine their information needs and analyze what influences people to make contributions, and provide hands - on technical fund - raising assistance to state and local associations.