Sentences with phrase «of dark money»

Promoting the «free speech» rights of dark money donors is another partisan political endeavor.

Through enhanced enforcement and increased penalties for political consultants who flout the law, this new legislation will root out bad actors and shine a spotlight on the sordid influence of dark money in politics.

Last year, openDemocracy's reporting on Banks's finances prompted Labour MP Ben Bradshaw to ask in parliament about «the role of dark money in the EU referendum» and the Electoral Commission is inquiring into the ultimate source of the # 8.4 million Banks ploughed into his Leave.EU campaign.

«Through enhanced enforcement and increased penalties for political consultants who flout the law, this new legislation will root out bad actors and shine a spotlight on the sordid influence of dark money in politics,» Cuomo said.

«This is legal,» Stump said of the dark money contributions.

The Chamber's deluge of dark money in congressional races should alarm all those concerned about the health of our democracy.

He also consulted with the government on the matter by sharing the intent of his bill and discussing various approaches to resolving the issue of dark money in Alberta politics.

This much is clear: The ability of dark money — and those in the top 1 % — to sway New York's elections and influence electoral outcomes must be changed.

This is likely the result of dark money in politics and the only political donations I am currently willing to give are to organizations like RootStrikers.

The supposed flood of dark money is all in their imaginations.

This rule, which is normal among polling agencies, means that the secretive CRC, which channelled nearly half a million pounds of dark money to the DUP to campaign for Brexit, would have been able to time the publication of this research in order to have maximum impact on the race to 10 Downing Street.

Under Northern Irish electoral law, the source of this dark money has remained secret but we do know that money came through the Constitutional Research Council, a shadowy group chaired by Richard Cook, a former vice chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

«Limit the influence of dark money campaign contributions and end government spending that takes place in the shadows» through measures such as closing the infamous LLC loophole.

As long as Republicans have anchor - store status in the mall of the dark money influencing elections, they will have a strong advantage unless Democrats are able to muster large turnouts that reflect widespread popular support.

A vibrant coalition of parents, educators, and students withstood a barrage of dark money and won.

In state after state, citizen groups have faced big money opposition and won, most recently in Colorado where a complex web of dark money groups and a passel of institutions funded by the Bradley Foundation attempted to capture school boards to advance vouchers at the local level and failed spectacularly.

The financial trail exposed raises questions about whether Trump fired FBI Director James Comey because the FBI's investigation of his campaign's collusion with Russia was encroaching into Trump's world of dark money and dubious business partners.

• Curtailing IRS oversight of dark money nonprofits active in elections, and repeal the prohibition on nonprofits engaging in political speech

Called the DISCLOSE Act, it seeks to reduce the torrent of dark money unleashed by the Citizens United v. FEC supreme court decision.

«We don't know where a lot of the money is coming from, but we do know that Donors Trust is just one example of the dark money flowing into this effort.»

And in any case, saying an advertisement was paid for by a specific page or individual verified by Facebook is not true transparency, though concerned citizens can trace the real roots of the dark money problem to decisions made by the government.

Commenting on this story, Duncan Hames, director of policy at Transparency International UK highlighted the role of dark money in the Brexit referendum.

Now Cuomo said the new law would help limit the «sordid influence of dark money» in campaigns.

Last year Ben Bradshaw MP, citing reporting by openDemocracy, told parliament that there was «widespread concern over foreign and particularly Russian interference in western democracies» and called for an inquiry into the role of dark money in the Brexit referendum.

While the level of outside expenditures in 2013 was also high, the CFB says that its disclosure requirements — which were recently tightened further — reduced the influence of dark money in the city elections.

But the role of dark money is growing.

Easier, too, to throw around vague, anti-Semitic tropes about George Soros than to come clean about where the Brexit campaign cash came from, after openDemocracy's reporting triggered questions in parliament about the role of dark money in the EU referendum — and the concerns about foreign and particularly Russian interference in western democracies.

«Has she seen the very worrying series of reports this week by openDemocracy, on the role of dark money in the EU referendum, including revelations of illegal donations to the DUP and new questions today over the real wealth of Arron Banks, the main financial backer of Leave?

«Exclusive: Major Climate Denial Funders Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund Handled $ 479 Million Of Dark Money,» DeSmogBlog, May 12, 2015.

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Opposition Labour Party lawmaker Ben Bradshaw last week urged the government and electoral officials to investigate reports of «the role of dark money in the EU referendum campaign.»