Sentences with phrase «of federal election»

Federal law limits the amounts of federal election - related contributions that an individual may contribute during a two - year election cycle.

[122] Because of the federal election in August 2010, this Bill lapsed on 28 September 2010.

A Washington Post examination of Federal Election Commission data, however, indicates that as far as donations go, Rubio has received only $ 4,950 from the NRA in his career, and returned a further $ 9,900.

Polis was one of the first to take advantage of a Federal Election Commission ruling that political candidates can now accept donations in bitcoin and has «Now Accepting Bitcoin!»

There is mounting speculation that a Liberal - NDP coalition government could be the outcome of the federal election.

The government seeks to table new copyright legislation, after Bill C - 61 to amend the Copyright Act, tabled in 2008, died due to the calling of a federal election.

«For all these reasons, and to prevent future prime ministers from call unfair snap elections, Democracy Watch has applied to the Federal Court for a ruling that Prime Minister Harper's calling of the federal election in September 2008 was a violation of the fixed election date law and Canadians» rights under the Charter,» said Conacher.

The nominee, Matthew Spencer Petersen, is a former Wiley Rein associate and a current member of the Federal Election Commission.

The FoS website as of December 21, 2005, in the middle of the federal election campaign, features the headline «Who needs scientists, when you've got celebrities!!!»

As political arguments both on the podiums and in homes fire up in the United States ahead of the federal election, The Wall Street Journal has released the first full trailer for the upcoming independently produced and pro-Objectivism feature...

Australia will not know the result of its federal election for days as counting in tight seats continues.

A review of its Federal Election Commission filing shows that many of its donations have come from ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising site, as well as from repeat individual donors writing multiple small - dollar checks.

In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Kennedy pushed campaign finance reform; he was a leading force behind passage of the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, which set contribution limits and established public financing for presidential elections.

Instead, the Board decided to follow the lead of the Federal Election Commission and treat LLCs as individuals for the purposes of campaign contribution limits.

Interest groups on both sides have reported spending $ 29.7 million on congressional races so far this election cycle, according to a Washington Post analysis of Federal Election Commission reports.

«LEANING IN, POLITICS EDITION» — Daily News Edit Board: «In a unanimous vote of the Federal Election Commission, Liuba Grechen Shirley, running for Congress on Long Island — mom to a 2 - year - old and a 3 - year - old — won the okay to use campaign funds for child - care expenses necessary as she runs for office.

Ann Ravel, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission, submitted her resignation letter to Trump yesterday with a plea to embrace campaign finance reform.

Farrell wrote in the letter to the FEC, dated Wednesday, that it «appears that the following potential violations of federal election laws may have occurred: Mr. Greenberg is not paying fair market value for his campaign office's rent and has failed to report this as an in - kind contribution, nor has he reported payment for his office rent as an obligation of the [campaign] committee.»

Ann Ravel, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission, submitted her resignation letter to President Donald Trump on Sunday with a plea to embrace campaign finance reform.

Analysis of Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings shows Cruz's campaign has paid Cambridge Analytica at least $ 750,000 this year.

The United States Attorneys for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York have set up special telephone numbers to receive complaints of possible violations of federal election laws relating to the upcoming general elections in New York City and other counties in their districts.

But Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission appointed by President George H.W. Bush, told us he doesn't agree.

While most violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act's disclosure provisions are misdemeanors, a knowing and willful violation could be a felony.

But in the view of Ryan, Noble and Potter, that is very likely a violation of federal election law.

We're in the midst of a federal election campaign.

On the final Sunday of the federal election campaign, Mr. Trudeau spoke to an energetic crowd of more than 2,000 supporters in the Edmonton - Mill Woods riding, home of now elected Liberal MP Amarjeet Sohi.

Looking further into the year, the September FAD only has a communique (and will be in the middle of the federal election campaign) while the October FAD is arguably too late to respond to weaker economic growth through the middle of the year.

This is the world that awaits the winner of the federal election next week.

«This is a frivolous and blatant, politically - motivated complaint that makes a mockery of the Federal Election Commission process,» the Tillis campaign said in a statement, adding it «never employed foreign workers or improperly coordinated with outside groups.»

We're in the last week of a federal election campaign, and every party wants you to believe they're there for the hardworking families of a middle class under enormous pressure.

According to Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission who also appeared on 60 Minutes, the money may very well constitute «a coordinated, illegal, «in - kind» contribution by Cohen for the purpose of influencing the election.»

That would appear to make Cohen's payments an excessive contribution to Trump's campaign, as well as an unreported campaign expenditure, both violations of federal election law.

There's already a complaint in front of the Federal Election Commission.

NewsWise will roll out to Ontario classrooms this spring and will arrive nationally sometime next year ahead of the federal election.

-- Toward the end of the Federal election campaign, gas prices proved a final sticking point.

If it sounds like Edwards still needed to apply FEC rules and limits, consider this: Scott Thomas, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission testified that he did not consider that the payments would have come under his agency's auspices — in part because they were not used directly for the campaign and did not free up any of Edwards» own money to be spent on the campaign.

On Wednesday, claims and countercharges had flown across the chamber over an acrimonious rewrite of federal elections law.

Thanks to a MapLight analysis of Federal Elections Commission data, we can see the Senate races that these...

A search of Federal Elections Commission filings found that Related Chairman Stephen Ross, also the owner of the Miami Dolphins, has predominantly donated to Republican candidates and causes at the federal level.

Thanks to a MapLight analysis of Federal Elections Commission data, we can see the Senate races that these «dark» organizations emphasized in 2012.

Don Boyajian, a municipal and environmental attorney in Saratoga County, raised $ 208,000 ahead of the Federal Elections Commission's third quarter deadline on Sept. 30, a haul the first - time candidate's campaign says makes him the frontrunner for the nomination.

The same amount could also be invested in 2003 and 2004, depending on BMBF?s overall budget and the outcome of the federal elections on 22 September.

In the latest round of federal elections, the governing Labor Party promised to implement power plant emissions standards and carbon capture requirements for new coal - burning generators.

In the case of federal elections, the placement of signs is regulated by the Canada Elections Act.

Not exact matches

At the time of his termination, Comey had been leading a federal investigation into whether the president's campaign advisors had colluded with Moscow in order to influence last year's election.

Though Canada's next federal election is still two and a half years away, it's likely to coincide with the climax of Canada-U.S. trade re-negotiations

In the absence of any official statement, pundits contemplated a range of theories on the Potash rejection — that Ottawa regarded potash (a crucial fertilizer ingredient) as a strategic asset, that it had adopted a sudden aversion to foreign intrusion on major natural resource companies, or perhaps simply that Harper's Tories sought to improve their chances in the then - upcoming federal election.

Mark Cuban speculated Tuesday about the scope of Donald Trump's wealth, after the Federal Election Commission released a dismal campaign - finance report from the presumptive Republican nominee.

The upcoming State and Federal elections are adding to the lowest levels of IPO activity seen in years, according to business and financial advisors HLB Mann Judd.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off the 2015 Federal Election on Sunday morning, framing the campaign to come as a choice about the fiscal stewardship of Canada's government and economy overall.