Sentences with phrase «of political money»

Scott, the Republican governor who can't seek re-election because of term limits, is widely expected to challenge the Democratic senator, in what would be an extravaganza of political money, advertising and negative attacks.

As a result, they have become a honey pot of political money for candidates.

Some good - government critics say the fact that the governor has raised $ 33 million for his re-election proves he's an enemy of ridding the system of political money, but this is unfair.

To combat corruption, both candidates favor term limits for elected officials and curbing the influence of political money.

«It is bad enough that the flow of political money into American campaigns grows bigger by the year — the 2012 elections were the costliest ever.

Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY, noted that «Hydraulic fracturing has been one of the most polarizing issues in recent history, with no shortage of political money invested by pro-fracking interests to achieve a favorable outcome... New York State needs comprehensive campaign finance and lobbying reform to assure New Yorkers that public policy is based on their interest, not the special interests.»

But there's a reason that the vast majority of political money spent in 2006 will be spent on television advertising — it's the mass persuasion tool par excellence.

Not exact matches

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will no longer accept money from political action committees linked with corporations for her reelection campaign, she announced on Tuesday, citing the «corrosive» effect of corporate money in politics.

The provocative 33 - year - old former editor of alt - right media website Breitbart News has turned railing against feminism, Islam, social justice and political correctness into a money - spinning show, sparking protests along the way.

The Republican Party's fast journey from debating how to combat human - caused climate change to arguing that it does not exist is a story of big political money, Democratic hubris in the Obama years and a partisan chasm that grew over nine years like a crack in the Antarctic shelf, favouring extreme positions and uncompromising rhetoric over co-operation and conciliation.

Republicans are taking mixed approaches to money they received from Steve Wynn following a report detailing allegations of sexual misconduct against the Las Vegas casino mogul and political donor.

Questions about where Mr. Low and the prime minister's stepson — a movie producer behind films including «The Wolf of Wall Street» — obtained money for the United States properties have helped fuel political unrest in Malaysia, where several political leaders in the opposition and in Mr. Najib's own party have called for the prime minister to step down.

Other political money flows through trade associations in the U.S. such as the American Chamber of Commerce, which has already spent more than $ 21 million in campaign advertising this year, including $ 1.5 million on ads accusing Democratic Senator Mark Udall of driving up energy costs, largely in response to his refusal to support Republican demands for immediate approval of the Keystone pipeline.

Today, BRIC funds are an investment mainstay, with money managers targeting the BRIC countries as the nexus of a new economic and political power centre.

A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

But will they want to make any changes to the political viewpoints or targeting of the network that makes them so much money?

However, as the 2015 political imbroglio increased drug price uncertainty, investors pulled money broadly out of health care.

To claim so would be to ignore longer - term trends, including extreme gerrymandering and the rise of political dark money that make elected officials more likely to appeal to extremes.

The real shocker is that psychopaths have a high rate of «success,» at least in terms of garnering popularity, making lots of money, and advancing to high positions in companies and political circles.

Most of the money spent in its first year went directly to political ads or grants to other groups.

The indictment says Manafort and Gates received the money by acting as unregistered agents of the pro-Russia government of Ukraine and its political parties and leaders.

Federal Election Commission records show that these groups, as well as five other grant recipients of Crossroads GPS, spent money on political ads, directly or indirectly, in the 2010 election cycle.

The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010 allowed for unlimited political spending by corporations, but Justice Anthony Kennedy expressed his strong support for public disclosure of the money spent.

«The issue of me running for political office frequently comes up because I am constantly touring around, giving speeches and raising money for the party,» he said in a statement.

While corporations are prohibited from contributing to federal political campaigns, in 2013 46 of the top 60 TSX companies still gave money to candidates at the provincial level (where in many cases corporate donations are still allowed).

President Obama has long lamented the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision for allowing a torrent of unregulated money to flood the political process (specifically, he's called the ruling a «threat to democracy»).

The money paying for the political ads could be going into the pockets of the bad actors behind the videos, the group says.

The trouble is a vast amount of the recipients of DonorsTrust dark money are, by their very nature, political.

That means we could see more money for entrepreneurs working in the political world, and a whole new set of customer problems that savvy entrepreneurs might race to remedy.

Tracing international flows of money could help reveal political crimes, expose acts of genocide and monitor whether sanctions are being respected.

Extremely wealthy people — enabled by a series of key Supreme Court decisions as recently as yesterday — want to be able to spend gargantuan amounts of money in the political process and remain essentially private persons who don't get knocked around or criticized like everyone else in the political arena.

In some ways, this lines up with something I noted in my «Brittle Grip» series of posts: growing calls from the extremely rich to not only be able to use their money without limit to shape the political process but to do so anonymously to avoid being «intimidated» or «vilified».

A version of this article appears in print on July 22, 2012, on Page MM14 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: How Did Political Money Get This Loud?.

Then it added insult to injury by handing half a billion dollars of our money to the U.S. Coalition on Fair Lumber Imports — the ultra-protectionists who launched the lumber fight — and another half billion to George Bush for use as a political slush fund.

President Trump tried to contain the legal and political fallout from his attorney Rudy Giuliani's revelations that Trump paid hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels, which the president had previously denied, by posting a series of tweets early Thursday.

So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that might actually pay for itself through higher productivity and higher income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

Raising unprecedented amounts of money to outspend competitors, hiring key political PR experts to throw dirt on the taxi industry, and eventually ditching drivers to use self - driving cars.

When it was all over, the tally of alleged wrongdoing cited here today, assigned to one party or another, included unpaid taxes (NDP), abusing election laws (Conservatives), improperly taking money from charities (Liberals), improperly claimed expenses (Liberals), illegal campaign debts (Liberals), illegal political donations (NDP), flouting Hill security (NDP), a potentially illegal cheque (Conservatives), secrecy (Conservatives) and sabotaging the committee to select the parliamentary budget officer (Conservatives).

So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that could pay for itself through higher productivity and earned income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

«To raise money successfully,» said the senator, «a political party must appeal to Canadians of ordinary means... The Conservative party's fundraising success is built not on the depth of our donors» pockets but on the breadth of our donor base and that is what the other parties do not understand and why they are lagging behind.»

«All political parties,» said the senator, who has been fundraising since the days of Diefenbaker, «require money to operate.»

That idea was traumatized by Marxism pushing classical political economy to its logical conclusion — to free capitalism from the carry - overs of the feudal epoch of landlordism, predatory finance and the monopolies that money - lenders obtained from governments.

Had Trump taken the measures suggested repeatedly by ethics experts on both sides of the political aisle, he would by now have put his assets in what's called a blind trust, which would entail turning over his empire to a third party with whom he will have no contact, who would sell off the properties and reinvest the resulting money in other assets without providing the president any information about the sales or the purchases.

With the nation's political future still uncertain, vacation homebuyers are leery of the economy to put money down on a discretionary purchase.

Every tech company has increased political spending over the last few years, and the amount of tech money circulating in D.C. will skyrocket now that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been hauled before Congress to answer questions about the myriad ways in which his company is harming America and the world.

Having enough money to manage retirement and unexpected medical costs are key concerns shared by more than half (56 % and 52 % respectively) of investors, and two - thirds (69 %) are concerned about how the political climate will affect their finances.

The well - funded dairy lobby spends a great deal of money (an estimated $ 80 to $ 100 million each year — ironically paid for by the higher prices consumers pay), persuading federal and provincial politicians that supply management «protects the family farm,» «ensures food security» and that, because these farmers are so numerous, doing anything to upset them would be political suicide.

Some would say, of course, that O'Leary's religion is money; that he appeals to the worst aspect of human nature, greed, and that this in itself disqualifies him from participating in Canadian political life.

The term «dark money» is often applied to this category of political spender because these groups do not have to disclose the sources of their funding — though a minority do disclose some or all of their donors, by choice or in response to specific circumstances.

Faced with a political climate unlikely to prioritize election reform, cities might lead the way in breaking the grip of rich donors and dark money in national campaigns.