Sentences with phrase «of public finance system»

We are also implementing a major reform of public finance system, emphasizing integrity and fiscal prudence.

Campaign finance reform advocates kicked off a mailing campaign this week, targeting specific districts as they ratchet up their efforts in support of a public financing system.

Critics of the current Democratic plan say if the FEC approves the proposed Malloy mailing, the original promise of the public financing system will be broken.

Amid the ruins of the public financing system, Roemer's FEC report reads like a relic from some quaint past.

The compromise version of the public financing system is opposed by advocates and good - government organizations who had hoped for a broader, statewide version of the program.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

Critics of the current Democratic plan say that if the FEC approves the proposed Malloy mailing, the original promise of the public financing system will be broken.

Now critics are saying that the Democrats» pro-Malloy mailings will undo the original promise of the public financing system — because the special - interest money will flow into the state campaign through the party's «federal account» even as taxpayers continue to pay for campaigns that were supposed to be kept «clean» of contractors» money.

But it shows that the promise of a public financing system can entice candidates — even those from political parties which have for decades opposed the idea on ideological grounds — to participate.

Schneiderman has said he will make fighting corruption a top priority for his office and backs the creation of a public financing system for state races.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - In a trial run of a public financing system meant to encourage ordinary citizens to make small donations, the Buffalo millionaire Carl Paladino's development companies gave up to the $ 175 limit to Bob Antonacci's Republican state comptroller campaign - 46 times.

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In particular, a variety of attributes make Canada an attractive investment destination, including our sound public finances, resilient financial system, and credible monetary policy.

If you're the kind of person whose only financial education has come from the limited curriculum of our public education system, this book can really change the way you think about finances.

To replace the Treasury conducting its fiscal operations independently from the banking system, New York banks urged more power over public finances and to establish the Federal Reserve to increase the supply of money (a more «elastic» issue) in response to banking needs.

Opening Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration — The Australian Payments System

Where there are public retirement systems, workers are asked to replace them by a pension fund mechanism that subjects their own employers to the sole imperatives of immediate profitability, extends the sphere of influence of finance, and persuades citizens of the obsolescence of institutions of solidarity between nations, peoples, and generations.

As for the end result of all of that enthusiasm, we already know the story: online fundraising allowed Barack Obama to opt out of the public campaign financing system and outspend John McCain by hundreds of millions of dollars in the general election.

As you'll recall, two Super PACs pushing to reduce the power of money in politics by establishing a public campaign finance system (ironically) spent big money on her behalf — $ 500,000 to be exact.

But Silver reiterated that a Democratic - run Senate would help him achieve some of his own legislative goals, including an increase to the state's minimum wage and a public financing system of campaigns.

The event has drawn the ire of campaign finance reform advocates, who have dubbed Grisanti an «enemy of reform» (props to the late Ed Koch are necessary here) for refusing to break with his fellow Republicans in their collective «no» vote on the hostile amendment offered by the Democrats that would have created a public campaign finance system.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

Former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, half of the McCain - Feingold sponsorship duo, calls in a DN OpEd for Cuomo to «lead the charge» against Citizens United by enacting a state - based public campaign finance system.

At the moment there is little hope that Congress will enact a Federal law that provides a voluntary system of public financing.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014 backed a public financing system for the comptroller's race that year, intended as a pilot program of sorts.

Word spread Friday evening of a potential deal that could have also included ethics - related measures such as more oversight of procurement procedures — a discussion sparked by the latest public corruption scandal that reached into the governor's inner circle — and a public financing system for judicial campaigns.

The email from Forward NY — a collection of labor groups and advocacy organizations opposed to Spitzer's candidacy — criticizes Spitzer for not participating in the public financing system in New York City and «jetting around» to various talk shows on cable and network TV.

Senate Republicans in the past year have blocked a public financing measure that was introduced by Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, saying a taxpayer - funded system is too expensive and a poor use of resources.

With all the talk of Gov. Andrew Cuomo potentially pushing to reunify the IDC and so - called «regular» Democrats as payback for the Republicans» refusal to support a statewide public campaign finance system, I thought it would be worth checking it with the lone Democrat who is actually conferencing with the GOP: Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder.

He also backs a public financing system for campaigns, but wrote in his accompanying policy book for the State of the State that the money would come from a non-taxpayer source.

«There's no way that you have a system such as ours that has consistently thrive on corruption and proceeds of corruption and public financing in particular, that will give up and say guys, the problem has been solved.

Senate Democrats today renewed their effort to pass a form of overhauling the state's campaign - finance laws by introducing a measure by Sen. Eric Adams that would create an public financing system.

But the governor, in making a refocused pitch for overhauling campaign finance laws with a system of public financing with matching dollars, told reporters earlier today in New York City he finds the process of raising money as it is now deeply unpleasant.

The Brennan Center studied the impact of public financing in the New York City system and found that nearly 90 percent of the city's census block groups had at least one person who gave $ 175 or less to a city council candidate in 2009.

In a memorandum being circulated this morning, good - government advocates call Speaker Sheldon Silver's measure to create a public financing system for political campaigns «a good first step forward» but then pick apart some of the wider loopholes in the legislation.

Fair Elections for New York, one of the groups pushing for establishment of a public campaign finance system, is hosting a free screening tonight of «Pricele $ $,» a documentary that looks at the pervasive nature of political cash and its power in shaping policy at the national level.

The Brennan Center for Justice released a study this morning pointing to the racial and economic diversity of political donors in a public financing system.

Cuomo, too, has talked about the importance of limiting big donors» access to government by limiting political contributions and creating a public campaign finance system — although he has yet to formally propose any legislation to accomplish that.

Connecticut has a public campaign finance system that requires a certain percentage of locally - raised money in order to qualify for matching funds.

In other words, Obama's decision to opt out of the public campaign financing system was THE decisive moment of the campaign, and his immense treasury the atomic bomb of this political war.

DiNapoli, a public financing supporter who had initially recommended a pilot program for the comptroller's race, had blasted the system approved by Cuomo and the Legislature for being developed in the middle of the election cycle.

It was announced today that Kerrey, the former president of the New School in New York City, had signed on to the effort to tighten campaign finance laws by introducing a voluntary public matching system similar to New York City and lower contribution limits.

It's argument Cuomo has made before, often in the context of creating a statewide public financing system for elections.

The Assembly's version of the budget established a system of public financing, but did little else.

The report, «By the People: The New York City Campaign Finance Program in the 2013 Elections,» shows, among other things, that: the number of candidates participating in the public - funding system in 2013 remained high; more than two - thirds of all New York City contributors gave $ 175 or less; and more than 90 percent of the total raised came from individual contributors, rather than from PACs or unions.

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

Former State Congressman Mike Arcuri expressed his strong support this week for a state system of public campaign financing.

Thursday's filings lay bare those donations and other jaw - dropping financial details of the first modern presidential campaign in which donors could give unlimited contributions for political ads and in which both major party candidates declined to participate in a Watergate - era public financing system designed to limit fundraising.

Silver champions fair elections Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chairman Michael Cusick have introduced legislation to bring fair elections to New York by reforming the state's antiquated campaign finance laws and creating a public financing system for all state offices, shifting the focus of elections to the substance of the issues and -LSB-...]

It's just adds some public financing as a cover for the same old system of legalized bribery.