Sentences with phrase «of wealthy special interests»
Our analysis underscores how unlimited campaign contributions - as limited liability companies effectively have no limits - warp our elections and result in important policy decisions being driven by the demands of wealthy special interests.
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Engaging more small donors and making legislators more dependent on their constituents, rather than a few wealthy special interests, offers an added layer of defense against corruption.
Enact Public Campaign Financing: In order to free state government from control by wealthy special interests and pay - to - play corruption, election and ethics reform must include full public financing of state elections on the model used by Arizona and Maine.
It is no surprise then that «elected officials are encouraged to spend their time with the wealthy and the well - connected, and cater to the special interests of very few, instead of the constituents who put them in office.»
It doesn't get at the root of corruption in the money that wealthy individuals and special interests shower on elected officials in the form of campaign contributions and outside salaries.
It includes the legalized bribery of the implicit quid pro quo that exists when wealthy individuals and special interests pay for the campaigns and extra incomes of elected officials.
«Wealthy special interest groups spending millions in an effort to promote taxpayer funded political campaigns is the height of hypocrisy,» said the group's executive, Brian Sampson.
The carriage horse deal underlined the transactional side of a mayor who says he is on a mission to liberalize New York City, even as his efforts are propelled in part by wealthy contributors tied to special interests.
«We shouldn't limit debates to the candidates of the wealthy and special interests,» Hawkins said.
Significantly limiting campaign contributions to limit the influence of special interests and the wealthy
A Clinton aide said the plan was a «a key plank of Clinton's plan to challenge the stranglehold that wealthy interests have over our political system» and would allow «Americans to establish common sense rules to protect against the undue influence of billionaires and special interests and to restore the role of average voters in elections.»
«The gambling deal is a boon for certain wealthy special interests and of dubious value to the public,» Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, said in a statement on the organization's website at the time.
In particular, Caproni criticized Bharara's characterization of Albany — «politicians are supposed to be on the people's payroll, not on secret retainer to wealthy special interests they do favors for» — saying that it could be considered «a commentary on the character or guilt of the defendant.»
Now Katko is reaping the same benefits of incumbency that he once criticized, taking advantage of a campaign finance system where wealthy special - interest groups line up to donate millions of dollars to influence members of Congress.
«This leaves wealthy donors, political institutions, PACs and special interests, which after decades of the male - dominated structure, few women have the same connections to, and even fewer women of color.»
That's sounds interesting, but connecting that wealthy special someone and making your dream a reality isn't a piece of cake.
One day their special abilities catches the eye of a man named Lucas (Pleasance, You Only Live Twice), who works for a wealthy and powerful millionaire, Aristotle Bolt (Milland, Frogs), who is keenly interested in magic and psychic powers.
Yes, it's difficult to stand up to powerful and wealthy special interests, but across the country there are mayors and superintendents showing precisely this type of courage.
An interesting observation in Texas is that some of the state's wealthy districts had originally proposed that money did not make much difference but later complained that limited funding did not enable them to provide an adequate level of education for their students, especially their special needs students.
The original concept, which passed following the conviction of Governor John Rowland in 2005, was that in return for a multi-million dollar campaign donation from the public, candidates would agree to forgo private funds raised from state contractors, lobbyists, political action committees, the wealthy and other special interest.
The poor are suffering disproportionately across the country from the vicious dog epidemic, (whether its is from attacks, or limits to their civil rights and ability to use their yards or walk down the street) because authorities being manipulated by special interests feel they can get away with trampling the rights of the poor on behalf of the interests of the wealthy.
«Electoral intervention is not supposed to be a non-profit's main activity, but these dark money groups are abusing their tax - exempt status by existing primarily as vehicles for corporations and wealthy donors to secretly influence elections,» Fischer noted, adding, «Some dark money non-profits might now use lobbying as an accounting trick to balance their books between electoral and non-electoral spending, leading to a spiraling cycle of non-stop campaigning and special interest influence, but with zero transparency or public accountability.»
These groups, in combination with the mainstream media, crony - billionaires, wealthy celebrities, and lobbing special interests, have proven to be the voices of extremism that caused Americans to finally say: ENOUGH!