Sentences with phrase «on big donors»

If reform legislation can be passed that allows small donations to be matched with public funds, then candidates would become less dependent on big donors and more so on their constituents.

Another issue is that it's highly doubtful whether this would make the parties any less dependent on big donors.

The governor has mostly relied on big donors for his potential re-election campaign, with 44 percent of the $ 14 million raised coming from donors who have each contributed more than $ 44,000 since 2015.

«Unilateral moves like this risk being seen as overtly partisan, and could make it even harder for parties to get round the table and thrash out a deal on the real problem: their over-reliance on big donors» money.

«By removing public money from the mix, this cut risks making parties even more reliant on big donors — with all the potential for corruption that entails.

He threatened to drop One Ton Prop on our biggest donor otherwise — and to seal any witnesses in a Torqued Ellipse.

I may have questions about the focus on big donors — too often at the expense of deeper analysis — in the opening exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which opens to the public May 14.

Romney, Perry, Gingrich and their colleagues are really just starting to campaign, and they're still mostly relying on big donors and a media - focused strategy.

We also need a cap on political donations, as this would end the reliance political parties have on big donors and force them to engage more with the general public.»