Democrats, who are the minority party in the Senate, pressed for a bill that would place
limits on campaign donations from limited liability corporations.
Cuomo has sought restrictions on lawmakers» outside incomes and term limits, limits
on campaign donations from those involved in the state contracting process and more review of potential conflicts of interest involving the outside incomes of lawmakers and the executive.
Dadey filed a complaint with elections board four days before the November 2011 elections, following the publication of an article in The Post-Standard that reported
on campaign donations made by Miner's political action committee, Promise PAC.
(As the Globe and Mail notes, the threat might be symbolic, since Massachusetts has rather strict
limits on campaign donations and Markey was the Democratic front - runner anyway.
However, if elected officials had to recuse themselves
based on campaign donations, there would not be a state or national elected official who could ever vote on anything.»
He won't bar officers of political parties from holding town jobs, set limits
on campaign donations or end the involvement of employees in selling tickets to fundraisers or making donations, expected tithes in a town that anchors Nassau County's GOP machine.
State Comptroller DiNapoli self - imposes some limits
on campaign donations.
Most of the commission's recommendations have long been on the wish lists of good - government groups: lower limits
on campaign donations, further disclosure of outside income and business clients, a $ 5,000 limit on LLCs, to reduce their power to amplify individuals» donating power, a $ 25,000 limit on donations to soft - money «housekeeping» accounts and, perhaps most controversially, the public campaign finance system.
The state's notoriously high limits
on campaign donations should be drastically reduced, he said, and rules about people with business before the state donating to campaigns should be tightened.
The reform bills backed by Maffei face powerful national opponents, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who say limits
on campaign donations would violate their right to take part in the political process.
The proposed reform includes a $ 2,600 limit
on campaign donations, the elimination of unregulated «housekeeping» accounts, a public matching option up to 6X and a repeal of the Wilson - Pakula Act, which allows the selection of candidates across party lines by the party's chairman.