Sentences with phrase «on campaign finance reform»

This is part of the larger debate on campaign finance reform and the role which money may play in politics.

Good government advocates are rejecting the idea of a constitutional amendment on campaign finance reform, or even a limited pilot project on public financing.

The vote has attracted the attention of observers nationwide, who say this could be the most important breakthrough on campaign finance reform the country has seen in years.

The two factions could not agree on campaign finance reforms, or a portion of a women's equality act that includes abortion rights.

Digi, a 43 - year - old Tompkinsville resident, said that he would focus on campaign finance reform in the state Legislature.

Senator Warren Prods New York to Pass Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Last week, at St. Peter's Church in New York City, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave rousing speeches touching on campaign finance reform.

Shortly after introducing his own bill on campaign finance reform, Governor Cuomo asked the Senate leadership to bring Fair Elections legislation to the floor for full consideration.

This issue is especially apposite, since disagreement over trade union funding was one of the issues which led to the collapse of the last round of talks on campaign finance reform.

Recent bribery scandals involving state legislators have fueled discussion on campaign finance reform at the Capitol, with several politicians and advocacy groups pressing for publicly financed campaigns.

He says he's somewhat hamstrung on campaign finance reform due to the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizen United decision that permits unlimited outside expenditures in campaigns.

He said he's somewhat hamstrung on campaign finance reform due to the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizen United decision that permits unlimited outside expenditures in campaigns.

Ulster County Legislature Chairman John Parete's recently released think piece on campaign finance reform may read like a resolution, but

Still, Skelos rejected just about any Democratic policy proposed in the state budget: tossed out were proposals on campaign finance reform, renewing mayoral control of schools, criminal justice reform, raising the minimum wage, and a host of other issues.

But, as you know, there hasn't been any significant movement 5o speak of on the campaign finance reform front for years.

Primarily to force Skelos» hand on campaign finance reform.

Horner: Time for Cuomo and Legislature to Take Real Action on Reform Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in a commentary piece for the WAMC Northeast Public Radio, demanded that Governor Cuomo and the legislature take real action on campaign finance reform.

His willingness to lead on campaign finance reform is just as important, and I believe we are closer than ever to finally enacting a law that could be a model for the rest of the country.»

The governor said he felt compelled to stand firm on campaign finance reform because it was central to his campaign pledge to change what he considered the corrupt ways of Albany.

«I think it's sad for the people of New York State that here on the closing day of the session the governor establishes a position that nothing happens unless we get agreement on campaign finance reform,» Mr. Bruno said.

Funiciello, a bread company owner and political activist from Glens Falls, said his focus will remain on campaign finance reform and on the need for a «single payer» government - run health care system.

Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation at Columbia Law School and author of numerous publications on campaign finance reform and election law; and

«Because Rory Lancman has been a leader to take the «for sale» sign off our state government, I'm endorsing him today because he'll continue to lead that charge when he gets to Washington,» said Green, who has authored two books on campaign finance reform.

«This write in candidate who claims to be running on campaign finance reform took close to half of his contributions from lawyers and was the only candidate not considered qualified by the New York Bar Association in the race he lost for DA last month in Brooklyn, where he lives,» the campaign said.

The Rockefeller Institute of Government and the League of Women Voters of New York State are co-hosting a forum on campaign finance reform.

Mindful of the fact that the conservative grassroots is still smarting from the same - sex marriage vote two years ago, and steaming over the SAFE Act passage, the Senate Republicans drew a line in the sand over the abortion plank of the governor's Women's Equality Agenda and also refused to budget on campaign finance reform.

In an email to supporters sent out today from Fair Elections for New York Campaign, Tkaczyk called on them to keep the pressure up on campaign finance reform on both state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

Klein plans this week to begin a series of statewide hearings on campaign finance reform and publicly financed campaigns.

With his reversal on campaign finance, Obama simply proved that he is a LIAR - that the American People can not trust Obama on his word - and Obama has shown that he is weak on campaign finance reform.

I admire his stance against the Patriot Act, as well as his efforts on campaign finance reform and against torture and indefinite detentions of terror suspects without any mechanism for judicial review.

«But the likelihood that things will move forward on campaign finance reform is much greater under the Democrats.»

Earlier versions of the IDC resolution were tabled by procedural votes and traded by the progressives in exchange for a commitment on campaign finance reform.

Lerner asks Rice if she wants to weigh - in, she reiterates her stance on campaign finance reform rather than defend herself against Coffey's copying claims.

«It's outrageously hypocritical for Schneiderman to threaten a potential challenger for the AG's office given his rhetoric on campaign finance reform and «dark money,»» said a Cahill source.

· promoting the use of the local UCAT S Bus in the town and village · planning meetings on campaign finance reform and the National Popular Vote · planning candidates» forums for the up - coming elections.

Although de Blasio asked the commission to concentrate on campaign finance reform, most members of the public who spoke at McKee High School on Staten Island addressed other topics.

no sit - in protests on campaign finance reform either... on that one, all is well in the well of the House....

A number of years ago they sought to use Carl McCall's candidacy as the referendum on campaign finance reform — at a time when nationally he was the most glaring example of the Pay to Play abuse of raising funds from groups doing business with your office (e.g., State Comptroller)

But Silver also said talks have been mainly at the staff level on campaign finance reform, though the governor said in New York City today he's pushed throughout the legislative session for an overhaul.

Although Cuomo also delivered a highly - touted ethics package that year, advocates insist that major issues were ignored because Skelos and Senate Republicans refused to cede any ground on campaign finance reform as they believed the current system was essential to keeping them in the majority.

Portect Our Democracy PAC, a political action committee founded over the summer by investor / activist Sean Eldridge, husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, to work in coordination with the Cuomo administration on campaign finance reform, is out with its first mailers of the election cycle in support of Democratic state Senate candidate Cecilia Tkacyzk.

It isn't surprising that the Legislature has failed to act on campaign finance reform despite the indictment of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the investigation into Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos because, as Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters told Gotham Gazette, nothing in Albany is surprising anymore.

Robert Bonanza, chairman of the MTDCPAC, criticized the WFP for focusing on campaign finance reform and climate change, while «ignoring overall job creation and economic development.»

But putting his reform initiatives in the executive budget, the governor will achieve one thing that has eluded his predecessors — a real debate on campaign finance reforms, including the big reform: establishing a system of public financing.

(Airs 6/30 & 7/2/16) Host Dr. Alan Chartock is joined by Chisun Lee Senior Counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, where she works on campaign finance reform and voting rights, and is the lead author of a new report that examines secret money in the political process.

Last week, at St. Peter's Church in New York City, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman gave rousing speeches touching on campaign finance reform.

The Assembly has already put forth a bill on campaign finance reform and the Governor has voiced support for the issue, while maybe not the specific bill in the Assembly.

The State Assembly will also need to be part of any talks on campaign finance reform.

Brennan Center Hosts Panel Discussion on Campaign Finance Reform This Tuesday, the Brennan Center hosted a panel of legal scholars, advocates and experts in the field of campaign finance reform.

Ulster County Legislature Chairman John Parete's recently released think piece on campaign finance reform may read like a resolution, but according to its author it is at this point just a collection of ideas.