Sentences with phrase «on direct contributions to candidates»

Let's start with the obvious: I think Rick Hasen is exactly right to suggest that such a move by the lefties is actually a «relative victory» for campaign finance reformers, given the extent to which» [t] aking the case would have been an opportunity for the majority of Supreme Court justices to make things worse [from the reformers» perspective], such as by suggesting that limits on direct contributions to candidates are unconstitutional.»

The majority opinion did not disturb bans on direct contributions to candidates, but the two sides disagreed about whether independent expenditures came close to amounting to the same thing.

New York's relatively high limits on direct contributions to candidates ensure that most money flows to authorized campaign and party committees rather than independent groups, said Bill Mahoney, NYPIRG's research coordinator.

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These activities include direct and indirect political contributions to candidates, political parties or political organizations; independent expenditures; or electioneering communications on behalf of a federal, state or local candidate.

These include activities considered intervention under the Internal Revenue Code in any political campaign, such as direct and indirect political contributions to candidates, political parties, or political organizations; independent expenditures; or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.

Adopt system of public financing of campaigns, with new lower limits on direct contributions to statewide and state legislative candidates; Establish the «New York State Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations of PIT liability; and limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25,000.

This includes any activity considered intervention in a political campaign under the Internal Revenue Code, such as direct and indirect contributions to political candidates, parties, or organizations, and independent expenditures or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.

Loeb (pictured) gave Malliotakis, de Blasio's presumed general election opponent, the max $ 4,950 contribution on August 4, and does not appear to have given any other direct donations to New York City candidates in the 2017 cycle, nor has he bundled donations.

Candidate explanatory factors were chosen on the basis of empirical studies suggesting their potential contribution to the gradient and data availability.2 The ECLS - B data set contains rich longitudinal data on various family, health, and home environment variables, along with direct measures of cognitive abilities at school entry.