Sentences with phrase «oppose limits on outside income»

Republicans also oppose limits on outside income.

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He told Syracuse.com he opposes Cuomo's calls for the Legislature to approve public financing of political campaigns, is undecided on closing the LLC loophole that lets wealthy donors contribute almost unlimited amounts to politicians, and is against the governor's call to limit the outside income of lawmakers to 15 percent of their $ 79,500 base salary as legislators.

They have previously supported limits on their own outside income, but oppose term limits.

In a written response to questions about potential ethics reforms in Albany, Larkin said on Tuesday that he was willing to consider limiting lawmakers» outside income, as opposed to banning it, but also voiced concerns about creating «professional politicians» and allowing only «the wealthy elite» to run.

He opposes, for example, strictly limiting outside income, so that lawmakers would focus on serving the public interest, not their own.