Sentences with phrase «opposing public campaign financing»

He also opposes public campaign financing, which is being discussed in Albany at the moment, and reducing the limit on individual campaign contributions.

Republicans in the state Legislature opposed a public campaign finance proposal from Cuomo, saying it was a waste of taxpayer dollars and would unfairly tilt the political playing field in favor of Democratic - leaning unions.

Republicans, who rule the Senate with a group of break away Democrats, oppose public campaign finance, a provision in the Women's Equality act that codifies the abortion rights in Roe v Wade.

Gianaris questioned the position of Republican senators who oppose a public campaign financing system, but support allowing politicians to seek state reimbursement for criminal defense fees.

Not exact matches

Today's Q poll also finds New Yorkers oppose (51 - 40) the idea of public campaign financing, which Cuomo supports, and back — albeit narrowly, 48 - 42 — the full disclosure of outside income by state lawmakers.

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.

The make up of the state Senate has not changed from last year, and the GOP still opposes public financing of campaigns, calling it a waste of the taxpayer's money.

He is also not participating in the state's public financing program, saying he is philisophically opposed to using taxpayer money to fund campaigns.

That gave the Senate GOP, which has blocked public financing of political campaigns on the grounds that it costs too much money, an opening to attack, citing the recent Q - poll that found New York voters oppose the system 51 percent to 39 percent.

Though GOP lawmakers oppose public financing, the IDC has its own bill that would publicly finance campaigns.

«To be clear, we all want comprehensive campaign finance reform with public financing at the core and we feel public financing is the real game changer, but we're hearing a lot of myths around public financing in particular and trying to connect that to corruption in a bad way as opposed it to being a solution so we wanted to focus on that today,» he said.

A vote in the Senate for a larger public financing proposal would likely face a steep climb: Senate Republicans remain opposed to any measure using taxpayer dollars to fund political campaigns.

It is one of the issues that appears to still be «live» down at the Capitol, as opposed to public campaign financing and the Women's Equality Act, which Cuomo himself has admitted are unlikely to pass before lawmakers leave Albany for their summer vacations.

Senate Republicans have generally opposed public financing of campaigns, citing cost and concerns over abuse.

In the past, Governor Andrew Cuomo, a second - term Democrat, has repeatedly expressed support for a convention, suggesting a con con may be the only way to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform while Republicans who oppose a public matching system and donation limits continue to control the state Senate.

Malliotakis has said she opposes public financing of elections but she will be participating in the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program, which matches small dollar contributions up to $ 175 at a 6 - to - 1 ratio with public funds.

Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell, shown recently in Fairfield at a Republican fundraiser for the first selectman's race, is opposing plans by Democrats to cut the public financing in Connecticut's landmark campaign reform law.

He opposed torture and promoted campaign finance reform, a cause that Mr. Obama injured when he broke his promise to accept public financing in the general election campaign.

He added he would oppose a minimum - wage hike and public financing of campaigns but could support changes in lawmakers» daily and travel allotments, which have been the focus of several corruption investigations in recent years.

Astorino remains opposed to another reform measure now being discussed by Cuomo and Republicans in the Senate — public financing of campaigns.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk) promised to «engage in whatever discussions are necessary» on ethics but opposed two key measures favored by Democrats and good government groups — public financing of election campaigns and bans on lawmakers» outside income.

Functional control of the Senate by Republicans lets Cuomo claim to support policies supported by a majority of New Yorkers while never having to sign anything into law that he personally opposes, like local control of minimum wages or public financing of campaigns.

It opposes public financing of political campaigns despite the corrupt culture the present system has fostered.

The group says they are looking ahead to the November elections and key races in the state Senate, where some members oppose reforms, including the public financing of campaigns.

Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, told Gotham Gazette that he has concerns that public financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically opPublic Interest Research Group, told Gotham Gazette that he has concerns that public financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically oppublic financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically opposed.

The groups says they are looking ahead to the November elections and key races in the State Senate, where some members oppose reforms, including the public financing of campaigns.

We certainly hope her election will push state lawmakers to support public campaign financing — especially a Clean Money Clean Election approach where funds are provided based on obtaining a small number of donations (as opposed to the 6 to 1 matching approach used in NYC).

Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, meanwhile, has said he's opposed to public financing in part because taxpayers would fund political campaigns of people who they don't necessarily like.

He's also touted his desire to reform Albany as a reason to pair with Senate Republicans, and yet Senate Republicans have stood opposed to banning outside income for legislators, reforming campaign finance laws and enacting public financing of campaigns — things Klein has said he wants to do.

Governor Andrew Cuomo implied this week that he may oppose the ruling Senate coalition of Republicans and Independent Democrats this coming fall if the chamber does not pass public campaign financing.

But the GOP is opposed to public financing of campaigns.

The Independent Democratic Conference runs the Senate along with Senate Republicans, but the GOP is opposed to public financing of campaigns.

The unions have been joined by several groups supportive of issues they've opposed, such as expansion of charter schools and a tax credit that would redirect money to private schools, according to a POLITICO New York analysis of lobbying reports submitted to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and campaign finance disclosure reports submitted by state - level candidates and parties to the Board of Elections.