Sentences with phrase «other campaign finance»

Casey and other campaign finance experts said one reason the Realtors could play amid the larger, more partisan groups and not get tainted is that the judgments driving their independent expenditure campaign mirrored those of a traditional PAC donation program.

Increased penalties for violations of $ 5,000 for failure to make required filings, $ 10,000 for «knowingly» violating other campaign finance rules.

Capital reported that Cuomo is now separating the matching fund system from other campaign finance reforms long sought by good - government advocates.

«Like you, we agree that in order to truly give Albany a «clean bill of health,» a system of public campaign finance along with other campaign finance reforms including lower contribution limits, closing loopholes and strong but fair enforcement, must be enacted.»

Cuomo had listed the public financing of campaigns as one of his goals for the 2012 session, but the governor has been steadily backing away from the issue, as well as other campaign finance reform measures.

Notwithstanding desiring the autonomy for municipalities to set the other campaign finance and disclosure rules, Edmonton calls for amendments to the Local Authorities Elections Act to eliminate corporate and union donations for all local election candidates.

A federal jury acquitted him in 2012 of accepting illegal political contributions and deadlocked on five other campaign finance charges, allowing him to retain his law license.

Not exact matches

Federal campaign finance laws and regulations require political ads and certain other communications to bear disclaimers disclosing who financed them.

Major donors have been looking at people other than Jeb Bush,» said Anthony Corrado, a professor of government at Colby College who studies campaign finance.

When the party disclosed its campaign finances last month, not only were the Katz Group and Katz himself among the donors, but so were his parents, his wife, and other executives connected to the arena complex.

While the candidates currently hold some very similar positions on issues such as immigration reform, gay rights, gun control and campaign finance reform, Sanders has been able to stake out positions to the left of Clinton on other issues that excite some vocal voters.

But on this issue and others, Republican lawmakers face counterpressures from conservative antigovernment groups including Heritage Action, Club for Growth and Charles and David Koch's Americans for Prosperity, which want to kill the Ex-Im Bank and are ready to finance campaigns against unsupportive Republicans.

January 22, 2018: The campaign finance and anti-corruption watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice asking them to «determine whether the payment was made by the Trump Organization or some other corporation or individual, which would additionally make it an illegal in - kind contribution to the campaign.»

On Monday, the FBI raided Cohen's New York offices, raising the specter that prosecutors are looking into a potential campaign - finance violation or other issues unrelated to the ongoing Russia investigation.

But so many other dimensions of history, law, human rights, justice, finance, and climate change motivate the campaign to halt the Dakota Access pipeline.

The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Requesting that the city be given be the ability to independently establish campaign finance and disclosure rules in advance of the 2017 Municipal Election, either via the City Charter or other means.

It's also possible that discovery could turn up evidence of other crimes — an assault, for example, or campaign finance violations.

The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

«That removes the campaign finance violation, and we have all the documentary proof for it,» Mr. Giuliani said, explaining that the president and his other lawyers were well aware of what Mr. Giuliani intended to say on the program.

Two other WNY state senators, Tim Kennedy and Michael Ranzenhofer, a Democrat and Republican, respectively, reported no legal fees in their January campaign finance reports.

In particular, the legislation would set out the date of the referendum, the franchise, the wording of the question, rules on campaign financing, and other rules for the conduct of the referendum.

Zellner said nobody has questioned him or other members of the Erie County Democratic Committee about potential campaign finance violations.

Cantor and Scharff went on to note that two other Democrats who support public campaign financing — Sen. Ted O'Brien, of Rochester; and Sen. Terry Gipson, of Rhinebeck — won their respective races in November.

Last October, the WFP settled a civil lawsuit charging that it skirted campaign finance laws to benefit Rose and other NYC Council candidates it had endorsed.

Other issues that will receive the same treatment include legislation that would allow NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to raise income taxes on the rich to fund pre-K, the public campaign finance bill and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Act (assuming that it includes the abortion - rights plank, which is the piece the right finds most offensive).

In terms of the campaign's organizational chart, this meant that Rospars was on a par with the heads of the other divisions, including field, finance, and communications.

When coupled with online organizing on the MyBO platform and other communications over the Internet (such as the campaign's blog, web videos, and web design), which were unequivocally the domain of new media from early on, as well as merchandising (run with the Finance Division), these activities encompassed the scope of the Division's work.

This manner of proceeding resembles US - style «court packing»; only worse, as nothing prevents the House being packed with campaign finance bundlers and other partisan hacks of the kind who in the past had been «gruntled» with minor ambassadorial posts.

In other words, Obama's decision to opt out of the public campaign financing system was THE decisive moment of the campaign, and his immense treasury the atomic bomb of this political war.

But as long as our campaign finance system stays the way it is today, online fundraising seems certain to overshadow every other online activity a campaign can do.

The governor promised to help deliver a higher minimum wage, support campaign finance reform and a handful of other progressive wish list items.

As a visionary for New York's economy, she has created a leading voice for business on economic growth, corporate governance, tax policy, labor, manufacturing, campaign finance reform, value creation, and education, among other issues.

The report, «By the People: The New York City Campaign Finance Program in the 2013 Elections,» shows, among other things, that: the number of candidates participating in the public - funding system in 2013 remained high; more than two - thirds of all New York City contributors gave $ 175 or less; and more than 90 percent of the total raised came from individual contributors, rather than from PACs or unions.

Thursday's filings lay bare those donations and other jaw - dropping financial details of the first modern presidential campaign in which donors could give unlimited contributions for political ads and in which both major party candidates declined to participate in a Watergate - era public financing system designed to limit fundraising.

Last week, Garodnick and 26 other City Council members sent a letter to Gov. Cuomo in support of his renewed pledge to support a statewide bill for public campaign financing.

After introducing his campaign finance reform legislation in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo held events in Syracuse and Buffalo to push for his public financing proposal and other anti-corruption measures.

The finance chairman and a finance committee member of Gene Locke's mayoral campaign helped bankroll the conservative political action committee that sent out an anti-gay mailer targeting City Controller Annise Parker and other municipal candidates earlier this month, according to Texas Ethics Commission documents.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is the only agency authorized to regulate the financing of presidential and other federal campaigns (i.e., campaigns for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives).

Last month, Common Cause / NY joined with other government watchdog groups in calling on the NYS Board of Elections to reverse its 1996 Advisory Opinion in which it adopted an ill - advised interpretation of the campaign finance law and opened up the LLC loophole.

On the other hand, comprehensive campaign finance reform, including public financing, can be enacted this year.

In his message to the WFP convention — delivered via pre-taped video and a brief phone call — Cuomo embraced the cause of a Democratic senate, signed on to increasing the minimum wage and giving cities a say in setting it and vowed to pursue campaign - finance reform, the DREAM Act, marijuana decriminalization and other goals.

«The WFP's role in other campaigns is under investigation by the city Campaign Finance Board, local district attorneys and possibly the attorney general.»

He has since briefly flirted with several other runs for office, including when the Staten Island Republican Party executive committee surprisingly endorsed him for his old job in 2010, and when incumbent GOP Congressman Michael Grimm was weathering serious campaign finance allegations last year.

Hoping to capitalize on Democratic anger over the election of President Trump, Mayer and other Democrats argue the Westchester contest is critical to their hopes of controlling the Senate and enacting legislation long sought by progressives, including new gun control measures, campaign finance and ethics reforms, and a bill to strengthen New York's abortion laws.

DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse who opposes most campaign finance reforms proposed this month by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has more money in his Senate campaign war chest than any of the 61 other sitting senators.

The other three were Paul Adler, a former Rockland County politico who pleaded guilty to felony fraud and bribery in 2002; James Capalino, the lobbyist who tried to get a deed restriction lifted on a nonprofit nursing home on the Lower East Side; and Sant Singh Chatwal, a hotelier who pleaded guilty in 2014 to federal campaign finance donations for making straw donations.

Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj is seen as the front - runner and is not participating in the campaign finance program, allowing him to raise and spend far more than any other Council candidates.

The counsel, Risa Sugarman, who was appointed by Cuomo, said it was likely that de Blasio and others committed «willful and flagrant violations» of campaign - finance laws and referred the matter for criminal prosecution.

Others like Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill argue public financing of campaigns is the answer.