Sentences with phrase «out of campaign funds»

«It is unacceptable both for a U.S. tax exempt organization to support such behavior and for a New York State elected official to support such practices out of his campaign funds.»

Not exact matches

Roberto Torres, co-owner of the Black and Denim Apparel Company, discusses their successfully funded Kickstarter Campaign, how they found out about, and were awarded, several business grants, were featured in Entrepreneur magazine, and got their products in the Oscar, Grammy, and BET awards swag bags.

Prior to that deal most of his campaign spending had come out of his own pocket, but now Trump's money makes up just a small fraction of those funds.

While the Stop had started out raising money through conventional means such as grants, foundations and direct - mail campaigns, and continues to rely on these methods for the bulk of its funding, it saw opportunity in the wealthier constituency that lived near the Green Barn.

«When it comes to the success of female - led campaigns (success is measured by way of them meeting their funding target) we see Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand come out jointly on top with female success rates of 33 % Sweden and the UK come next with a success rate of 26 %, while for the US and France female - led campaigns rank joint third for success with 24 % of female - led campaigns achieving success compared with 20 % of male - led campaigns in the US.

This year, the association plans to fund more anti-Airbnb research and roll out a testimonial campaign of people hurt by home sharing, «to provide a counterweight to Airbnb's strategy of presenting a unified, working - class face,» according to the group's documents.

Another document is a confidential memorandum prepared for Rebekah Mercer (the daughter of US billionaire Robert Mercer; Wylie has said Mercer provided the funding to set up CA), former Trump advisor Steve Bannon and the (now suspended) CA CEO Alexander Nix advising them on the legality of a foreign corporation (i.e. CA), and foreign nationals (such as Nix and others), carrying out work on US political campaigns.

When, when he paid out of his own personal funds — and if you listen to Cohen's statement, it was very careful, he said, «I wasn't paid from the campaign and I wasn't paid from the Trump Organization.»

By comparison, in the dying days of the fall election campaign then Conservative Leader Stephen Harper promised to extend an existing auto industry fund by $ 1 billion over 10 years, starting in 2017/18, with some of the money coming out as grants.

But the Nunes memo implies the case was primarily built on the Steele dossier — and points out that it was funded partially by a law firm on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

This Canadian saga, in many ways, an archetype of what hedge fund activism is all about, illustrates the dynamics of these campaigns and the reasons why this particular intervention turned out to be a spectacular success... thus far.

Jobs also became one of Silicon Valley's most prominent opponents of the Trump administration's restrictive immigration policies, including speaking out at public events, lobbying politicians on both sides of the aisles and funding multi-platform media campaigns, this year aimed at the at - risk Dreamers.

This September, Togo's, a «West Coast Original» since 1971 serving up big, made - to - order sandwiches stuffed with the freshest ingredients, is joining thousands of restaurants nationwide to support Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry ® campaign by raising funds through Share Our Strength's Dine Out For No Kid Hungry ™ program.

After reading and hearing about some of my friends * doing fund - raising and volunteering for the Obama campaign, last weekend while out running errands, the family and I stopped in our local Democrat headquarters and I inquired as to what I could do to help.

Parents make the critically necessary sacrifice without which society would collapse like Jeb Bush's presidential campaign: We shell out vast sums of money on everything from diapers to chess camp to prepare the next generation of taxpayers, who will be funding the retirement of people like the childless / childish Meghann Foye, whose pay - me - even - if - I - didn't - do - anything attitude says not «imaginative social thinker,» but «squeegee man.»

The state CNPP spokesman, Ayo Adelabu demanded Fayose's resignation from office in the face of new evidence of alleged corruption calling on the management of Zenith Bank to come out and explain their role in the alleged funding of his campaign.

Many of the volunteers were burned out, for sure, but the campaign apparatus was also allowed to decay — Organizing For America may have become a «permanent field campaign» in theory, but it was a shadow of Obama For America until recently in terms of staff, funding and emphasis.

The senator's individual donors included: Charles McDonald, of Virginia, who maxed out at $ 16,800; former Giuliani administration Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro ($ 500); Cory Singer and his husband, Andrew Singer, who is the son of hedge fund manager and GOP donor Paul Singer ($ 16,800 each); Martin Geller, Mayor Blomberg's accountant who frequently gives campaign contributions to candidates the mayor supports ($ 5,000).

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and a Brooklyn state Senator cut hefty checks to the campaign of Assemblywoman Pamela Harris after she found out she was under federal investigation — and she promptly drew on the funds to pay for high - priced defense lawyers.

Jonathan Soros (Friends of Democracy) and Eldridge (Protect Out Democracy) are both investing in a push by well - heeled New York Democrats to establish a publicly funded campaign finance system in New York.

And even though Gov. Andrew Cuomo is 1) sitting on $ 19.3 million worth of political cash as of mid-July; 2) fresh off hosting one of his biggest fund - raising events of the year — his 55th birthday bash at the Waldorf Astoria for which tickets ranged from $ 1,500 to $ 50,000 a pop; and 3) pushing for campaign finance reform; he's still interested in squeezing some additional dollars out of his donors before reporting his latest haul to the Board on Jan. 15.

Those who support a convention say dramatic action is required to address corruption charges that have forced more than 30 officials out of office in a decade as well as issues such as New York's high taxes, unequal funding of schools, and the influence of big - money donors in campaigns.

Larger campaigns will often send out paid staffers for part of each day during the collection period, but only very well - funded campaigns in New York hire specific petition - gatherers.

The political fund, which Plaid is asking trade unionists to opt out of, is used to finance all of our political campaigns, from supporting manufacturing in Wales to highlighting the murder of trade unionists in Colombia.

In one of the more novel applications of a campaign slogan I've seen in some time, the Planned Parenthood NYC Action Fund is hosting a bar crawl in Sen. Frank Padavan's Queens district during which activists will be handing out free comdoms that urge voters to «protect» themselves from the veteran GOP lawmaker.

One of the facts that is going to come out soon is how much money NYC real estate interests funnel to upstate Senators to fund their campaigns.

What: Forced out of office in 2006 for trading access to New York's $ 124 billion public employee pension fund for $ 1 million in benefits — including campaign contributions and luxury trips to Israel and Italy.

What: Forced out of office in 2006 for trading access to New York's $ 124 billion public employee pension fund for $ 1 million in benefits — including campaign

Overall, Deacon is simply being blown out of the water in terms of campaign funding.

Labour backs the latter proposal, arguing that concerns about the use of loans to fund political parties arose out of an «arms race» in campaign spending between the main players.

Bruno announced in a press release sent out by his longtime spokesman John McArdle that he would close out the remainder of his campaign account as well as a legal defense fund formed to help him fight federal corruption charges, with most of the money going to help the GOP maintain control of the chamber.

The «controversy over the siting» has been created by a candidate who is seeking free media, especially since he doesn't have much of a record to earn him media and doesn't have the campaign resources to get his message out any other way than by throwing accusations of impropriety in the funding of the new construction and the siting near to the WTC.

This is a Congressional campaign that we have not seen before in New York state with a get out of the vote operation funded in large part by the Boehner trust and his great staff.»

The millionaire Republican, who has homes in the city, Larchmont, N.Y., and in Massachusetts, said he plans to opt out of the city Campaign Finance Board's matching funds program and use his own money and donations to underwrite his cCampaign Finance Board's matching funds program and use his own money and donations to underwrite his campaigncampaign.

DiNapoli has suggested his office should be used as a test - case for public campaign financing at the state level to get out from under the pay - to - play pension fund scandal of his predecessor.

According to his latest filing with the Board of Elections, Astorino, the GOP's candidate against Gov. Cuomo in 2014, zeroed out his gubernatorial campaign committee and transferred the bulk of its remaining funds - $ 51,825 - into his campaign committee for county executive.

He could appeal to white ethnics in swing states, or rally the social liberals who admire him for having been out ahead of his party (and his president) on same - sex marriage, or perhaps headline a few fund - raisers with the wealthy New York donors who have stocked his own campaign coffers and funded the super PAC - like group dedicated to running pro-Cuomo advertising.

He reported arranging to pay for the mailing out of his Assembly campaign funds and his leadership political action committee, which could run afoul of the city's Campaign Finance Board, which is far more stringent than the notoriously lax state Board of Elcampaign funds and his leadership political action committee, which could run afoul of the city's Campaign Finance Board, which is far more stringent than the notoriously lax state Board of ElCampaign Finance Board, which is far more stringent than the notoriously lax state Board of Elections.

However, spokeswoman for Killian's campaign, Jessica Proud, who pointed out that Killian's campaign has outpaced Latimer in funds raised since July, said that the campaign continues to meet all of their expected hurdles.

Out of office for eight years, he has modest name recognition, little campaign funding in the bank and a Republican primary electorate that's significantly to his right on social issues.

The assemblyman contends that he legally spent his campaign funds, and further, he spent money out of pocket on his campaign for which he has not yet been reimbursed.

While that money can come out of teachers» paychecks, they must opt into the fund that's used to pay for campaign expenses.

Republican candidate for mayor, Paul Massey, blasted de Blasio's Staten Island - trek as a «taxpayer - funded campaign stunt» and called him out for excluding the borough the other weeks of the year.

«We're going to be out there campaigning on economic justice issues and we will take the fight to the Tories because there is a choice to be made: do we want to live in a society based on individualism and private provision, or do we want to defend the principles of the national health service and properly fund social care?»

The PAC's goal was to get the «big money» out of politics by pushing for a publicly funded campaign finance system.

In response to James» question about the Labour leadership candidates — Ed Miliband campaigned for Simon Hughes to speak out & is encouraging his supporters to call on the Lib Dems to stand up for their values, David Miliband has suggested ending the charitable status of fee - paying schools and (one of those non-monetary aspects to reducing inequality) giving representation to ordinary workers on corporate remunertion committees, Ed Balls has strongly opposed the VAT rise and is calling for a graduate tax instead of higher tuition fees, Andy Burnham has reiterated his support for a National Care Service and spoken out on the abolition of the Future Jobs Fund, Diane Abbot has called for fair taxation, cancelling Trident, and setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

They were putting the funding from Banks» «Better for the Country Limited» under the spotlight, looking at whether the company was the true source of donations to Ukip, Grassroots Out and other pro-Brexit campaigns.

If campaign funding were really capped / limited, the voters would at least have a chance of sorting out candidates and positions, rather than being totally fooled [most times] by campaign slogans, negative advertising and the like.

The ad says it was put out by the National Federation of Independent Business, which the Slaughter campaign says is part of an overall effort being funded by Karl Rove.

Circles within circles: The attorney defending NYC Comptroller John Liu's campaign treasurer on fraud charges is being paid out of Liu's own campaign funds.