ALBANY — A Supreme Court ruling has opened the door to a legal challenge to the $ 5,000
overall campaign contribution limit per calendar year for corporations in New York State.
Not exact matches
Overall, the Sheehan
campaign took in just over $ 25,000 in
contributions and spent nearly $ 200,000 from July 14 through Aug. 7.
Wednesday morning, in a 5 - to - 4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down
overall contribution limits to federal
campaigns and committees.
The proposals include would lower
overall campaign donation limits, cap soft - money
contributions at $ 25,000, create a public financing system for state
campaigns and create new criminal penalties for public officials who steer government contracts to themselves, relatives or business partners.
Bill Mahoney, research coordinator for the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that if New York's corporate
contribution overall limit is lifted, «All corporations will now be treated as LLCs already are, creating a massive new loophole in the state's already porous
campaign finance system.»
The court struck down
overall contribution limits to federal
campaigns and committees in a 5 - 4 decision this morning.
He made the New York City
Campaign Finance Board's list of Top Ten Candidates Ranked by Small
Contributions Raised from NYC Residents for having 144 donors who gave $ 175 or less raising $ 7,595 from small donors, which made up 55.7 percent of his overall c
Contributions Raised from NYC Residents for having 144 donors who gave $ 175 or less raising $ 7,595 from small donors, which made up 55.7 percent of his
overall contributionscontributions.
Overall, Katko said he has received most of his
contributions during the
campaign from individual donors living in the 24th District.