Sentences with phrase «political money into»

«It is bad enough that the flow of political money into American campaigns grows bigger by the year — the 2012 elections were the costliest ever.

Not exact matches

The provocative 33 - year - old former editor of alt - right media website Breitbart News has turned railing against feminism, Islam, social justice and political correctness into a money - spinning show, sparking protests along the way.

The money paying for the political ads could be going into the pockets of the bad actors behind the videos, the group says.

«Self - Fulfilling Prophecy» In its Quarterly Outlook this week, the famously pro-Bitcoin institution said a mixture of global political uncertainty, tightening of credit access and commodities volatility could all see new money pouring into crypto markets.

It's been my view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.

Even her political opponent, United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney, agreed, arguing that a «market failure» justified the use of putting taxpayer money into the project.

The lawyers say they want a hearing to look into government officials» leaks to the media regarding Manafort, a longtime political consultant who has been indicted on money laundering and bank fraud charges.

There are a few main explanations: 1) long term failure in leadership by the Irish Catholic church, and connected with this, the awful Jansenist culture; 2) Europe — or rather, political interference from European Community institutions; 3) American money; 4) the claim of the «Yes» campaign that the Referendum was won by «the stories,» that is, the constant appeal to emotion and the complete refusal actually to think about the legal consequences of passing such a change not merely into law, but also into the Irish Constitution, the foundation of that law.

Church religion turns into a political power racket every time, here in the South every second horse trader with a big mouth, soft hands and few hard skills opens up a «First Church of SomethingOrOther» that he can skim money off of and not pay taxes on.

Will political and advocacy communicators catch up, or will campaigns in particular continue to dump their money into poorly targeted TV ads?

Both could have saved themselves a lot of time and embarrassment by putting their money into Political Action.

Here's what I'm getting at: in a Citizens United world, one in which individual wealthy people can poor billions of dollars into our political process at will, digital campaigners (particularly on the Left) feel immense pressure to raise money from small donors.

MIDTOWN — As the federal investigation into his political fundraising activities continues, Mayor Bill de Blasio questioned the political motivations behind the leak of a letter from the State Board of Elections questioning the legality of his effort to raise money to help Democrats take control of the state Senate in 2014.

More than half the money given to the candidates in last month's special election to replace former state Sen. Dean Skelos was transferred by political party committees, a long - standing practice that is under new scrutiny following criminal investigations into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising operation.

19 December 2011 — COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS IN PUBLIC LIFE Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they estimated the inquiry by the Committee on Standards in Public Life into party political finance would cost; what the final cost of the inquiry was; and how they would assess what represents value for money in the case of such inquiries.

Nice guy; good looking; probably has some kind of political future (especially marrying into the Castimides money), but he should start with something more realistic... County Legislature or State Assembly.

perhaps along the lines of «Gordon is an autocratic little sod, who never let us have any money when he was chancellor, and is surely leading the labour party into the political wilderness for the next 20 years, so he should really do the right thing and bugger off»

Tools and organization translated the efforts of millions — mobilized by Obama's charisma, rhetoric, and the political opportunity to elect a Democrat and African American to the presidency — into the concrete electoral resources that formed the mantra for the campaign's New Media Division: «money, message, and mobilization.»

They use the revenues from the stadium and team profits, and recycle tons of money into rightwing political groups.

The New York Times * dropped an epic deep dive into the aftermath of the Moreland Commission that was totally independent until it totally wasn't and all the still perfectly legal ways that big money floods the political process in New York State.

Although state and federal investigations into de Blasio's fundraising practices closed without anyone being charged, allegations have resurfaced again in the last two weeks as Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in an ongoing political corruption trial, testified he was in weekly communication with the mayor and was promised favors in exchange for money.

Huge amounts of money are dumped into political campaigns from special interests, upending the balance of power in our state.

«It is tantamount to political suicide for the Republican Party in this state because they believe it ends corporate money, and only union money would come into the system, which would help the Democrats.»

Over the past few years more and more unions have been paying less and less money into the labour party and in fact using the political levy for themselves.

But an analysis of the money bet in political betting markets currently translates into a House of Commons where no party has overall control.

In his weekly Morning Edition conversation with WBFO News, Buffalo News Political Reporter Bob McCarthy said nearly $ 2 million in outside money has flooded into the district and onto the airwaves in the form of politPolitical Reporter Bob McCarthy said nearly $ 2 million in outside money has flooded into the district and onto the airwaves in the form of politicalpolitical ads.

The probe is also exploring other cases involving investigations into Robert Stricoff, Donald Rodgers and Justin Meyers — figures associated with the administration of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone — and whether the distribution by the district attorney's office of millions of dollars in asset forfeiture money was improperly used by the DA's office as a reward for favorites or for the office's own political benefit.

However, throughout the past several election cycles Republicans have unsuccessfully pumped significant financing into campaigns hoping to win control of the seat, including a race between Latimer and GOP candidate Bob Cohen during a 2012 election that broke a record for most money spent — $ 4.5 million in total — during a New York political race at the time.

HARTFORD — Millions of dollars in outside political money from the right and left is flooding into Connecticut, with the latest installment a $ 1.17 million contribution of «dark money» from a nonprofit conservative group in Ohio called A Public Voice.That...

As part of his push to keep money flowing into Democratic campaign accounts before the midterms, President Obama has appeared at 49 fundraisers so far this year — 46 of which were for party committees or PACs that will spend the money on political campaigns this fall.

Meanwhile, the flow of political donations from centenarian Leonard Litwin's Glenwood slowed to a trickle following the arrests in Albany, and the real estate industry as a whole is falling behind in spending as hedge funds pump money into lobbying for education reform.

State records show Levine put $ 2 million of his own money into his political committee, All About Florida, in March.

The Citizens United case allowed corporations to continue to pump nearly endless amounts of money into advertising for political candidates, Williams said.

«The idea that ministers are proposing to plough vast sums of taxpayers» money into a College with the intention of allowing it to operate entirely free from political interference is risible as it is insidious.

«You can keep them in Albany until they take the corrupting influence of big corporate money seriously and close the LLC loophole that currently allows corporations to contribute unlimited sums of money into our political system.

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday tore into film producer Harvey Weinstein over the plethora of sexual abuse allegations against him, vaguely suggesting she would give away the money he's contributed to her political campaigns.

«There's a lot of things that go into a political campaign, the message and the money being two of them.»

A federal investigation into Nassau's chief deputy county executive, Rob Walker, centers on a $ 12 - million county storm cleanup contract won by a company that gave money to Walker's political committee just as the agreement was finalized, according to a source with knowledge of the probe.

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat president, comments on the committee on standards in public fife's report into political party funding: «Money currently plays far too big a role in politics and the Liberal Democrats have long called for major reform in party funding.

Easing political activity rules for churches also raises questions about whether churches could be pulled into the campaign finance sphere and effectively become «dark money» committees that play partisan politics without disclosing donors.

It is tantamount to political suicide for the Republican Party in this state because they believe it ends corporate money, and only union money would come into the system, which would help Democrats,» Cuomo was quoted as saying in a June 19 New York Times article.

Now, not only must a person have money to compete on the political stage, but if you can't afford the price of admission, you can't even get into the audience.

Congestion pricing has been in political limbo for weeks since Fix NYC, a state task force assembled by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, called for charging a daily fee — $ 11.52 for passenger cars — to drive into a congestion zone in Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery at busy times, as part of a plan to reduce gridlock on the streets and raise money for the struggling subway below.

Former Texas Republican Rep. Tom DeLay was sentenced to a three - year jail term today for illegally funneling corporate money into Texas state House races, a ruling that ends a near - decade long legal and political battle for the former House majority leader.

Jr, whose mom, an employee of Espada's Soundview health clinic, pleaded guilty in 2004 to funneling state money designated for AIDS treatment into Espada's political campaign.

Mayoral control turned controversial primarily due to the political enmity between the Senate GOP and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose efforts to end the chamber's Republican majority have angered that conference and led to multiple investigations into his past practice of directing large sums of money into the campaign coffers of Democratic Senate candidates.

Anti-DeSantis group, Adam Putnam dump more cash into ads — The National Liberty Foundation, a dark money group with ties to political consultant Roger Stone, is dumping another $ 337K into ads blasting Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis.

More than 600 people attended the event, including Emma Wolfe, a top political aide to the mayor who was subpoenaed in the federal probe looking into money funneled to Democratic candidates for state Senate.

Conservatives will celebrate today's decision as a victory for the First Amendment but the reality is that the right to political speech is under assault from the torrent of money pouring into our elections.

But an analysis of the money bet in political betting markets currently translates into a Conservative overall majority of eight, and a 56.6 per cent chance of a Tory overall majority, down from 10 and 57.3 per cent yesterday.