Sentences with phrase «prohibit campaign contributions»

A major step toward reform would be to prohibit campaign contributions by individuals employed by registered lobbying firms.

Two city council members were slapped with hefty fines for accepting prohibited campaign contributions from a group at the center of the Central Park horse carriage brouhaha.

Not exact matches

The [Federal Election Campaign] Act does not prohibit individuals with permanent resident status (commonly referred to as «green card holders») from making contributions or donations in connection with federal, state or local elections, as they are not considered foreign nationals.

Also considered was an Executive Budget proposal the Governor put forth prohibiting campaign finance contributions by vendors to the Executive when bidding on and negotiating contracts.

The rules explicitly seek to stop financial companies from circumventing those strictures: They prohibit firms from channeling contributions to bond overseers through PACs, which are giant pools of money distributed to multiple campaign war chests.

A coalition of groups on Monday urged the state Board of Elections to prohibit the practice of allowing individual donors to give unlimited campaign contributions through a network of limited liability corporations.

The law will include an illustrative list of prohibited uses including using campaign contributions for expenses unrelated to a campaign or the holding of public office such as residential home purchases, mortgage payments, rent, clothing, tuition payments, salaries for individuals not performing campaign work, admissions to sporting events, fines and penalties and dues for country clubs and health clubs.

The aforementioned suit over a candidate's use of LLC money was settled out of court, so there hasn't yet been a clear test of what might be called the Sugarman Doctrine, which assumes underutilized power in the sections of election law prohibiting attempts to circumvent contribution limits and obfuscate the true source of campaign money.

He stated that he would introduce bills to substantially reduce campaign contribution limits and prohibit outside income for legislators.

There would also be a «pay - to - play» bill that forbids elected officials from accepting campaign contributions from anyone bidding on a public project — and prohibits the winner from donating to campaigns for six months after securing a contract.

State law allows wide latitude in campaign spending, though pols are prohibited from using contributions for personal use..

A rule of the federal Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) prohibits bond work from going to financial firms that make campaign contributions to public officials who control bond decisions.

CU did not affect laws prohibiting contributions to political campaigns, it affected laws prohibiting independent expenditures.

A bill by Councilman Ben Kallos (D - Manhattan), discussed at a hearing Monday, would prohibit campaigns from accepting public matching funds off money raised by lobbyists who bundle unlimited contributions from other donors.

Hawkins said that he would also prohibit individuals and companies doing business with the state (including lobbyists) from making campaign contributions, and would restrict the ability of state lawmakers to earn income from outside employment.

If we want good responsive government by the people then we should prohibit all private and corporate contributions to political campaigns.

denied, 541 U.S. 960 (2004): A probate judge who ran for state senate was charged with violating canons prohibiting sitting judges from accepting campaign contributions and requiring judges to resign from the bench before running for political office.

The court also held that the state's solicitation clause, which prohibited judges and judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions (but allowed campaign committees to do so on behalf of the candidates), was unconstitutional to the extent that it prohibited candidates from signing solicitation letters and making campaign appeals before large groups.

The Florida Supreme Court thus publicly reprimanded Williams - Yulee for violating the Canon, notwithstanding her complaint that the Canon violates the First Amendment «in that it limits a judicial candidate's right to engage in free speech by prohibiting a judicial candidate from directly soliciting campaign contributions.»

On April 29th, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Williams - Yulee v. Florida Bar, upholding the constitutionality of Florida's canon of judicial conduct prohibiting judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions.

Applying the balancing test, the court concluded that solicitation clause, which prohibited personal solicitation of contributions and required the use of a campaign committee, was constitutional.

[1] Judicial candidates are prohibited from personally soliciting campaign contributions or personally accepting campaign contributions.

U.S. law also prohibits or limits foreign contributions to election campaigns, I believe.

Such committees are not prohibited from soliciting campaign contributions and public support from any person or corporation authorized by law.