Sentences with phrase «provided political favors»

While facing multiple pay - to - play probes over whether he provided political favors to big donors, de Blasio sent out a fundraising solicitation claiming he really wants donations from regular New Yorkers.

Bill Clinton rejected the notion that his wife, 2016 Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, provided any political favors to donors to their family foundation during her time as secretary of state.

In a second trial, Bruno was found not guilty in May 2014 of providing political favors to his private consulting clients.

Not exact matches

Prosecutors said Samsung executives had provided a range of financial favors to a key political influencer — among them, a gift of a $ 830,000 dressage horse to the influencer's daughter — in order to ensure that the merger was approved and Elliott was defeated.

So the Supreme Court, when it practices judicial activism, undercuts democratic participation not only by substituting its own assertoric judgment for democratic deliberation, or by ignoring the plain letter of the constitution in favor of its own political inclinations, but also by understanding itself as a council of philosopher kings (versus really good lawyers) prudentially adjusting the fundamental nature of American democracy to fit the ever changing historical horizon that provides the context for its expression.

Salomon Melgen allegedly provided Sen. Robert Menendez with private jet flights and lavish vacations in exchange for political favors.

And they also favor fossil fuel company interests, because those companies provide a huge part of the donor base for Republican political campaigns.

A «democracy «where a Democrat for Governor promotes austerity budgets while providing tax cuts to the rich, where the Republicans demand even more money for the rich and an end to the New Deal, and where the Supreme court repeatedly rule in favor of the 1 % to buy our political system under the guise of free speech.

Melbourne provides the film's sole source of conflict, both political and romantic: his essentially conservative politics hold considerable sway over the naive young Queen, bringing out her of public favor, while the quasi-romantic confidante status he enjoys with her is resented by Albert.

It's an uphill fight, and Director John Madden («Shakespeare in Love») and first - time screenwriter Jonathan Perera provide some fascinating insights into this world of influence, payoffs, favors and deal - making that dominate Washington and the entire political system.

It provides «political cover» which pushes state officials to miscalculate, pursue change on a political timeline favored by the U.S. Department of Education, and ignore in - state concerns.

These efforts are not designed to argue in favor of any one policy or political party, but should rather provide the motivation and opportunities for citizens to connect, plan, learn, and voice their preferences on climate change.

These two articles provide a clear indication of the extreme lying that is promoted at the highest levels of the Obama administration and at UN agencies, all in the name of pushing a favored political agenda to control energy supplies and prices (i.e. more tax revenues).