Sentences with phrase «public campaign»

The need for a voluntary system of public campaign financing for candidates to run with no - strings - attached clean money is now greater than ever.

The initiative would enact a relatively small property levy to fund a system of public campaign financing in local elections.

The budget includes a multi step plan that could lower property taxes, $ 340 million dollars for schools to start pre-K programs, and a limited test program for public campaign financing.

Actually, we have a national referendum on public campaign finance every year with near 100 % participation.

State officials say $ 33 million in public campaign financing handed out for 2014 elections - a record amount.

We have the best creative minds driving out the strategic plan for the biggest public campaign against live export we have ever undertaken.

He includes public campaign financing, though he did not name a dollar amount or identify a funding source.

We need a system of full public campaign financing alongside reforms to eliminate private donations that are the source of much government corruption.

He also wants to close a campaign finance loophole that allows donors to form limited liability companies to get around contribution limits, and enact public campaign financing.

The only statewide candidate participating in the pilot public campaign finance program says it's been slow going.

They're seeking a statewide public campaign financing system.

The budget includes testing public campaign finance with the state comptroller race this year.

He has proposed public campaign financing several times, but has not been able to convince the legislature to pass it.

I helped organize Step It Up last year, one of the largest public campaigns focused on climate change ever.

Now we'll work on making public campaign financing a reality, and try to ensure that all candidates will, in the future, get equal coverage and air time.

He said that the organisation was focused in achieving environmental stability through sustainable green projects and massive public campaign.

But a business group is urging the commission not to recommend public campaign financing, and says state lawmakers should not adopt it.

Still, we need public campaign financing for this office.

He has listed public campaign finance as a goal for several years, but has so far not been successful.

Will he accept public campaign financing in the future?

Extensive public campaigns educated residents about how to conserve water: taking four - minute showers, installing water - efficient taps and toilets, recycling rain.

As vice president of global partnerships, my whole job was to build public campaigns.

But the legislature refuses to ban outside income, or try public campaign financing.

She says if public campaign financing is to be partially funded by a taxpayer check off, for instance, it would need to be part of the budget now.

Two generations of young people have become sexually active since the last significant national public campaign in the mid 80s.

The governor and legislators agreed to try out a system of public campaign financing with this year's race for state comptroller.

A coalition of women's groups and elected officials pushed for public campaign financing saying it will mean more women are elected to public office.

Time for a clean sweep, full public campaign finance reform.

Last year, bills to crack down on bribery and enact public campaign financing were never passed.

The pilot public campaign financing program was limited to just the state comptroller's race as part of a state budget deal.

She is writing a book on political corruption, and became involved in the campaign to create a system of public campaign finance several months ago.

«Gov. Cuomo offered a bold plan to clean up Albany, but New York was left with just a fig leaf,» said David Donnelly, executive director of Public Campaign Action Fund in a statement.

The same ballot question also created public campaign financing for state offices, opened primaries in elections where only one party fielded candidates and increased ballot protections for independents.

But America has become resistant to doing anything about this issue, in large part due to a decades - long public campaign by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms and that more guns will actually make people safer, contrary to what the research says.

He thinks Ganim has an uphill legal battle and said going forward, the question for the courts will be whether Connecticut has a «valid interest» in barring candidates with prior public corruption charges from public campaign money.

The IDC leader, Sen. Jeff Klein has said passing public campaign finance reform before session ends is a priority for him as well.

That's anathema to many entrepreneurs, such as Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian, who has mounted a very public campaign against overturning Net neutrality.

, which is solely focused on opposing public campaign financing, has launched and selected Hudson Valley Sen. George Latimer as its first target.

So the UN, when it started working on a new set of goals to be in place from 2016, not only solicited opinions from 193 member states, it also ran public campaigns and got survey feedback on what the future aspirations should look like.

A new public campaign finance bill introduced in Congress is gaining support, including from Syracuse Rep. Dan Maffei.

It also sees governments reassuring us, by such measures as public campaigns with cute figures encouraging us to «exercise more».

While there are loud critics who wage public campaigns against companies they short, many other short - sellers had long kept positions secret for fear of losing access to corporate management or retribution from rival Wall Street investors through a so - called short squeeze.

Senate Republicans are also being pressured by the state's Conservative Party not to agree to a broader public campaign financing plan.

Sampson says his group will file a lawsuit if Cuomo and state lawmakers ultimately adopt public campaign financing.

In his speech to the Upstate Democrats, Cuomo blamed lawmakers for the failure to win public campaign financing in the budget.

Yep, the Gov will, If Passed, (BIG IF — which is his «out») «then have no choice but to sign them» in speaking about Public Campaign Finance legislation, Women's Equality Act and the DREAM Act.

After openings, prosecutors showed the jury receipts from Macy's, Nordstrom and Home Depot that they said reflected Wills purchases with public campaign funds.

He'll be picking up his campaign pace as well, adding a third public campaign event to his schedule Thursday instead of the usual two.