Sentences with phrase «public campaign finance system before»
The Republicans might be able to buy themselves some breathing room if they passed something like the DREAM Act or a statewide public campaign finance system before departing Albany on June 19.
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The progressive validators were for a purpose: Cuomo is lobbying for the W.F.P.'s endorsement later this month, and pointedly promised during his speech to push for a public campaign finance system — the party's biggest priority at the moment — before the Legislature adjourns in June.
The leader of the New York State Senate Republicans has offered some hope that the state's public campaign finance system could be expanded before the session is over.
That's because campaign spending in New York is closely regulated by strict and comparably low contribution limits — even lower for anyone with business before the city — and with a public financing system that offers matching funds from taxpayers to candidates who opt in and follow further fundraising rules.