Sentences with phrase «public financing of campaigns because»

I think we must consider public financing of campaigns because that would pay for itself in a very short timeframe.

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We should be here because we care about what happens to New York and what happens to New Yorkers, and we should be prepared to work together as public servants to do that, despite the outsized influence of money, which, because our Republicans continue to stop any notion of campaign finance reform, we continue to deal with.»

Filmmaker Steve Cowan posted full transcripts of his interviews with Cuomo and Maffei on the film's website, which include Maffei's observation he supports public campaign finance «because it means the only people we'll have to worry about in our day are the taxpayers and constituents in our district, and that's what we're supposed to do.»

Grievances go with territory for Ganim, who was denied public campaign financing because of his corruption conviction during his first stint as mayor of the state's largest city.

But in 2008 public financing of the presidential campaign plummeted to $ 139 million, largely because candidate Obama, a prodigious fundraiser, opted out of public financing for the general election.

Bill Lipton, the party's state director, said the party decided to stick with Mr. Cuomo because he promised to support some of its top goals, such as raising the minimum wage and providing public financing for state political campaigns.

The governor in late May set a benchmark for his support of the alliance between Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, saying he wanted action on the Dream Act (which failed in April), a broader system of public campaign finance (beyond the pilot program passed in the state budget) and his Women's Equality Act, which has been controversial because of a plank changing the state's abortion laws.

Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, told Gotham Gazette that he has concerns that public financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically opPublic Interest Research Group, told Gotham Gazette that he has concerns that public financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically oppublic financing of campaigns simply won't go anywhere because Senate Republicans are ideologically opposed.

In 2000, George W. Bush opted out of public financing in his nomination campaign because money was flowing so freely into his campaign war chest and he was worried about rival Steve Forbes's ability to fund his own campaign out of his private fortune.

Ganim is not participating in the state's public campaign financing system — he is barred because of his felony corruption conviction during his first stint as mayor — so he is able to take maximum donations of $ 3,500.

But Heastie says enacting public campaign financing may be difficult because of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and other rulings permitting greater spending by independent groups.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, meanwhile, has said he's opposed to public financing in part because taxpayers would fund political campaigns of people who they don't necessarily like.

Now critics are saying that the Democrats» pro-Malloy mailings will undo the original promise of the public financing system — because the special - interest money will flow into the state campaign through the party's «federal account» even as taxpayers continue to pay for campaigns that were supposed to be kept «clean» of contractors» money.

Among Ganim's reported expenses in the last three months were $ 10,000 for the Simsbury law firm that unsuccessfully represented him in his effort to overturn a state law that barred him from participating in the public campaign financing system because of his felony conviction and more than $ 3,400 to reimburse the city of Bridgeport for the mileage driven by the city police detective who chauffeurs him to political events as well as events in his official capacity as mayor.

Yet, no one seems to want to do away with it because they don't want public financing of campaigns — which seems to me to be the only logical solution.

Of late, Cuomo has said the commission had done its job because it prompted state lawmakers in 2014 to create a pilot program for public campaign finance, create an enforcement counsel at the Board of Elections and change the statutory definition of briberOf late, Cuomo has said the commission had done its job because it prompted state lawmakers in 2014 to create a pilot program for public campaign finance, create an enforcement counsel at the Board of Elections and change the statutory definition of briberof Elections and change the statutory definition of briberof bribery.

Incumbent Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, an advocate of public financing of campaigns, declined to participate in the system because it was so hastily arranged and his Republican opponent failed to raise enough money to participate.