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Hoylman said campaign donations are important, but he hopes that TransPAC and Equality NY will also create a visible presence in Albany during the legislative session.

A Mangano administration official who asked for anonymity said campaign donations listed in the state system for certain dates close to contract signings may have been given earlier, but were only deposited on the date indicated in records.

Not exact matches

But last year's increase in campaign donations and lobbying seem like more than business as usual for Novo Nordisk, said Billet, a former AT&T lobbyist who directs GWU's Legislative Affairs program.

Trump has said he's donated $ 102 million over the past five years, but a partial list of donations that his campaign provided appeared to correspond to gifts from the foundation — not necessarily from Trump's own pocket.

Now, Trump is on the hook for failing to disclose campaign donations and debts and for conspiring to evade detection with deliberately small reimbursements, as Giuliani said, «funneled through a law firm.»

Recent news says that Mozilla released data collected from a statistical study on the impact of adding a bitcoin button on the main campaign donation page.

As for Westcoast's $ 20,500 donation to Ms. Clark's campaign on March 1, Weilinger stated that's «something we can't really comment on other than to say we try to take a non-partisan view of our contributions and donations and we like to make sure the democratic system is working and effective.»

Federal Liberal leadership contender Martha Hall Findlay says she has encountered many people who have been inundated by robocalls asking for donations to the provincial leadership campaigns.

He said that Obama should return a Bill Maher donation made to his campaign because of it.

Locally, the company also gives generous donations to the United Way annual fundraising campaign, Lombardo says.

The average online donation was $ 80, and the average Obama donor gave more than once... Obama also raised millions from traditional campaign bundlers — rich, well - connected fundraisers — but the bulk of the more than $ 600 million that Obama raised throughout the campaign was through the Internet, aides said.

The senator said the campaign gave all of his donations this week to a not - for - profit that deals with sexual violence.

«At that time we were working together and I was of the belief that the Senate Republican Campaign Committee solicited some donations that would help that effort to elect Senator Grisanti and that was about the extent of what I knew at that time,» Langworthy said.

Rep. Yvette Clarke will donate $ 2,000 in campaign funds to charity to offset a contribution from Singh, who claims Blasio encouraged him to secretly funnel illegal donations to Clarke's campaign, a spokeswoman said.

He said expenditures from private campaign donations, under $ 100 don't have to be itemized.

A spokesman for de Blasio's campaign said it would return more than $ 32,000 in contributions, after DNAinfo reported exclusively on several unusual donations.

But, Cuomo has said he will call for closure of a loophole in campaign finance laws that allows donors to skirt the $ 5,000 limit for businesses by disguising the donations through multiple limited liability corporations.

The mayor has vowed to return campaign donations from Rechnitz and has said that he doesn't have a particularly close relationship with the pair.

Cuomo indicated, though, that he does not plan to give his donations back, and he said he's not influenced by campaign donors.

But, the governor, speaking on WNYC's the Brian Lehrer Show, said there's only so far that he can go reforming the state's flawed campaign donation laws.

But, the governor, in a radio interview, said there's only so far that he can go to reign in campaign donations.

Most of the $ 492,000 of GOP donations went to the Republican's state senate campaign committee, which held onto its thin majority in the chamber last November, said Susan Lerner of good government group Common Cause.

Funneling money through party committees is a common and legal way to sidestep campaign finance rules that limit the amount of donations from PACs, individuals and corporations, said Barbara Bartoletti, legislative director of the League of Women Voters.

Clinton raised significantly less in March — $ 29.5 million — and her campaign said more than half of that money «came in online from the grassroots donations,» though the Clinton campaign did not specify in its announcement what the average donation amounted to.

The fact remains, Hillary Clinton never took action as Secretary of State because of donations to the Clinton Foundation,» her campaign said.

Asked about the middle - man in an alleged bribery scandal — Jona Rechnitz — who also made six - figure donations to the mayor's political efforts, Hizzoner said his campaign team had vetted him as much as possible.

«I am calling upon him to take those donations out of his $ 27 million campaign coffer and donate them to a worthy institution that treats children with life - threatening allergies who can't afford EpiPens or with pediatric cancers like leukemia and Hodgkin's who are suffering because of generic drug shortages that he causes,» Long said in a statement.

«From day one, we said this campaign to repeal and replace John Faso would be fueled by a grassroots effort, and with nearly $ 135,000 raised in less than eight weeks from nearly 700 donations — many of whom contributed $ 19 to flip NY - 19 — we have shown that we can stand up to Trump and repeal and replace Faso by relying on overwhelming grassroots energy, excitement and support,» Rhodes said in a statement.

Singh said he again suggested he would use straw donation — which typically entails contributing in a person's name, then reimbursing them in order to skirt campaign finance limits set by law — when de Blasio asked for help with a state senatorial campaign.

Nixon promised that her campaign «won't accept corporate donations,» telling her supporters Tuesday in her announcement speech, «We are tired of fake corporate Democrats who won't lift a finger unless their donors say it's OK.»

Often times, the LLCs have names that make it difficult to decipher who is behind the donations, «making a mockery of fairness and transparency in our campaign system,» the letter says.

The Obama campaign said it quickly spotted the donations ostensibly made by Ms. Biskup and began looking into it right away, contacting her and then charging back the money to the credit card.

And Nixon's pledge to refuse corporate donations doesn't actually mean as much in New York as it does on the federal level, because of New York's lax campaign finance laws, said Alex Camarda, senior policy adviser at Reinvent Albany.

State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Adam Clayton Powell said they are returning the donations their campaign received in 2014 from businessman Jona Rechnitz, the businessman whose name came up as part of the US Attorney's probe of alleged pay - for - favor corruption in the NYPD, records show.

Common Cause says the Moreland Commission should open a probe to see if there's a link between around $ 5 million spent by major pharmaceutical companies on lobbying and campaign donations to New York state politicians, and the failure to pass major consumer - friendly bills regulating Big Pharma.

They said the haul doesn't include personal funds that Massey has donated to his campaign, but that it includes «a substantial share» of donations from Democrats and independents.

He says they condoned the growing use of Limited Liability Corporations to skirt existing donation limits, and they loosely defined how politicians could spend their campaign funds on personal uses.

If elected mayor, Commisso said he would work with the Common Council to determine the best course of action on evaluating all tax exemptions in the city and would place a self - imposed ban on accepting campaign donations from developers who receive exemptions.

In a statement, NEC chairman Mike Griffiths also said Tony Blair backed this position, refuting claims that he had already endorsed Hayden Phillips» reported recommendations for a # 50,000 cap on individual donations and an annual limit on campaign spending.

«It's an independent commission that is free to investigate whatever they believe needs to be investigated on the merits,» Cuomo said when asked if his campaign donations would be scrutinized.

In a statement issued last night Mr Hain said: «As I said in December, as a result of administrative failings within my campaign there were donations to my deputy leadership bid which were not registered within the normal time to the Electoral Commission.

The millionaire Republican, who has homes in the city, Larchmont, N.Y., and in Massachusetts, said he plans to opt out of the city Campaign Finance Board's matching funds program and use his own money and donations to underwrite his cCampaign Finance Board's matching funds program and use his own money and donations to underwrite his campaigncampaign.

After Representative Parker Griffith of Alabama left the Democratic Party in December to become a Republican, he said he would return only donations given to him for his 2010 re-election campaign.

Governor Cuomo says he will be announcing his Moreland Act commission to investigate the campaign donation filings of the legislature in the «immediate future», possibly as early as Thursday.

Skelos says he is interested in reforms that bring «transparency» to the campaign donation system.

«By returning these pro-Trump PAC campaign donations, Rep. Stefanik will prove she serves only our democratic process and that she can be an impartial voice in this investigation,» Wilson said.

Katie Wilson, a candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for New York's 21st Congressional District, says Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) should give back campaign donations from a political action committee that supports Donald Trump.

And while Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat who has at times seemed to prefer working with a Republican Senate, said he supported Mr. Kaminsky, following up with the maximum $ 11,000 donation from his re-election coffers, he did not campaign for him.

Campaign officials refused to release more detailed information, but said the donations ranged from just $ 5 to $ 12,707.79, the maximum contribution allowed for an individual donor under Ohio -LSB-...]

A Cuomo campaign spokesman has said the donations stemmed from a fundraiser.