Sentences with phrase «special donor group»

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Tom Precious: Notably missing from Astorino's donor list were numerous special interest groups that can often drive the agenda at the Capitol, raising speculation whether such donors do not believe he can win and don't want to risk alienating Cuomo if he is re-elected.

He was also one of the «significant donors» who was given special access to the prime minister and the hancellor through private Downing Street dinners (the «dinners for donors» scandal) and as part of the Tories» exclusive leader's group.

In separate statements, prosecutors said they concluded investigations without charges into whether the mayor or his aides had acted illegally in soliciting donations and providing special access to donors who gave to de Blasio or his nonprofit group, the Campaign for One New York.

In separate statements, the Manhattan district attorney's office and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District announced they had concluded their months - long investigations into whether the mayor or his aides had acted illegally in soliciting donations and providing special access to donors who gave to de Blasio or his nonprofit group, the Campaign for One New York.

In the 2012 presidential election it improved its vote total by ninety percent compared to the 2008 election, without funding from special interest groups or large donors.

«One, is the gerrymandering that occurs allowing lawmakers to draw their own district lines... [two is] a disgraceful campaign finance system that allows them to hit up special interests for ridiculous amounts of money,» said Blair Horner, executive director at the New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to a lack of «pay - to - play» restrictions on campaign donors with government business.

The Heritage Circle is a special group of donors who have chosen to include a gift to the Nova Scotia SPCA in their Will.

The Elm Circle is a special group of committed donors who, through their regular, monthly gifts, allow NWEI to inspire people from around the world to create their own communities of change.

«Electoral intervention is not supposed to be a non-profit's main activity, but these dark money groups are abusing their tax - exempt status by existing primarily as vehicles for corporations and wealthy donors to secretly influence elections,» Fischer noted, adding, «Some dark money non-profits might now use lobbying as an accounting trick to balance their books between electoral and non-electoral spending, leading to a spiraling cycle of non-stop campaigning and special interest influence, but with zero transparency or public accountability.»