Sentences with phrase «special interest money»

Use ads paid for with your millions of special interest money to define the other guy, and show how wonderful you are.

It seeks to reform government by getting special interest money out of politics, and limiting the power of lobbyists.

Key realms, such as the courts, increasingly are at risk of domination by special interest money.

Why is it so hard for people to understand that until we get special interest money out of American politics, we can never again have a government of the People?

The program provides grants of public funds for their campaigns without special interest money.

No, Connecticut's campaign finance reform didn't take special interest money out of elections.

Cuomo also is taking heat from lefty activists for failing to limit Albany's pay - to - play culture and the role of special interest money in campaigns.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, said its analysis found members of Congress from both political parties increasingly rely on special interest money after coming to Washington.

Some hightlights: The liberal special interest money machine is already rallying around their...

(There's also a deceptiveness in the mailers — she accuses Maloney of taking special interest money while financial reform was going through Congress, but omits that Maloney nevertheless supported reform.)

The Reform Party wants to open the ballot, remove special interest money from politics, and ban gerrymandering.

However, finding that there are loopholes allowing special interest money into elections is a call to close those loopholes, not to move away from small - donor empowerment.

Not unless you can interest special interest money.»

Jon Lender's argument for the danger posed by special interest money finding its way into Connecticut elections [Oct. 19, Connecticut, «Have Dems Broken Deal?»]

Grisanti supported restricting special interest money, until he took it.

Kennedy, as did his opponent in 2014, signed a contract promising to limit campaign spending to a grant of about $ 95,000 in taxpayer money he received under the Citizen Election Program (CEP), the landmark Connecticut campaign finance reform that its supporters claim is a model for keeping special interest money out of elections.

Any other money is special interest money period.

But House Republican Leader Themis Klarides of Derby said Democrats were rejecting a long list of proposals that «could actually fix» the problems of special interest money still plaguing Connecticut elections.

«We oppose any attempt to allow state contractor or other special interest money to influence Connecticut campaigns.»

Democrats have bemoaned the decision for allowing big special interest money to flood into campaigns.

Katko's three potential opponents in the November election have also accepted special interest money, although one — Democrat Eric Kingson, a Syracuse University professor — has refused to accept money from corporate PACs.

«Whether it is breaking a promise to voters by voting to defund Planned Parenthood four times or the majority of special interest money bankrolling his campaign, it's clear that Katko answers to Washington, not central New York,» Lesswing said.

The race was one of the most expensive House races in the state, with over $ 8.5 million in special interest money spent on ads from outside interests.

«Last election, Congressman John Katko attacked his opponent for taking special interest money, but when he got to Washington, he did the same,» an announcer says in the ad.

The idea behind Connecticut's public campaign financing system was that replacing major amounts of special interest money in the election process with taxpayer dollars would cut down on influence peddling and state corruption.

Opening the door for the radical left to seize power, these apostate Republicans abandoned their values for special interest money while leaving the American people to twist slowly in the wind.

«I believe most of the members believe as I do that the constitution is a document we want to protect from the whims of special interest money from outside the state that would like to see partisan changes to the constitution,» he said.

«I funded my previous campaigns with all the resources needed without relying on special interest money,» Maragos said.

School boards are supposed to be somewhat removed from politics, but if they can be captured by special interest money, does that limit their effectiveness?

«By taking this ban out, they basically created a whole new class of special interest money,» Mahoney said.

Despite the abuse of their majority status to rake in special interest money, the cash - on - hand advantage for Senate Republicans has remained roughly the same as it was in January, putting Senate Democrats on a competitive footing as we move into the political season.

Libertarian Party candidate Warren Redlich led the charge against the front - runners, accusing Cuomo of taking special interest money and Paladino of lacking the temperament and judgment to be governor.

«If some beltway hacks want to waste their special interest money to be on the other side of overwhelming support, that's on them.»

«The campaigns are awash in billionaire and special interest money,» he said.

Unlike Cuomo, who has collected $ 27 million in special interest money, Carl is beholden to no one except you the voters.

The idea of public financing was that the public would provide money to the candidates so they wouldn't continue to grab at the special interest money and indebt themselves to the givers.

It takes some of the special interest money off the table.»

«It's no surprise that the casino issue will draw a lot of special interest money.»

She is bragging that she doesn't take special interest money — an easy pledge to make, since special interests generally don't donate to hopeless challenges to safe incumbents — but her positions are more in line with the Wall Street special interests than Maloney's.

This is not rocket science — it was removed precisely BECAUSE doing so «basically created a whole new class of special interest money...» Duh.

Fasano said Democrats undermined the CEP in 2013 by allowing unlimited organizational expenditures from state central committees, which he said opened the electoral process to «a flood of special interest money.»

Scheibman predicted a «tidal wave of special interest money» pouring in for Gibson.

«If some Beltway hacks want to waste their special interest money to be on the other side of overwhelming support, that's on them.»

«This is a way to have small donors have the matching funds so that we can help level the playing field and get the special interest money out of campaign,» he said.

«The legislature is influenced by the special interest money,» Cuomo charged.

«And we have to amend our corrupt political system because when you're up against a mountain of special interest money, it's very difficult to compete.

«Special interest money has corrupted our state government for far too long.

If I should run for such an office, I am requesting the honor and privilege of being among those who can say they came to office free of special interest money.»