Sentences with phrase «spend unlimited sums»

They could also spend unlimited sums on think tank style analysis and information dissemination.

As Chapter 1 discusses in detail, environmental groups as mostly 501C3 organizations were allowed to spend unlimited sums on public education which includes advertising and communication efforts advocating generally for a need for action on climate change or a general cap on emissions.

In August 2014, Connor told the Daily News that the IDC Initiative was in the process of re-registering with the state Board of Elections as an independent expenditure committee, a change that would allow it to spend unlimited sums as long as its spending decisions were made independently of candidates» campaigns.

Super PACs may raise unlimited amounts and spend unlimited sums to advocate for or against political candidates, according to the bipartisan Center for Responsive Politics in Washington, D.C. Unlike traditional PACs, super PACs can not donate money directly to political candidates, and they can not coordinate their spending with candidates they benefit.

The bill passed by the House yesterday would render IE campaigns unnecessary since it would allow party committees to spend unlimited sums and coordinate those expenditures with the candidates.

That decision opened the floodgates to unlimited amounts of money in elections, including through outside groups supportive of candidates that must not coordinate with official campaigns but can raise and spend unlimited sums.

Outside spending groups like Rove's American Crossroads super PAC are the progeny of the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums for and against individual candidates.

A super PAC is a political committee that can solicit and spend unlimited sums of money.

It gave corporations and unions the green light to spend unlimited sums on ads and other political tools, calling for the election or defeat of individual candidates.

His duties include building a national network of fundraisers and courting major donors, who increasingly have more options amid the rise of outside groups that can raise and spend unlimited sums.

Not exact matches

Under the legislation, national party committees could donate unlimited sums to individual campaigns and work with the campaigns directly to decide how those dollars are spent.

Weingarten declined to comment on the sum the AFT spent, but the consultant said that most of the money went to unlimited and unregulated communication with union members, intense outreach to the union's more than 2,000 members in the district and to the between 30,000 and 40,000 AFL - CIO members in Washington, D.C.. Each group received three mailings and several live calls; the union also did its own polling on the race.