Sentences with phrase «spending by independent groups»

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.

Not exact matches

Two independent expenditure groups that have been raising and spending money on behalf of freshman Democratic Sen. Todd Kaminsky in the 9th SD on Long Island have been banned by an eleventh hour legal decision from doing any further activity in this election cycle.

NY - LEAD has so far floated no proposals to curb the power of so - called independent expenditure groups like, say, the Committee to Save NY — the pro-Cuomo entity formed by business interests that spent about $ 10 million last year to bolster key aspects of the governor's agenda and is gearing up for another push this year.

One bill, backed by Assemblyman Michael Cusick, clarifies the distinction between political action committees and independent expenditure groups, which have grown in spending and scope in state campaigns following the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizen United decision.

The good - government group Reinvent Albany on Monday issued a memorandum in opposition to a bill backed by Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein that would create a chief procurement officer to oversee economic development spending.

(CNN)- The Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of a ruling by Montana's highest court that upholds the state's century - long restrictions on independent political spending by outside groups in election campaigns.

Washington (CNN)- An independent group co-founded by Karl Rove that's already spending big bucks to put up television commercials critical of President Barack Obama is now going up with ads in three crucial U.S. Senate races.

The projection, made in a document distributed by RNC officials at the group's summer meeting in Kansas City, comes as the committee is being forced to compete for donor dollars with a growing number of independent expenditure groups which are spending money to help defeat Democrats in November.

In the district, currently held by freshman Sen. Terrence Murphy, an aggregate $ 7.48 million was spent by candidates and independent expenditure groups.

For instance, Johnson, who for months criticized campaign spending by outside groups, has been silent now that his campaign is receiving support from the independent expenditure known as Empire State PAC.

After Cuomo, the second - largest recipient of hedge fund - contributions was New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany — an independent expenditure committee created by the pro-charter school group StudentsFirstNY — that spent $ 4.2 million to

After Cuomo, the second - largest recipient of hedge fund - contributions was New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany — an independent expenditure committee created by the pro-charter school group StudentsFirstNY — that spent $ 4.2 million to help Republicans take control of the state Senate.

The campaign for the state Senate this cycle was marked by a well - funded group of independent expenditure committees that spent at least $ 15 million on both Republican and Democratic candidates.

Balance New York, an independent expenditure group supported by the Washington, D.C. - based Republican Leadership Committee, spent $ 362,810 on TV and radio ads knocking two Democratic Senate candidates.

A report released by the good - government group on Tuesday found 47 different independent expenditure or «IE» committees were created in 2013, spending nearly $ 15.4 million to influence city - wide races as well as council contests.

Labor groups and the real - estate industry spent heavily on independent expenditure campaigns in 2013, a symptom Common Cause says was facilitated by the Citizens United decision of 2010.

Sen. Kathy Marchione questioned whether the money for public financing would be better spent on gap elimination aid for education, while Sen. Greg Ball threw a pointed jab at Democratic Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, wondering out loud about independent expenditure groups funded by «Soros.»

Vallone had raised more than $ 84,000 for the race, less than Shafran's $ 104,000, but was supported by Jobs for New York, a real estate backed independent group which spent more than $ 320,000 supporting him.

Four years ago her scholarship was cited in Justice John Paul Stevens's dissent from the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which found that limits on independent political spending by corporations and groups were unconstitutional.

He says the influence of money in politics is much greater now, especially since the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision made it harder for government to regulate spending by independent expenditure groups.

Of the $ 5.42 million spent on the New York State Senate races by independent groups thus far, close to $ 800,000 has come from real...

Independent expenditure groups backed by well - funded charter school organizations are gearing up to play a role in battleground Senate districts, spending money that could bolster Republicans in what is expected to be a difficult election year.

Of the $ 5.42 million spent on the New York State Senate races by independent groups thus far, close to $ 800,000 has come from real estate - connected political action committees.

The 5 - point plan includes independent expenditure reforms that would prevent independent spending groups to be formed or run by a candidate's family members and the public disclosure of anyone in control of a group.

The Clinical Research Forum, a consortium of leading academic health centers headed by Crowley, has asked pharmaceutical companies for a combined $ 10 million per year for 3 years (the minimum length of time the group expects NIH budget problems to persist), to create «bridging awards» for young investigators who have completed an NIH clinical research training grant, have narrowly missed receiving funding for an independent grant, and are employed at institutions that will match the funding and allow recipients to spend at least 75 % of their time on research.

NIAID, which spent $ 73 million on the trial, had planned to fund it for another 4 years, but an interim analysis by an independent monitoring group led the institute to pull the plug early and announce the results.

The CJC, an independent advisory group headed by the Master of the Rolls, noted that the abolition of referral fees in April will «not automatically» reduce a firm's marketing spend, and in fact firms may have to spend more due the current competitive climate.

However, spending by each of these groups had to remain truly independent of the main designated campaigns.