Sentences with phrase «take on campaign financing»

«It's an election year, so there's not a tremendous appetite for them to take on campaign financing,» said Cuomo.

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While on the campaign trail in 2015 at the age of 44, the presidential candidate spoke at Liberty University and alluded to his experience of having to finance his education: I, Cruz said, «took over $ 100,000 in school loans, loans I suspect a lot of y» all can relate to, loans that I'll point out I just paid off a few years ago.»

Much of the book is taken up with lengthy discussions of the details of the four plans — health, education, wages and campaign finance — and briefer breakdowns on financing.

Also published on techPresident The announcement largely got lost in Friday clutter, but U.S. campaign finance restrictions took a serious hit at the end of last week.

Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy's campaign is pressuring his GOP challenger, Chris Gibson, to take a position on the finance industry regulatory reform bill passed by the House last week, accusing him of trying to have it both ways by refusing to say how he would have voted on the measure.

She also signaled a desire to stay in the political game, saying the state needs leaders to take on Wall Street (even though she had declined to pledge not to accept finance industry campaign cash), clean up Albany, champion marriage equality and fight environmental polluters.

Fix It is going up with its first TV ad today — a spot that will air in Westchester and takes Sen. George Latimer to task for «imposing a New York City - style campaign finance system on the entire state,» which will cost taxpayers millions and open the system up for «abuse.»

Flanagan needs to allow meaningful campaign finance reform and limitations on outside income to come to the floor for every member to take a position on this session or he will be sitting in the back row of the minority caucus come January!

Good - government group Citizens Union released a report this morning that found more competitive elections take place on the New York City council level than at the state level, which they attribute to in part a public - financing of campaigns.

On April 25, Cuomo, who made public campaign finance part of his 2010 campaign reform agenda and highlighted it in his 2012 State of the State address, had this to say on whether action might be taken this yeaOn April 25, Cuomo, who made public campaign finance part of his 2010 campaign reform agenda and highlighted it in his 2012 State of the State address, had this to say on whether action might be taken this yeaon whether action might be taken this year:

Cuomo on Monday will take part in a telephone town hall meeting with Citizen Action as he starts to gear up for a campaign finance reform effort.

ALBANY — Good - government advocates are pinning their hopes for passage of substantial ethics and campaign finance reforms on very public examinations of alleged corruption set to take place over the next six months.

We could take on New York's corrupt political establishment and the billionaire class on Wall Street by passing campaign finance and ethics reform.

Horner: Time for Cuomo and Legislature to Take Real Action on Reform Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in a commentary piece for the WAMC Northeast Public Radio, demanded that Governor Cuomo and the legislature take real action on campaign finance refTake Real Action on Reform Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in a commentary piece for the WAMC Northeast Public Radio, demanded that Governor Cuomo and the legislature take real action on campaign finance reftake real action on campaign finance reform.

Yet before Gore could close the book on his campaign, he had to undergo an exhaustive government audit required of all candidates who take public financing.

A reform group is taking a new approach to trying to close a loophole in the state's campaign finance laws, as years long attempts to crack down on what's known as «dark money» donations have failed.

While I've not done a comprehensive review of all 2014 races, I did take a look at the Kentucky Senate campaign, and my analysis shows that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has outspent his challenger, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, on digital by more than three - to - one as of the June 30, 2014 campaign finance reports.

She then briefed on Cuomo - related issues, including him failing to close campaign finance loopholes, failing to veto any incumbent protection gerrymandering, not doing enough for election reform, for looting public schools to give tax cuts to banks and not taking a stance against fracking.

Advocates took out their anger and frustration on the Cuomo administration and leaders of the state Senate, after it became clear that a progressive agenda that includes abortion rights and public campaign financing is likely dead for the legislative session.

The governor must take the lead in advancing contracting reforms that focus on independent oversight, greater openness, and strict limits on the state's «pay to play» campaign financing system.

Sources Friday evening said Cuomo and the leadership of the party had reached a tentative deal for the incumbent Democrat to take the labor - backed line in exchange for pushing on key progressive issues such as the Dream Act, the public financing of political campaigns and the women's agenda.

In a sign that a new push for campaign finance reform is on the horizon, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will take part in a telephone «town hall» forum on Monday with Citizen Action, according to an email invitation released this afternoon by Executive Director Karen Scharff.

The lawyer, who handled much of Glenwood's political work, said the company hoped to obstruct the passage of campaign finance reform laws, see the controversial 421a tax abatement renewed, obtain a favorable tax cap on revenue from apartment buildings and to prevent Democrats from taking control of the State Senate and giving control of the New York City rent laws from Albany to the City Council — which Mr. Dorego compared to «an atomic bomb.»

The candidates selected will need to take a position on hard issues, like the five outlined at reform.to, which provide concrete plans to create a small donor system for campaign financing: matching citizen contributions and providing voters with vouchers.

One question focused on possible reasons to vote for «Woodstock,» citing reasons like fighting to improve the economy by taking on big businesses and monopolies, pushing for campaign finance reform, increasing education funding, changing the tax code to require the wealthy and large corporations to pay more and raising the minimum wage.

«Because Rory Lancman has been a leader to take the «for sale» sign off our state government, I'm endorsing him today because he'll continue to lead that charge when he gets to Washington,» said Green, who has authored two books on campaign finance reform.

«This write in candidate who claims to be running on campaign finance reform took close to half of his contributions from lawyers and was the only candidate not considered qualified by the New York Bar Association in the race he lost for DA last month in Brooklyn, where he lives,» the campaign said.

Cuomo appears to have given up on the state Legislature taking action to close the notorious LLC loophole, which allows wealthy donors to subvert campaign finance laws by creating multiple limited liability corporations that can each give more than $ 60,000 to a candidate's campaign.

Cuomo has been sympathetic to the push for a salary hike, but has said he wants lawmakers to take up sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform in the process, including the public financing of political campaigns and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

If they were serious about mitigating the effects of this budget, they would call a ceasefire, negotiate a specific line to take on the finance bill, and begin campaigning about that.

Like a magician's trick, it takes our attention off of where it should really be focused: on the commission's crucial recommendations for campaign finance reform.»

So the first guy to NOT take public financing of his presidential campaign is now worried about the corrupting influence of money and special interests on politics.

«Addressing the negative impact that the Citizens United decision has had on our democracy is important,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement to Gotham Gazette, «but also we must take action to fix our own glaring campaign finance and ethics issues in New York State such as closing the LLC Loophole which also allows special interests to contribute endless amounts of money.

According to city campaign finance records, the campaign paid Tabone $ 3,000 on Feb. 16 — two days after the aide allegedly took a hefty cash bribe from an undercover FBI agent posing as a real estate developer, according to the criminal complaint.

«In the end, in order to successfully take on Washington's influence - money culture, the Obama administration must take on and win the battle for fundamental campaign finance reform,» the report said.

A general election year always takes its toll on the finances of political parties, and both Labour and the Conservatives were forced to rely on loans to fund their campaigns.

Meanwhile, Lanza also came under fire Wednesday from Common Cause / New York, which called on him to hold a Codes Committee meeting and take up a vote on a bill to close the campaign finance loophole involving limited liability companies, or LLCs — legislation the Senate GOP opposes.

Campaign finance rules are adopted by the State Board of Elections on a four - year cycle, Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group pointed out, meaning any changes could not take effect until the 2018 legislative elections or the 2022 gubernatorial election.

MyDD's Jonathan Singer and Hotline's Jennifer Skala both pick up on a statement from Barack Obama hinting that, contrary to previous statements, he won't accept public financing because «We have created a parallel public financing system where the American people decide if they want to support a campaign they can get on the Internet and finance it...» Skala argues that since Obama isn't taking money from PACs or Washington lobbyists (state lobbyists is another issue), «What would he have to prove by signing up for public financing?»

Taken as a whole, the proposals seemed geared to appease Mr. Cuomo's detractors on the left in his party, who have been upset by the governor's pace on issues like campaign finance reform and public financing of elections, and by his lackadaisical support of Democrats in the State Senate.

There also needs to be campaign finance reform to take away the undue influence corporations have on government, Clegg said.

Jose Franco of Stoop Juice plans to take on Trump in 2020, promising campaign finance reform and learning people's names.

The unions and Cuomo are prepared to publicly agitate for Democratsto take control of the State Senate if there's no deal reached on a broader system of public campaign finance, which many in the institutional left see as necessary to combat court decisions that have open floodgates of spending by the rich.

Any new transgressions would go on an already lengthy list, starting with years of contemptuous disregard for New York's campaign finance laws — rules so lax that violating them takes conspicuous effort.

Flanagan also dismissed public campaign financing; asked about closure of the LLC loophole only, he said, «We will have discussions on that — they've taken place in the past.»

The candidates focused on how they were funding the election — Spitzer through his own real estate wealth, and Stringer through campaign finance, but benefiting from millions being spent by outside groups aiming to take Spitzer down.

Despite their disagreement on public financing, Maffei said he hopes Republicans like Hanna help make campaign finance reform a priority for the new Congress that took office in January.

The company has showered donations on both parties for years, taking advantage of loopholes in campaign - finance laws.

The governor had promised to form the investigatory commission in accordance with the state's Moreland Act after he and lawmakers failed to agree on a package of ethics and elections law reforms that ranged from increasing punishment for taking bribes to making it easier to register to vote to using taxpayer money to finance political campaigns.

Campaign finance reports also show that Hartsell's senate campaign took in a total of $ 500 in contributions on Feb. 29 from two K12 employees, according to campaign Campaign finance reports also show that Hartsell's senate campaign took in a total of $ 500 in contributions on Feb. 29 from two K12 employees, according to campaign campaign took in a total of $ 500 in contributions on Feb. 29 from two K12 employees, according to campaign campaign records.