Sentences with phrase «unlimited amounts of money through»

Citizens United overturned a century of legal doctrine when it ruled that pursuant to the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, corporations and labour unions have the right to spend unlimited amounts of money through ads, commercials and other political tools to support or oppose candidates for office.

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Squadron has a bill that would close the loophole, which allows individuals to contribute virtually unlimited amounts of money to a campaign by funneling it through a limited liability company.

Cuomo has previously called for an end to the so - called loophole in election law that allows unlimited donations through limited liability companies as well as limits to the amount of money state lawmakers can earn outside of public service.

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.

Mr. Cuomo's office had no immediate response to the proposal, which also included a plan to close the so - called L.L.C. loophole, which allows corporate interests to spend almost unlimited amounts of money on campaigns by channeling contributions through limited liability companies, which can be designed to provide little transparency.