Sentences with phrase «wealthy donors also»

They point to the role that outside spending by a handful of millionaires played in the Republican presidential primaries by helping to keep Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich in the race, and wealthy donors also seem to have made a difference in Dick Lugar's recent downfall.

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You also fail to remember that the Assembly one house bill was much more favorable to low income and working class New Yorkers, but John Boy — in his drunken stupor held out for bigger decrease for wealthy Pub donors.

But it has also battered the nascent political network overseen by wealthy conservative donor Rebekah Mercer, which is financed by her father, Robert, a hard - line conservative billionaire.

Nixon is also critical of the widening gap between the rich and poor in the state, accusing the governor of being beholden to «corporate interests and wealthy donors.»

The ethics refresher was ordered as the burgeoning federal probe into police corruption has resulted in the transfers of nine officers, including eight high - level supervisors, many of them stripped of their guns and badges, for their dealings with two wealthy Brooklyn businessmen who are also large donors to Mayor Bill de Blasio and were on his Inauguration Team.

Other measures Heastie outlined include closing the LLC Loophole that allows wealthy donors to subvert the state's campaign contribution limits, tightening rules around the use of campaign funds and party «housekeeping» accounts, which are also used to get around state campaign finance laws.

The Bronx Beep also has strengthened his ties with officials in the city's charter - school movement, many of whom have ties to wealthy donors who could back a future citywide campaign.

Clegg also offered his background as a civil rights attorney and a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity against Faso's history of being a lobbyist for the «wealthy donor class.»

The U.S. should rethink its overemphasis on military approaches, and Europe should honor its unmet commitments of aid to this region, but other nations — including the wealthy countries of the Middle East and new donors such as India and China — can also help turn the tide.

Mercer, the wealthy GOP donor and backer of Cambridge Analytica, also bankrolled the group that ran anti-Muslim ads in swing states during the 2016 election.

Besides this coalition, Tuck also benefited from a deep well of financial support from wealthy donors and advocacy groups funded by such contributors.

Many supporters of federalism and a return to local control of education also argue cronyism infiltrates public education when wealthy private donors pour much - desired dollars into public projects, demanding attention paid to their pet projects.

[44] Wealthy out - of - state donors also poured money into the pro-charter effort; Arkansas residents and Walmart heirs Alice and Jim Walton donated $ 1.8 million while Michael Bloomberg gave $ 490,000.

Wealthy out - of - state donors also poured money into the pro-charter effort; Arkansas residents and Walmart heirs Alice and Jim Walton donated $ 1.8 million while Michael Bloomberg gave $ 490,000.

Funding mechanisms, by which wealthy countries pay developing countries to maintain their forest cover, such as REDD + (short for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries), could also give donors the «soft power» to push for improved governance of industrial agriculture, he said.

Robert Mercer, the wealthy Republican donor who bankrolled Cambridge Analytica — the data consulting firm at the center of Facebook's latest privacy scandal — also was the largest donor to a group that targeted swing - state voters with anti-Muslim ads during the 2016 U.S. elections.