Sentences with phrase «wealthy supporters»

The main reason it won't happen is that wealthy supporters of politicians will complain, and many politicians are wealthy themselves.

Over the course of her public life, Clinton has received backing from wealthy supporters of charter schools, including Eli Broad, the Los Angeles billionaire; and Alice Walton, a primary shareholder Wal - Mart.

Two groups funded by wealthy supporters of charter schools continued to spend heavily in contested Senate races over the weekend.

Mitt led a 3 - day confab of wealthy supporters in Utah, the Mormon controlled state.Condi Rice attended.Why?Could she be the game - changer?

Mehlman and other wealthy supporters of same - sex marriage would ultimately form a political action committee to help GOP supporters of same - sex marriage in New York primaries, an off - shoot of a national effort.

Led chiefly from donations from wealthy supporters like Jonathan Soros and Congressional candidate Sean Eldridge, the measure failed to pass in the coalition - led Senate.

May is determined to take us out of the EU at any cost to satisfy her very wealthy supporters, apart from wanting the social chapter destroyed, the wealthy do not want the new EU legislation that requires governments to stop tax avoidance by companies.

At a preemptive news conference with education advocates, The Alliance for Quality Education's Billy Easton says wealthy supporters of expanding charter schools have spent nearly twice that amount, and have contributed large sums to the governor's campaign.

«It didn't take long for President Obama and his liberal friends to throw their support behind David's opponent, Charlie Melancon,» said the incumbent in a fundraising appeal to his own supporters, slamming Melancon for» (flying) up to Martha's Vinyard to collect campaign cash from Obama's wealthiest supporters at cocktail parties in Massachusetts.»

For the Conservatives it means giving up their advantage of having more wealthy supporters, for Labour, the relationship with the trade unions,» he said.

Two independent expenditure committees funded in part by wealthy supporters of charter schools are wrapping their spending sprees on Senate Republican candidates with large ad purhcases in two state Senate races upstate.

One investigation, dubbed «File 1000,» reportedly concerns claims that Netanyahu improperly accepted lavish gifts from wealthy supporters, including Australian billionaire James Packer and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan.

The independent expenditure spending over the last month has been largely dominated by the usual players: Committees funded by real estate or wealthy supporters of charter school expansion.

The trial made embarrassing national headlines for the once - rising Democratic star, who was accused of seeking more than $ 900,000 from two wealthy supporters to conceal his pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter, from voters during his unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.

The group has been funded in part by Dan Loeb, a wealthy supporter of charter schools who last year apologized after making a racially charged remark at Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

As Cornfield and Rainie pointed out, less than 5 % of the money raised for the 2006 election came from online sources — the real money arrived in large chunks at fundraisers and through networks of wealthy supporters.

No doubt true — the real money arrives in large chunks at fundraisers and through networks of wealthy supporters.

Three weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, a data company owned by one of his wealthiest supporters began cashing in.

He has accepted significant contributions from Ravenel Boykin Curry, a wealthy supporter of education reform and trustee of Girls Prep charter school, which made the news in 2010 when Joel Klein used emergency powers to displace the public school program for autistic children with which Girls Prep was co-located.

(More than $ 150,000 reportedly came from a single event hosted for Donovan by his wealthiest supporter, Mayor Bloomberg.

DA Cyrus Vance Jr. has been probing whether the mayor's aides urged unions and wealthy supporters to fork over money to Ulster and Putnam County Democratic state Senate campaign committees.

Some of Foley's wealthy supporters are said to be preparing to do the same for him when the moment arrives.

Its backers include some of the wealthiest supporters of privatization.

(Calif.) Wealthy supporters of charter schools have never been slow to put up big dollars backing candidates or ballot measures they believe will help the movement.

Three weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, a data company owned by one of his wealthiest supporters began cashing in.