Sentences with phrase «with public campaign funds»

After openings, prosecutors showed the jury receipts from Macy's, Nordstrom and Home Depot that they said reflected Wills purchases with public campaign funds.

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Keystone has become a can't - lose battle for the environmental movement, with activists staging frequent protests against the pipeline and California billionaire Tom Steyer funding major advertising campaigns to move public opinion.

Emma Boorboor, election reform campaign director at U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), told me that in October 2015, she sent a letter to Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb and two other Vanguard employees outlining her concerns with the mutual fund company's voting policies with respect to corporate political disclosure.

With a public crowdsourcing campaign, individuals will be more than likely to turn away from an opportunity to fund if they do not feel connected to an individual requesting funding.

Elliott owned only 4 % of Hess's stock — not enough to necessitate an activist warning - shot 13D filing with the SEC — in January 2013 when the fund went public with a proxy campaign to replace five of the board's directors.

«With the political race already drawing substantial media attention and potential candidates doing everything in their power to gain the support of the public at large, regulation of the hedge fund industry is a topic that will likely receive significant attention throughout the campaign period.»

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

Teachout, who has pushed for a Democratic majority with campaign donations and in her public appearances, is raising funds for the political action committee, the Anti-Corruption League.

In the first two days alone, activists filled his council page and campaign page with over 150 messages, in a very public display of their desire to keep adequate funding for social programs for the District's poor.

He accused the Cuomo campaign of using «threats and intimidation» to prevent rabbis from meeting with Paladino — even going so far as to make veiled suggestions that public funding might be in jeopardy, although no proof of this claim was provided.

Randolph applauded the Public Campaign Action Fund's ad campaign pushing public financing, which analogizes the decrepit state of the Statue of Liberty with the corrosive political environment in APublic Campaign Action Fund's ad campaign pushing public financing, which analogizes the decrepit state of the Statue of Liberty with the corrosive political environment inCampaign Action Fund's ad campaign pushing public financing, which analogizes the decrepit state of the Statue of Liberty with the corrosive political environment incampaign pushing public financing, which analogizes the decrepit state of the Statue of Liberty with the corrosive political environment in Apublic financing, which analogizes the decrepit state of the Statue of Liberty with the corrosive political environment in Albany.

Scharff, with Citizen Action, says an agreement on «comprehensive reform» that incudes matching donor public funding for candidates and strong enforcement of the campaign finance laws would be great.

In reality however, 72 percent of New York business leaders support campaign finance reform, including matching small donations with public funds.

Adopt system of public financing of campaigns, with new lower limits on direct contributions to statewide and state legislative candidates; Establish the «New York State Campaign Finance Fund», with transfers from the Abandoned Property Fund and taxpayer designations of PIT liability; and limiting contributions to «housekeeping accounts» to $ 25,000.

The report, issued Monday and made public Thursday, came a week after Thomas was charged by the state Attorney General's Office with stealing nearly $ 13,000 in campaign funds and failing to report on his city financial disclosure forms more than $ 75,000 he received from individuals, companies and his inaugural committee.

● Eliminate private contributions including 527s and PACs and replace with public funding of campaigns.

Ssempa, who is associated with Saddleback pastor Rick Warren and is a recipient of U.S. funds to combat HIV / AIDS through «abstinence only» programs, has been linked to prior public vigilante campaigns against LGBT people.

In the 2014 State of State handbook which accompanied the speech, the governor detailed these as well as other reform initiatives, emphasizing that matching small donations with public funds would give «voice to small donors» and «help enable a diverse pool of candidates with substantial grassroots support, but little access to large donors, to run competitive campaigns.»

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino's last - minute campaign video pushes his candidacy on the independent Taxpayers Party line, and deems the Democrats a «threat» to the solvency of New York and accuses them of «playing games» with public funds.

She now has more than $ 5 million cash in her campaign war chest — which, when combined with public matching funds, is more than the $ 6.4 million candidates are allowed to spend during the primary — leaving her with $ 2.4 million for the general election or a potential run - off with a fellow Democrat.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Governor Cuomo Introduces Campaign Finance Reform Legislation with a Public Financing Option Governor Andrew Cuomo has introduced legislation that seeks to enact a system of small donor matching funds for state elections, along with a number of other provisions designed to reduce corruption and special interest influence.

Scharff, with Citizen Action, says an agreement on comprehensive reform that includes matching donor public funding for candidates and strong enforcement of the campaign finance laws would be great.

As for the Campaign Finance Board's decision to inject the mayor's campaign with $ 2.6 million in public - matching funds, de Blasio's Republican challenger ripped the mayor for making the Campaign Finance Board's decision to inject the mayor's campaign with $ 2.6 million in public - matching funds, de Blasio's Republican challenger ripped the mayor for making the campaign with $ 2.6 million in public - matching funds, de Blasio's Republican challenger ripped the mayor for making the request.

The full bill, which can be read here on the State Assembly website, in addition to providing new contribution limits and enforcement rules, also stipulates that the public campaign fund would be partially financed with money from Wall Street fraud settlements.

At the moment, neither Public Campaign Action Fund or a related organization, Friends of Democracy, has filed an intent to lobby letter with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics — a documented required when the cost of seeking to influence state government is expected to be more than $ 5,000 for any given entity.

«This attack ad, funded by those closely aligned with my opponents, is an all - out effort to undermine New York City's public campaign finance system, the most progressive system in the country and one I have worked hard to strengthen.

What's more, they are enforced by an energetic and independent Campaign Finance Board, which oversees a carefully constructed system that combines generous public matching funds with limits on contributions to political candidates, limits that are especially strict for lobbyists and others doing business with the city.

The board also denied public funds to City Comptroller John Liu's mayoral campaign, citing «evidence of substantial non-compliance» with the law.

Every Voice was created in 2014 when Friends of Democracy merged with the Public Campaign Action Fund — a group which was founded in 1997.

Klein, a former head of the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, said the public's mood over publicly financed campaigns needes to be gauged first, noting that some voters may be uneasy with allowing taxpayer dollars to fund political campaigns (the Senate GOP, which has equal governing weight in the coalition, has cited this reason for its opposition to public financing).

The duo characterized their proposal as a «grand bargain» that would silence the concerns of detractors — mainly, the Senate Republicans — that a public campaign finance system would be too expensive and should not be funded with taxpayer dollars.

«While we challenge this Government to come clean on the issue of the $ 1bn Excess Crude money, we also challenge the minister of information to comment on allegations that the APC funded its 2015 presidential campaign with stolen public funds, particularly from Lagos and Rivers states.

But several advocates I spoke with today said the true test of whether Cuomo is serious about creating a public campaign finance system is if he puts funding for said system in his 2014 - 15 executive budget proposal (assuming, that is, no deal is reached prior to the start of the 2014 session, which, given the Senate GOP's opposition to the idea, seems highly unlikely at this point).

Public officials in New York would be prohibited from spending political campaign funds on personal expenses like clothing and country club dues under the two - way ethics reform deal, but paying for criminal defense attorneys and meals with political cash would still be allowed.

«The Fair Elections for New York campaign has been clear that all of our partners want to see the Senate pass comprehensive campaign finance reform with public funding at its core,» he said.

At noon, as part of a statewide campaign to educate New Yorkers about fighting public corruption with small donor matching funds, the Fair Elections Campaign is holding «A Penny a Day Keeps Corruption Away» event, Capital Park,campaign to educate New Yorkers about fighting public corruption with small donor matching funds, the Fair Elections Campaign is holding «A Penny a Day Keeps Corruption Away» event, Capital Park,Campaign is holding «A Penny a Day Keeps Corruption Away» event, Capital Park, Albany.

Malliotakis has said she opposes public financing of elections but she will be participating in the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program, which matches small dollar contributions up to $ 175 at a 6 - to - 1 ratio with public funds.

Although incumbents tend to have a leg up in fundraising, the Campaign Finance Board's public matching funds program ensures that first - time candidates and those with little access to wealthy donors can run serious campaigns by matching small dollar donations at a 6 - to - 1 ratio up to a certain amount.

But Republicans control the flow of legislation in the chamber, in coalition with Klein, and currently, no Senate Republicans have said they would support public campaign finance, which they deride as a waste of taxpayer funds.

The commission also singled out matching small private donations with public funds for election campaigns as an effective strategy to generate greater citizen participation.

Democrats in charge of the Assembly publicly support public campaign funding, as do the breakaway Democrats who share control of the state Senate with Republicans.

Pataki's tenure had been marked with the long - standing Campaign for Fiscal Equity suit regarding the state's funding of public education.

The two additional items that Thomas was charged with mentioned above does not include misuse of campaign funds, but two campaign expenses of $ 2,000 to pay for a Chanel purse for his wife and a family trip to Mexico, both paid for by the inaugural committee, are difficult for the public to forgive.

What is notable is what is not in the agreement — legislative compensation overhaul, desperately needed stronger ethics enforcement with greater public transparency of votes, comprehensive campaign finance reform with public financing that closes the LLC loophole and bans all personal use of campaign funds, strong disclosure and accountability for all executive and legislative discretionary lump sum funds, and a commitment to undertake the necessary examination and full - scale overhaul of our ethics and campaign finance laws.

But the Obama campaign — which was building its own fund - raising behemoth, even at the expense of the candidate's earlier pledge to accept public financing and the spending cap that came with it — didn't want outside interference.

State prosecutors in November and December met with campaign fund - raiser Ross Offinger, top political aide Emma Wolfe, union political operative Josh Gold, and political consultants Bill Hyers and Hayley Prim of Hilltop Public Solutions to answer questions, according to a second political source.

«Angie pledged to fight for reform, advocated for the public funding of elections, and ran a grassroots campaign with the support of many progressive organizations and local elected officials,» said End Citizens United's Communications Director Adam Bozzi.

That ban on contractors» money was approved by the legislature along with a public financing system under which taxpayers pay for grants to fund state candidates» campaigns.

Opponents of public education — led by a handful of hedge fund and Wall Street billionaires — bought control over the New York State Senate this past election with millions in corrupting campaign cash.