| 单词 | soft money |
| 例句 | “Landowner didn’t want rabbit. He want soft money.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z To operate within the Republican primary process, he had to give in a bit to the same world of lobbying and soft money contributions that he had vowed to change. The surprising and enduring friendship of Warren Beatty and John McCain 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z What is clear is that filming is highly mobile, and studios and producers increasingly rely on this so-called soft money to lower their production costs. Are film subsidies worth it? 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z By showering state-owned enterprises and “state-favoured” private firms with soft money and protecting them from market discipline and bankruptcy, the state removes any incentive for them to upgrade their technological capacity. Out of the Master’s shadow 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z "The recent, unprecedented rise of 'soft money' in federal elections undermines the crucial campaign finance laws that exist to uphold transparency, combat corruption, and safeguard the electoral process." FEC complaint alleges DeSantis campaigns got illegal donations from Canadian firm 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Others have invested pots of “soft money” — long-term loans with exceptionally low interest rates. Affordable Housing Woes Paint a ‘Bleak Picture’ 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “By injecting this ‘soft money’ into a federal election, Trump violated the law, and the FEC must act,” said Trevor Potter, the president of the Campaign Legal Center. Here’s what happens to Trump’s war chest when he becomes a candidate 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Specifically, CLC's complaint argues that the move violates Federal Election Campaign Act provisions barring candidates and officeholders from spending unregulated "soft money" on federal elections. Trump accused of 'brazen' campaign finance violation one day before expected 2024 launch 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Citizens United overturned the soft money ban of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Last month, the FEC declined to hold Trump accountable for "soft money" violations to which his campaign had already admitted, according to the AP. FEC complaint: Trump violating campaign finance law by not announcing his 2024 presidential bid 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z In February, the FEC opted not to hold Trump accountable for “soft money” violations that his campaign had previously acknowledged. Trump accused of breaking campaign laws by teasing 2024 run 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z This includes "soft money" donations and also "dark money," which includes giving donations to the chamber of commerce, for example. Our massively unfair tax system: How do the ultra-rich get away with it? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z "By injecting this 'soft money' into a federal election, Trump violated the law, and the FEC must act." Trump accused of 'brazen' campaign finance violation one day before expected 2024 launch 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Unlike “hard money” contributed directly to a candidate, which is heavily regulated and limited, soft money had almost no regulations or limits. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The 2002 McCain-Feingold law curbed “soft money” donations to political parties but left open the door to spending by outside groups. Perspective | Five myths about campaign finance 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Ten days before an election is when you’d expect to find a biting analysis of the latest presidential debate, or another blast about soft money fueling out-of-control campaign advertising in this space. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Vaux says that most early-career researchers in Australia are funded by external grants and other forms of ‘soft money’ that do not include paid salaries, not by their home institutions. Australian junior scientists report damaging lack of support at work 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The movement eventually succeeded in sharply limiting resources available to parties, known as “soft money.” Democrats’ 1968 flashback 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z As critics of the decision predicted at the time, the Court thus opened the floodgates to private soft money flowing into campaigns again. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The result was that the old corruption of soft money was replaced by the new corruption of super PACs. Opinion | The legacy of ‘Citizens United’ has been destructive. We need campaign finance reform. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The index, which is published annually, takes into account soft money contributions and payments to trade associations and other tax-exempt organizations used for political purposes. More US firms than ever get transparent over political spending, study finds 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z So-called soft money—donations given to political parties rather than to candidates, and not subject to the same strict limits—crept in during the nineteen-nineties, and the price tag of Presidential campaigns began to rise. Why Famous, Powerful Presidential Candidates Are Begging You for Five Dollars 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z The 2002 law’s main thrust was to ban unlimited, unregulated “soft money” donations to parties, which were used as a means of skirting the contribution limits to individual candidates. John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z If the Supreme Court upheld the measure banning “soft money” corporate contributions to the political parties, then they would christen it McCain-Feingold after its chief Senate sponsors. Candidates ‘approve this message’ because of John McCain 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The contribution limits also broke down as federal officeholders and candidates invented a new mechanism, called “soft money,” to raise contributions for the political parties. Opinion | The legacy of ‘Citizens United’ has been destructive. We need campaign finance reform. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z “I moved away from the research side, the soft money side because I needed more stability to do politics,” he says. A house too far: Two scientists abandon their bids for Congress 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z And last month, Gorsuch and Thomas disagreed when the court turned away an appeal from Louisiana Republicans seeking to ease limits on so-called soft money by political parties in federal elections. Clue to Gorsuch’s ideology seen in pairings with Thomas 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z “If the intention was to transfer these state funds into federal elections, particularly into federal elections to benefit Kelsey, there could be an argument that Kelsey violated the soft money restrictions,” he said. Money trail leads from Tennessee candidate to national group 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Such donations are often called "soft money" because they are unregulated. U.S. Supreme Court leaves key campaign finance restriction in place 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z But the Federal Election Commission failed to enforce the law, and the parties spent hundreds of millions of dollars of unlimited soft money contributions to support their federal candidates. Opinion | The legacy of ‘Citizens United’ has been destructive. We need campaign finance reform. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The law was enacted to combat an explosion of what is known as "soft money" in campaigns through so-called sham issue advertisements, which cloaked partisan advocacy in discussions of public policy. U.S. top court rejects challenge to political ad disclosure rules 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Demand is so great because of the very large number of medical academics who must obtain this "soft money" funding to pay their own salaries and the salaries of their research staff. Why Medical Advice Seems to Change So Frequently 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Some of this is in the form of “soft money,” or help for borrowers. Where Does the Mortgage Settlement Money Go? 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z “My family is the biggest contributor of soft money to the Republican National Committee,” she wrote in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Big-Donor Education Secretary 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The soft money scandal was shut down in 2002 by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, also known as the McCain-Feingold Act, enacted with strong bipartisan support. Opinion | The legacy of ‘Citizens United’ has been destructive. We need campaign finance reform. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Feingold almost lost his first re-election in 1998 because he refused to allow his campaign or any other allies to accept “soft money” to counter the millions that came in for his opponent. Linked by signature law, McCain and Feingold fight back 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z See entries on Citizens United and soft money. US election glossary: A-Z guide to political jargon - BBC News 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z It is an approach that she and Mr. Clinton are well acquainted with, dating to the 1990s when raising soft money for the national parties was legal. Liberals See Hillary Clinton’s Focus on Big Donors as Bafflingly Dated 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z In 1997, she brashly explained her opposition to campaign-finance-reform measures that were aimed at cleaning up so-called “soft money,” a predecessor to today’s unlimited “dark money” election spending. Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Big-Donor Education Secretary 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Her opponent in the 2000 New York Senate race, Rick Lazio, was leading in the polls until their debate, when he approached her lectern and, finger jabbing, demanded she sign a pledge against soft money. How could sexism hurt Clinton in the debates? These female high school debaters know. 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Lazio infamously walked over to Clinton’s podium during the debate, demanding she sign a pledge to forgo a form of donations known as soft money. Clinton's debate experience could shape encounter with Trump 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Among the parts that remain intact are a ban on unlimited soft money donations to national political parties. US election glossary: A-Z guide to political jargon - BBC News 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z He took on the Federal Elections Commission over "soft money" political donations and recently opposed a new basketball arena for the NBA Kings in his hometown of Sacramento. Tomato plant owner in $1.5-million battle with water regulators over waste and odors 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z In the case of Goldman, the soft money is the $1.8 billion. Goldman to Pay Up to $5 Billion to Settle Claims of Faulty Mortgages 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The new donor packages mark the latest major erosion of campaign finance limits and are reminiscent of the 1990s, when the parties were flush with huge “soft money” contributions from rich backers and corporations. Political parties go after million-dollar donors in wake of looser rules 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z The regulations “were written when everybody was thinking about soft money,” Mason said. Fiorina super PAC tests legal limits of campaign coordination 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z In November 1999, Time Warner swore off “soft money” contributions to political campaigns. Corporations Open Up About Political Spending 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Feingold’s most well-known law, it attempted to limit the influence of special interest money by banning soft money - unregulated donations by corporations, unions and the wealthy. News from around Wisconsin at 5:28 a.m. CDT 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z In 2002, lawmakers passed the landmark Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which for the first time banned unlimited "soft money" to political parties, and controlled what were derided as candidate advocacy ads disguised as "issue ads." Campaign Finance Is Going Back to the Wild West 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z But those limits are defied by so-called soft money donations to outside groups that support political candidates, or by bundling donations from individual donors. Long Before British Vote, Financiers Weigh in 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The rent and money for education is “soft money,” she said. Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees revisit telescope stance 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Yet Gerald M. Levin, Time Warner’s chairman, argued that soft money not only distorted American politics, it sullied the company as well. Corporations Open Up About Political Spending 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z A key feature of the law was a ban on the unregulated “soft money” that the Clinton White House had been so adept at raising with its many overtures to deep-pocketed donors. Are the Clintons too cozy with the people who give them money? 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Under federal campaign rules, once candidates officially declare they are testing the waters or running, they must stop accepting "soft money" - donations from corporations and unions - and limit individual campaign donations to $2,700. With a nod and a wink, Republicans build 2016 campaign machines 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z And it says NIH should address the “soft money” problem, or investigators who depend entirely on grants for their salary, by gradually requiring that institutions support more of their salaries. Largest U.S. biomedical research society weighs in on NIH’s budget woes 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Such as a toxic change in the campaign finance laws that helps usher back the bad old days of multimillion-dollar “soft money” donations to national political parties from wealthy individuals. Ruth Marcus: The ‘Cromnibus’ isn’t without an upside 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Congress imposed limits to end the era of “soft money,” when politicians raised massive sums for political parties that got diverted into campaigning. Higher campaign finance limits require better reforms 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z The system led to a series of scandals involving soft money during the Clinton administration after corporate and foreign donors were entertained at exclusive White House events. Party fundraising provision, crafted in secret, could shift money flow in politics 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z But campaign finance advocates see the change as reverting to the bad old ways, before the sweeping McCain-Feingold law eliminated so-called soft money contributions that went to party functions, like buildings and conventions. The 'appalling' measure hidden on page 1,599 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z She was a pro-choice Republican who opposed “soft money” in political campaigns and resisted conservative attempts to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts. Marge Roukema, moderate Republican congresswoman from New Jersey, dies at 85 There was a reason Congress, just a dozen years ago, banned unlimited soft money donations from wealthy individuals, corporations and labor unions. Ruth Marcus: The ‘Cromnibus’ isn’t without an upside 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Just a decade ago, candidates shied away from being too closely associated with “soft money,” for reasons of appearance and for fear of running afoul of election laws. Election 2014: A new level of collaboration between candidates and big-money allies One aim of that complex 2002 law was to end “soft money” contributions to political parties — large donations given for general “party building” activities such as building renovations, computer purchases and nonelection voter outreach. Party fundraising provision, crafted in secret, could shift money flow in politics 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z And the shift was partly because of one element of McCain-Feingold that remains: the ban on giving unlimited soft money to parties. How Billionaire Oligarchs Are Becoming Their Own Political Parties 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The argument in favor of allowing soft money contributions “carries considerable logic and force,” Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote for a three-judge panel of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia. Ruling Hints More Campaign-Finance Dominoes May Fall 2014-04-03T18:13:20Z The year 2000 was the apogee of soft money, and its principal recipient, George W. Bush, with the cooperation of those corporate favorites, the Blue Dog Democrats in Congress, returned the favor. A Supreme Court out of control! How McCutcheon will spur corruption and inequality 2014-04-02T18:43:00Z “The laws that restrict the national party and me in particular from soliciting soft money on behalf of the host committee to pay for the convention — I would like to see that restriction lifted.” Parties should be able to raise ‘soft money’ for political conventions, GOP chairman says 2014-03-18T22:23:49Z One big decision credited to Mr. de Blasio was his insistence that Mrs. Clinton accept Mr. Lazio’s proposal to ban unregulated contributions known as soft money. In the Running: In 2000, a Clinton War Room Didn’t Fit de Blasio’s Style 2013-08-26T02:43:49Z The "soft money" wing of the euro area is in the ascendancy.This is not the end of the crisis but rather the next stage. Today's Economist: Simon Johnson: Introducing the Latin Euro 2012-09-13T09:00:44Z In 2010, the Supreme Court affirmed without comment a ruling upholding the soft money ban, which was challenged by the Republican National Committee. Ruling Hints More Campaign-Finance Dominoes May Fall 2014-04-03T18:13:20Z Once again, to understand the limitations placed on soft money and “issue organizations,” all one had to do was look up — the sky was the limit on these contributions. A Supreme Court out of control! How McCutcheon will spur corruption and inequality 2014-04-02T18:43:00Z I decided along the way that after I was done with graduate school, I didn’t want to live on soft money and purely do research. New at the top: Richard O. Davis 2012-08-12T22:20:00Z By the 1990s labor unions and companies had perfected the “soft money” gambit, funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to political parties, rather than particular candidates. Karl Rove: He's Back, Big Time 2012-07-26T10:00:12Z The new law stamped out soft money for good, but it also created a vacuum in political fund-raising. Politics: How Much Has Citizens United Changed the Political Game? 2012-07-17T09:00:00Z In 2003, the McCain-Feingold law took effect, all but wiping out the large “soft money” donations upon which Democrats in particular had long relied. How Mitt Romney's Super-PAC is Saving his Campaign 2012-02-24T13:58:39Z That misguided opinion has sent us down the long, dispiriting path of unlimited contributions: of independent PACs, followed by soft money, and, most recently, Dark Money and super PACs. A Supreme Court out of control! How McCutcheon will spur corruption and inequality 2014-04-02T18:43:00Z Part of the backlash against super PACs is based on the conflation of soft money in general with changes in campaign finance law made by the 2010 Citizens United v. Are Super PACs Actually Leveling the Campaign Playing Field? 2012-02-16T22:36:26Z The alchemists in olden times who fancied that they could make gold out of nothing were not more absurd than the American advocates of soft money. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z In the era of soft money, controlling the White House meant that a party could almost always leverage its considerable resources to dominate fund-raising. Politics: How Much Has Citizens United Changed the Political Game? 2012-07-17T09:00:00Z That’s why the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law, which banned unlimited “soft money” donations to the Republican and Democratic national parties, which were often solicited directly by elected officials, including the President himself. What Sheldon Adelson's Gingrich Gifts Say About Money in Politics 2012-01-27T00:05:33Z They have tall buildings here, and I smell soft money. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Colonel Jimmy heard Small make that fool bet on the eighteenth tee, and you know what a leech he is when soft money is in sight. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z In its complaint, the Democrats called Romney "a declared Presidential candidate" who should have become subject to the ban on soft money contributions at least when the exploratory committee was announced. Democrats file complaint over Romney fundraising 2011-04-29T09:01:26Z Back in the days of soft money, a candidate had ownership of his party’s national apparatus and the accusations it hurled on prime-time TV. Politics: How Much Has Citizens United Changed the Political Game? 2012-07-17T09:00:00Z “Campaign finance reform took soft money away from the political parties and in so doing stripped responsibility from those who could have been held to account,” Fleischer says. What Sheldon Adelson's Gingrich Gifts Say About Money in Politics 2012-01-27T00:05:33Z That law imposed the strongest new limits on political money since the mid-1970s, including a ban on so-called "soft money" contributions to the national parties. Campaign Finance Reformers Survey the Wreckage 2010-10-21T08:45:00Z The court's ruling applies only to limits on the amount of "soft money" political parties can raise. Supreme Court upholds political party money limits 2010-06-29T14:52:00Z But once the law passed, colleagues say, Mr. Bauer quickly found a way to exploit it by helping so-called “527 groups” to flourish using soft money of their own. Marking Off the Course to the Supreme Court 2010-05-07T00:33:00Z District Court in Washington said it lacks the authority to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the ban on soft money fundraising by national party committees. RNC loses bid to raise unlimited "soft" money 2010-03-26T17:42:00Z Granny D's aim was to press Congress to plug loopholes in campaign laws that allowed what was known as "soft money" from corporations, trade unions, and interest groups to influence political campaigns. US activist Granny D dies at 100 2010-03-10T09:43:00Z Many of those simply steered their giving to partisan activist groups when soft money was banned from federal elections after the 2002 elections. 2010-01-10T16:28:00Z The campaign finance system imposed after the Watergate scandal began to spring leaks in the 1990s with the large-scale exploitation of unlimited “soft money” contributions to political parties from wealthy individuals, corporations, unions and others. 2010-01-09T04:33:00Z “We’ll show him how easy it is to live on soft money like this.” Young Wallingford The Federal Election Commission contended the soft money ban should be upheld. RNC loses bid to raise unlimited "soft" money 2010-03-26T17:42:00Z The delicious naïveté of this argument did not prevail with the legislature of Massachusetts, and soft money was frowned down by a vote of ninety-nine to nineteen. The Critical Period of American History “I got it in soft money, for it’s a fac’ that they use that stuff a good deal in the East. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Congress fortified those rules by eliminating soft money with the 2002 campaign finance law known as McCain-Feingold, and since then activists and operatives have played cat-and-mouse with regulators in the search for other loopholes. 2010-01-09T04:33:00Z The anti-slavery leaders, the soft money leaders, and the labor leaders have in turn taken exception to their utterances, and even ventured to impugn their motives. The American Judiciary The court also rejected their arguments that the law's soft money ban shouldn't apply to their fundraising for various activities. RNC loses bid to raise unlimited "soft" money 2010-03-26T17:42:00Z Let's be clear; a vote against McCain-Feingold is a vote for soft money and for the status quo. State of the Union Address |
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