Sentence examples for amounts of contributions from inspiring English sources
Lists names of contributors and amounts of contributions to the church.
A Bush spokesman said that the names of donors and amounts of contributions would be posted on the Internet as quickly as possible.
In an attempt to reduce the influence of money in the political process, reforms were instituted in the 1970s that required public disclosure of contributions and limited the amounts of contributions to candidates for federal office.
In 1994, the Legislature of Missouri enacted Senate Bill 650 to restrict the permissible amounts of contributions to candidates for state office.... Before the statute became effective, however, Missouri voters approved a ballot initiative with even stricter contribution limits, effective immediately.
No longer will lobbyists be able to bundle unlimited amounts of contributions from people and drop those funds on a candidate as a way of showing political muscle or garnering influence, efforts that jump lobbyists and special interests ahead of the ordinary D.C. resident.
"Many single candidate super PACs are probably set up by the candidate's own staff or supporters or family for that matter, so these are means for candidates and political parties to get around the limits, and they can take unlimited amounts of contributions".
"Why should political parties be limited to the amounts of contribution?
Powerful men led the factions, securing the loyalty of lawmakers with the unlimited amount of contributions they were allowed to accept.
And if the amount of contributions ultimately goes down because of the less direct influence, would that really be so bad?
For instance, Mr. McCain has reaped a considerable amount of contributions and fund-raising help from lobbyists for the regional telephone companies.
