McCain-Feingold prohibits any group "established, financed, maintained or controlled" by a national party from raising or spending soft money.
The cutbacks come as the movement to fight domestic violence marked the 15th anniversary of passage of both the federal Violence Against Women Act, which established programs and penalties in cases of abuse against women, and California's Battered Women Protection Act, which established financing for the state's shelter system.
A group of ranchers and farmers established Finance and Thrift in 1925 to make small loans to their workers.
This could prove problematic since leadership PACs are, by definition, "directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled" by a candidate or lawmaker.
The United States and members of the international community stand ready to work with Palestinian leaders to establish, finance and monitor a truly independent judiciary.
The city has coordinated with banks and energy companies, including Hess, and environmental groups to establish financing to help building owners pay the cost of conversion to cleaner fuels, like natural gas, ultralow sulfur No. 2 heating oil and biodiesel.
In establishing financing (known as Ultra-Ex grants) for exploratory sites in 2009, the science foundation called urban sustainability one of "the greatest challenges to the long-term environmental quality of the nation".
Lew helped establish finance policy under President Clinton.
Consequently, a focus should be placed on developing or strengthening the foundations of a system to operate (policies, priorities, and management), so as to be able to move towards capacity building/strengthening, and establishing financing and coordinating mechanisms.
In 1988, after a wave of local scandals, the City Council passed the Campaign Finance Act, which established public financing for citywide offices, the five offices of borough president and the 52 offices of the City Council.
