Sentences with phrase «backed by the liberal»

The proposals were backed by liberals like Senator Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) and conservatives like Senator Tom Coburn (R., Okla.).

Their view was backed by Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert, the chair of the all - party parliamentary group on cycling.

But the IDC has pointed out throughout the week the votes for bills backed by liberals won't necessarily materialize, even with a narrow Democratic majority in the Senate.

But this month, Klein's tax stance was backed by liberal advocates.

She has been backed by liberal groups such as the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Justice Democrats, and the Working Families Party.

It won't be done with the confidence of the British people while he is being held back by the Liberal Democrats.

That, at least, is the advice from a report backed by Liberal Democrat equalities minister Jo Swinson.

Sixty - five per cent said the gay marriage plans, backed by the Liberal Democrats, are more to do with making the Tories look «trendy and modern».

It is also backed by the Liberal Democrats, Ukip and the Green party.

Not exact matches

Thiel is said to be scaling back his involvement in the tech industry partly because he feels alienated by Silicon Valley's broad embrace of liberal values.

«Looking back at the tech teams that I've built at my companies, it's evident that individuals with liberal arts degrees are by far the sharpest, best - performing software developers and technology leaders.

Instead of reinventing the wheel, the Liberals are suggesting bring back a policy from the 1990s, one that avoided the unintended consequences of the current government proposal where firms receive benefits by firing workers.

Back home, Liberal party members were elated when he was recently touted as a possible leadership contender (a notion quickly quashed by the central bank).

Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, was recently asked by a charitable organization to give back a hefty speaking fee — $ 20,000 — after the event he spoke at took a loss.

Way back in the winter of 2014, when he was sketching the broad strokes of his agenda as the new leader of the then third - place Liberals, Trudeau spoke in Montréal about how pro-free market economic orthodoxy, put into policy by successive governments over the past few decades, was favouring the rich too much.

Be it the Conservatives» call to cut $ 11 billion in government expenditures or the Liberals» plan to raise corporate taxes by 1.5 percentage points back to 2010 levels, these are issues of substance.

The billionaire investor is scaling back his role in the tech industry because he feels alienated by the liberal - leaning political climate in the San Francisco area and fears the effects of increased regulation, according to The Wall Street Journal.

According to Newsbusters, a conservative watchdog, the students are not speaking for themselves but are being used by the «liberal media» to «parrot back liberal talking points on guns.»

Despite a recent announcement by the new agriculture minister, Norm Letnick, that he intends to take a step back and consult with British Columbians on Bill 24, the Liberal Minister for Core Review, Bill Bennett, has stated emphatically that the bill «is going to pass this session.»

Every time I get annoyed at Justin Trudeau and the way he manages the country all I do is listen to the radio and Charles Adler rant about him or read articles by Lorne Gunter and Rick Bell from the Edmonton Sun (who formerly worked at the Alberta Report, and helped Ted Byfield run the Alberta Report into the ditch, or read anything written by Colby Cosh or Ezra Levant and soon I realize the propaganda and hate these clowns try and spread about their own political / religious views I revert back to supporting the more liberal viewpoint).

Progressives will be expecting the government to deliver on its ambitious social agenda, and will note that this could be easily funded on the revenue side by implementing a modest corporate tax increase, by scaling back the so - called middle class tax cut, and by setting more ambitious targets for the promised Liberal review of tax loopholes for the most affluent.

If God himself came down from heaven to see the Reverend on this issue he would back Obama because he gets paid by the liberal agenda.

It reflects a years - long campaign by liberal Catholic activists to push back against the leadership of their church on controversial political matters - and years of White House bridge - building with a spectrum of Catholic groups.

The age of the internet has now opened the back door for people to no longer have their news and views controlled by the Liberal media.

Liberal groups accuse Republicans in Washington of pulling a bait and switch on social issues, saying the GOP took back the House last November by campaigning on fiscal issues, turning to hot buttons like abortion only after taking office.

These two cataclysmic conflagrations of our century, which broke the back of the liberal Protestant faith in progress, do not appear to trouble the adherents of Divine Principle, by and large members of a generation conveniently undistressed by stark memories of those «triumphs» for the heavenly side.

If you are OK legally with a liberal president forcing employers to buy birth control for employees, by the same logic you'd have to be OK with a Rick Santorum - backed law that forces employers to pay for bibles for employees.

US agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), one of the biggest grains traders in the world, has been spared little sympathy by some farmers and politicians like Liberal senator Bill Heffernan, who used a Senate inquiry to grill ADM's executives on price - fixing charges dating back to the 1990s.

The assistance provided by tutors, and the relationship between the tutors and Nyang «oro, raised questions from the interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences as far back as 2006 (via the News & Observer):

A National Obesity Forum campaign, backed by a parliamentary reception and early day motion, has cross-party support, led by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative), Rt Hon. Kevin Barron (Labour), and Dr John Pugh (Liberal Democrats).

So far, the campaign has mainly been backed by Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs.

Back in 1911, the Parliament Act introduced by the Liberal government aimed to «substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a Second Chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis, but such substitution can not be immediately brought into operation».

His entry comes as Faso has been criticized by liberals and Democratic figures like Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his support for the Republican - backed health care legislation.

Big cheer from the Tories - but Clegg gets back at him by pointing out Churchill switched from being a Tory to a Liberal.

The proposal was framed as an effort to push back against the «anti-worker» policies of President Donald Trump's administration, which comes as the IDC itself has been accused by liberal advocacy organizations and some fellow Democrats for enabling Senate Republicans in Albany.

Gillibrand spent considerable time wooing the labor - backed party along with other so - called «progressive» interests (the LGBT community, black and Latino stakeholders etc.) Her initial selection by Gov. David Paterson to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Hillary Clinton was met with considerable skepticism — and, in some cases, flat - out hostility — from a number of key liberal figures, who subsequently either considered challenging her in a primary themselves or encouraged others to do so.

The Working Families Party, formed in New York to be a player in liberal politics in this state, has sought to grow nationally in recent years by backing left - leaning candidates.

In the UK, a Conservative — Liberal Democrat coalition government elected in 2010 began a strong austerity drive by halting and reviewing all major IT contracts, squeezing IT suppliers for costs reductions, cutting back consultancy and instituting stringent requirements for the launching of any new government IT innovations.

Texts Cruddas and Rutherford's NS review of Richard Reeves and Philip Collins's The Liberal Republic; «No turning back», by Neal Lawson (NS, 5 March 2009); Bunting has written sympathetically about another communitarian philosopher, Michael Sandel, who, in his 2009 Reith Lectures, called for religious ideas to be given greater prominence to counter the amoralism of the market.

The dynamics of this stage of the conversations could be promising: Carper is acting as a go - between to centrists such as Sens. Snowe, Landrieu, Nelson and Lieberman, while Schumer is in constant contact with liberals like Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Facebook, Google struggle to block terrorist content Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy in US Company exposed phone location data Apple starts paying back taxes to Ireland Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Senate Dems call for probe into why Trump has not issued Russia sanctions MORE (D - Ohio).

She was also backed Saturday by the New York Progressive Action Network, a statewide liberal coalition of 32 chapters and affiliates that includes many who backed Bernie Sanders.

Sure enough, Ferguson won easily in the traditional Liberal Democrat manner by ensuring that anti-Labour voters realised that it was a two horse race and persuading Tory and Lib Dem supporters to back him.

There is a tradition of debates on the role of the state in Liberal politics that stretches back to the 1870s, but by the early 20th century, social liberalism was dominant.

Davis is not backed by the Tea Party movement in the district, just a few individuals who are bucking the system and being used by a man who is looking to split the ticket and let the Liberal Dem win.

During the primary, Deacon was endorsed by the DCCC and a number of so - called «establishment» Democrats — including her former boss — while one of her opponents, Prof. Eric Kingson, was viewed as the candidate of the party's liberal wing, backed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

He was backed by a number of liberal rebels including Shirley Williams and Paddy Ashdown, but the government is now moving to reverse the change.

Liberal Democrat and experienced member - nominated trustee Janice Turner will deliver a policy motion on Saturday — backed by pensions minister Steve Webb — pushing for reform of both defined benefit and defined contribution pensions.

The Labour motion, which is backed by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, has no legal implications but it will increase the pressure on the News Corp owner.

A coalition of progressive and liberal organizations on Thursday backed a push to extend the millionaires tax and urged hiking taxes as well as backed by Assembly Democrats.

Cuomo was endorsed by the party last month, however, after agreeing to help Democrats retake the state Senate and back a host of liberal legislation such as a minimum wage increase as well as local control for future hikes.