Sentences with phrase «campaigns by liberals»

She found the largest common factor was a shared sense that they had personally lost prestige and authority as the result of campaigns by liberals and environmentalists.

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.

Benjamin, elected to fill a vacant Harlem Senate seat, gave Democrats a 32nd enrolled member in the chamber, kicking of a sustained campaign by liberal groups to push the Independent Democratic Conference toward reconciliation with the mainline conference.

Not exact matches

During the 2015 campaign, the Liberals had pledged to keep annual deficits at no more than $ 10 billion and to balance the books by 2019.

During the 2015 campaign, the Liberals had vowed to keep annual deficits at no more than $ 10 billion and to balance the books by 2019.

Carole James launched her «Axe the Tax» campaign in late June, and by August the provincial NDP was polling (slightly) ahead of Gordon Campbell's Liberals for the first time in almost a decade.

This election, first - term PC MLA Greg Weadick and second - time Liberal candidate Bal Boora will be joined by NDP candidate Shannon Phillips, who has launched a spirited campaign, and Wildrose candidate Kevin Kinahan.

Federal Liberal leadership contender Martha Hall Findlay says she has encountered many people who have been inundated by robocalls asking for donations to the provincial leadership campaigns.

The B.C. Liberals told British Columbians one thing about the cost of the B.C. Place roof throughout the election campaign, only to turn around and jack up the budget by 58 per cent:

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.

Liberal opposition to the 1998 act and the campaign for religious freedom was solidified by the sure sign of great evil afoot, namely, the support of the cause by the «religious right.»

CNN: Liberal Catholics use election results to battle bishops Emboldened by the re-election of President Barack Obama, a cadre of liberal Catholic activists and groups is waging a campaign alleging that America's Catholic bishops are out of touch with Catholic layLiberal Catholics use election results to battle bishops Emboldened by the re-election of President Barack Obama, a cadre of liberal Catholic activists and groups is waging a campaign alleging that America's Catholic bishops are out of touch with Catholic layliberal Catholic activists and groups is waging a campaign alleging that America's Catholic bishops are out of touch with Catholic laypeople.

Additionally and relatedly, the Church's opposition to same - sex marriage, to abortion, and to euthanasia are presented by the liberal commentariat, that has also been the main cheerleader for the «Yes» campaign, as indicating its unfitness to be part of a «new, equal, just and progressive Scotland.»

The 19th century also witnessed the growth of the Liberal movement, which campaigned for a separationist constitutional amendment but was undone in part by the unpopularity of it's equivocal position on obscenity.

There are tragic victims, cover - ups, false allegations, demands for money, denials by those who can not face up to what has happened, campaigns by those who see tolerance of paedophilia as a liberal concept and by those who seek to use every anecdote, particularly of clerical abuse, to keep the story going and smear an entire group.

I agree with you 1000 % on both the horror of the rise of white supremacy (normalization of it anyway) fomented by the Trump campaign and the flagrant misogyny, often on the part of «liberals» regarding Hillary Clinton's run.

Richard Mulcahy is concerned that by announcing their agricultural policies late in the the Federal election campaign, both Liberal and Labor might be putting primary industries second.

Of course, the numbers reflect a narrative that the Obama campaign would like to portray: that its donors are part of a broad - based movement representative of the country as a whole, not some kind of coastal phenomenon dominated by the «liberal elite» or a handful of moneyed political bigwigs.

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.

Hashtag hijacks are nothing new (liberals and conservatives do it to each other all the time), but this one was prominent enough that it attracted media attention and led to claims that Obama has lost his online mojo (something helped by the fact that Attackwatch.com's design is harsh on the eyes and on the campaign's potential opponents — not exactly happy - friendly - hopey Obama» 08).

Some have just been overcome by the prospect of this year's elections — a senior Liberal Democrat in Leicester (there were four elections there) accosted my colleague Gary O'Donoghue on the campaign trail and pronounced: «If you write your name across my chest, I'll never wash it off.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who during the campaign pushed for down - ballot candidates in Senate races and helped fundraise, has been pushed over the last several weeks by liberal groups and mainline conference leaders to get involved in the disputed leadership.

The election debates gave the Liberal Democrats by - election status, and disrupted an already disjointed Tory campaign

The bill will not be debated in the Commons until November, but Labour can use the intervening months to focus its NHS attacks by demanding Liberal Democrat and Tory MPs support it in local campaigns.

Kinderhook, NY... October 13, 2016 — Zephyr Teachout, the liberal New York City professor who moved Upstate this year to run for Congress, muted her support for fellow Vermonter and socialist Bernie Sanders ahead of New York's presidential primary in a quid pro quo orchestrated by the Clinton campaign team, leaked emails show.

In their recent party political broadcast Nick Clegg argued that «Liberal Democrats are campaigning to make your lives better» by working in local communities to «fix your roads, or protect your local health services», or in government to fix the economy, cut taxes and create more apprenticeships.

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

In that campaign, the Liberal Democrats in particular campaigned on the promise of constitutional reform, pledging to change Britain's political culture and create a fair politics by fixing the political system.

[29] This would go unchallenged by Ottawa for the majority of the campaign, [30] but created much frustration within the governing Liberals in Ottawa.

During the 2010 general election campaign Osborne was considered to have been sidelined, owing to his perceived unpopularity and the perception by both Liberal Democrat and Labour strategists that he was a «weak link».

Zephyr Teachout's former campaign manager is urging liberals to send a message to Gov. Andrew Cuomo by vote for him on the Working Families Party line.

Liberal Democrat candidate Susan Leslie said: «I think it has been a victory for women in politics in Scotland that four women stood in this by - election and fought positive campaigns on the issues for Dunfermline.»

The Liberal Democrat donor who helped fund the party's general election campaign has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to perjury and obtaining a passport by deception.

Menzies Campbell yesterday publicly rebuked a Liberal Democrat activist for starting campaigning for a by - election before the former incumbent was even buried.

The Liberal Democrat leader said the referendum campaign had been «disfigured by party politics and point - scoring» - and demonstrated that pursuing a consensual approach was likely to be more productive.

Senior Liberal Democrats have expressed «shock» and «disgust» at the campaign being run by their coalition partners in the No to AV camp.

Cuomo on Saturday was endorsed by the labor - backed WFP and at the same time announced his support for a Democratic takeover of the Senate, as well as a package of liberal measures including the public financing of political campaigns.

The poll, conducted by the independent Electoral Reform Services for the I Want A Referendum (IWAR) Campaign, canvassed support for the Lisbon treaty in ten marginal Labour and Liberal Democrat constituencies.

He is sincere about keeping links open to the Liberal Democrats, as he will demonstrate by campaigning hard for a Yes vote in the May referendum on whether to replace the first - past - the - post system with the Alternative Vote.

Election barometer The Political Forecasting Unit's «election barometer», designed to capture the changing state of the race as it unfolds through the campaign, shows the Liberal Democrats on top by one point over the Conservatives based on an average of the very latest polling, but the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats tied on the Polling Tracker.

Some signs from demonstrators read shame on central New York Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus), who has been criticized by some liberals for accepting campaign donations from the National Rifle Association.

Sanders, the Vermont independent who has galvanized liberals by building an entire campaign around income inequality, could only issue a statement from afar.

«Cheadle, currently held by Liberal Democrats with a majority of just under 4,000, is among seats no longer regarded as likely to fall despite a well - funded, two - year campaign to woo key groups of voters.

The liberal group Justice Democrats on Tuesday seized on a leaked Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee email — published Tuesday by HuffPost — to accuse the party of trying to run on a «watered down message.»

De Blasio, buoyed by the city's most liberal residents for his opposition to the NYPD's stop - and - frisk practices and from a family - centric ad campaign, has 29 percent support among likely Democratic voters, according to the poll conducted by Penn Schoen Berland.

Welsh Government funding for the Welsh Young Farmers» Clubs has been saved following a strong campaign by the Welsh Liberal Democrats.

Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron MP said that the Prime Minister was putting internal party strife over the country's best interests by allowing ministers to campaign for a «leave» vote.

Counteracting President Trump; bolstering the Affordable Care Act; and publicly funding campaigns are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

Grayling campaigned before the 2010 election as shadow home secretary promising to tear up the European Convention on Human Rights and replace it with a British Bill of Rights — a move strongly opposed by the Liberal Democrats.