Sentences with phrase «conservative opponents of»

Yet conservative opponents of family planning, including TRL and the amendment sponsors, refuse to acknowledge that none of the federal money that the state has traditionally used to fund women's reproductive health care is used to fund abortion services.

The giveaway is the strong tendency of conservative opponents of cap and trade to argue in bad faith.

What you hear from conservative opponents of a climate - change policy, however, is that any attempt to limit emissions would be economically devastating.

Some have said that conservative opponents of CCSS are shooting themselves in the foot.

His remarks to an assembly at Wakefield High School just outside Washington, which were broadcast and carried online nationally, capped days of criticism, primarily from conservative opponents of the president, who asserted that Mr. Obama might use the address to persuade children to support his political agenda.

Conservative opponents of reform will be able to make common cause with Labour to insert a call for a referendum in the bill, something the Liberal Democrats oppose.

The report claims the emissions cap included in Alberta government's climate change plan will cost Canada's oil sands industry $ 250 billion and is the latest in a concerted effort by conservative opponents of the NDP to undermine its flagship policy.

He claims Democratic operatives misrepresented themselves as Conservatives while carrying petitions for the Conservative opponent of Kearns — an official pariah at Democratic Headquarters after the Democratic assemblyman accepted the GOP line in his run for county clerk.

Not exact matches

Top allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Bannon, the head of the far - right website Breitbart News who pledged to run opponents against McConnell - backed candidates whom Bannon deemed not sufficiently conservative.

Inside the committee room, Morneau had been subjected to yet another round of rankling questions about his small - business tax proposals from Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative finance critic whose rare knack for getting under the skin of his political adversaries reminds me of the way Claude Lemieux used to drive his NHL opponents to rash retaliations.

Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.

In Robert Pittenger's primary, there is no doubt that the animating issue of the campaign is support for Trump — and he and his most prominent opponent, the deeply conservative Mark Harris, are taking increasingly extreme measures to prove their Trumpian bona fides.

Charities in first wave of CRA audits were largely opponents of Conservatives» energy policies

Among the most vocal opponents of the new fee is the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, which called it a «backdoor border adjustment tax.»»

Even her political opponent, United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney, agreed, arguing that a «market failure» justified the use of putting taxpayer money into the project.

Opponents of Bill C - 51 claimed that new spy laws passed by the former Conservative government with support from the Liberals could target Canadian citizens who oppose the expansion of oil pipelines.

Actually, my favorite of hers, which unfortunately I can no longer find the link to, was something about the argument tactics of conservatives: That we like to overwhelm our opponents with... what was it?

Tim, you're using the age old conservative tactic, on page # 1 of the Republican playbook, of accusing your opponent of doing exactly what YOU»RE doing... of saying your opponent behaves exactly the way YOU behave... and for claiming your opponent is exactly what YOU are.

The moderates, called «liberals» by their opponents, see the conservative resurgence as an ecclesiastical coup d'état, a great power grab engineered by ruthless church politicians who neither understood nor cared about the great watchword of the Baptist tradition: freedom.

Reuters: Church of England vote on women bishops could be derailed A vote to allow women bishops in the Church of England looks set to be derailed by its own supporters, who say a last - minute concession to conservative opponents is a step too far.

Well, conservatives warmed to that message, McCaskill got Todd Akin (of «legitimate rape» infamy) as her opponent, and the rest is history.

With federal judges in two highly conservative states striking down «defense of marriage» laws as unconstitutional this January, more church - state experts are advising same - sex marriage opponents that the marriage battleground should shift to religious freedom.

By not taking on the guest worker program, by not focusing on internal enforcement, and by coming out for increased low - skill immigration, Jindal basically agrees with the Chamber 0f Commerce - Chuck Schumer Axis that produced the Gang of Eight plan while offering conservative opponents a border certification process.

The «context of Scripture» became the primary determining factor in defining what the Bible is... The conservatives» reaction was also problematic in that it implicitly assumed what their opponents also assumed: the Bible, being the word of God, ought to be historically accurate in all its details (since God would not lie or make errors) and unique its own setting (since God's word is revealed, which implies a specific type of uniqueness)... Conservatives have tended to employ a strategy of selective engagement, embracing evidence that seems to support their assumptions... but retreating from evidence that seems to undercut these assumpconservatives» reaction was also problematic in that it implicitly assumed what their opponents also assumed: the Bible, being the word of God, ought to be historically accurate in all its details (since God would not lie or make errors) and unique its own setting (since God's word is revealed, which implies a specific type of uniqueness)... Conservatives have tended to employ a strategy of selective engagement, embracing evidence that seems to support their assumptions... but retreating from evidence that seems to undercut these assumpConservatives have tended to employ a strategy of selective engagement, embracing evidence that seems to support their assumptions... but retreating from evidence that seems to undercut these assumptions.»

Given that the opponent simply had to get out of the game without losing 5 - 0, they also clearly took a more conservative tactical approach to ensure their place in the next round.

But Attlee was continuously underestimated both within the Labour Party and by many of his political opponents on the Conservative benches.

Since the 2014 referendum Scottish voters have been increasingly polarised along constitutional lines, with supporters of independence generally backing the SNP and opponents increasingly coalescing behind the Conservatives.

But he does represent the moderate / institutional branch of the NYS Republican Party, which remembers all too well the near - death it experienced in 1990 at the hands of Conservative Party gubernatorial contender Herb London, who came within one percentage point of toppling his GOP opponent, Pierre Rinfret.

The labelling of opponents, whether internal or external, as «Tories» or «Blairites» (which amounts to the same thing in their eyes), is a tacit acknowledgment in their belief that whether Labour or the Conservatives hold office, it's the rich in power and whose interests will be protected.

Its traditional opponents - the Conservative Party - now do not recognise it at all in the ratification of EU treaties.

On the heels of yesterday's Q poll, which found the Buffalo businessman trailing the AG by just six percentage points, today's Siena poll restores the conventional wisdom of this race, showing the Democratic frontrunner 33 percentage points ahead of his Republican opponent, 57 - 24, with Rick Lazio receiving 8 percent on the Conservative Party line.

And a united Labour, he adds, is the only way to win power from the Conservatives, because «if we learned lessons in 1981 to 1983, it's if social democracy is in real trouble and you split it still further you merely reinforce the majority of your opponents and that would happen - there is no question about it.»

Here's video of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo denouncing, in some of his strongest language yet, the anti-gay comments made yesterday by his GOP / Conservative opponent, Carl Paladino.

Sources close to Paladino say he's torn between trying to appease his Tea Party followers, who want him to keep pushing hard on his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, and perhaps even release the proof he says he has of the AG's extramarital affairs; and GOP and Conservative leaders, who want him to adopt a more subdued approach and perhaps even apologize to those he has impugned — including Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The rather unexpected rise of the euro sceptic and national - conservative alternatives for Germany, namely the (AfD) might be a serious opponent to the CDU / CSU on the political right, challenging the CDU / CSU not to abandon all of its socially - conservative positions and questioning its recent rapprochement towards the centre - left.

Suffolk County Conservative Chairman Ed Walsh is calling on Chris Cox to drop his bid for Congress in Long Island's 1st CD and back one of his two primary opponents, Randy Altschuler, reasoning it has become clear Cox «does not have a viable path to victory» against the Democratic incumbent, Rep. Tim Bishop.

Many Republican members of Congress are dismissing Democrat Conor Lamb's apparent special election victory in a GOP - dominated Pennsylvania district as a one - off, giving a number of reasons for his strong performance — from a poor campaign run by his opponent to the Democrat's notably conservative views.

Republican NY - 23 congressional hopeful Matt Doheney is scheduled to meet privately this Monday in Washington, D.C. with leaders of the Club for Growth — the conservative organization that played a key role in the 2009 campaign of Doheny's primary opponent, Doug Hoffman, spending and / or bundling more than $ 1 million for his special election bid for the seat vacated by ex-Rep.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo's campaign sent out a fundraising appeal this afternoon with the subject line «Out of Touch» that accuses his GOP / Conservative opponent, Carl Paladino, of launching a new ad campaign in hopes of «of drowning out the criticism he's received for his extremist views.»

Republican Candidate for Governor, state Senator John DeFrancisco, is challenging his opponent, Molinaro, to a debate ahead of both the Republican and Conservative Party Nominating Conventions next month.

Seeking to put to rest rumors that his support of Doug Hoffman might be wavering, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long sent a memo today to NY - 23 county leaders and committee members seeking to tie Hoffman's GOP primary opponent, Matt Doheny, to the woman he forced out of last year's special election, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava.

With neither Labour nor the Conservatives likely to be capable of forming a majority government and given the SNP's fragmented unionist opponents north of the border, Britain's first - past - the - post electoral system could allow Nicola Sturgeon's party to exact a high price for support of a government in the Commons.

Arizona's more conservative and older electorate represents an uphill battle for legal recreational cannabis and polling has suggested a split between proponents and opponents of Proposition 205.

Britain may fail to meet its target of spending two per cent on defence, but there is a clear majority for the like - for - like replacement of Britain's nuclear deterrent: Conservative and Labour MPs will combine to marginalise their SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid opponents on an issue that's dominated the last few weeks.

Shaven - headed Scouser Nuttall recites the standard Ukip talk of going after Labour voters in Northern England but the social conservative, a supporter of judicial executions and opponent of abortions, will struggle to walk the talk..

He certainly didn't beat his anti-establishment opponents with ideological purity, a history of supporting the GOP and conservative causes, or a stronger ground game.

Sen. Chuck Schumer's GOP / Conservative opponent, Jay Townsend, is trying to make hay from the senior senator's endorsement today of state Sen. Eric Schneiderman for attorney general, calling it a «dog bites man» story that proves the veteran Democrat is a political insider.

Several of New York's races have already begun to heat up, including in Utica, where the incumbent Claudia Tenney, a conservative firebrand, has been throwing sharp elbows at Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, considered to be her likely opponent next year.

Still, even the limited progress made by the Wesh Conservatives looks better than the performance of Labour's other opponents.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Responding to an accusation from his primary opponent, Rep. Daniel Donovan maintains that two men associated with his campaign never impersonated Board of Elections (BOE) investigators when they questioned Conservative Party voters who had signed a petition supporting Michael Grimm.