Sentences with phrase «conservative think tank american»

«It's a two - edge sword,» said Douglas Holtz - Eakin, president of the conservative think tank American Action Forum and former adviser to Sen. John McCain, R - Ariz.

«I don't take the carbon market seriously,» Derek Scissors of the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute told the New York Times, «The first thing I would ask people is, «What markets in China do you think work really well?

But neither portrayal is accurate, according to Jason Delisle and Preston Cooper of conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute.

Jason Delisle is a resident fellow at conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute and an advocate for changes to the PSLF program.

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Interestingly, the article's author outlined what a basic - income initiative would look like stateside, using political scientist Charles Murray (of the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank) as a guide.

«It is the first time the Libertarian ticket will have more government experience than the Republican ticket, and that is astonishing,» says Stan Veuger, a resident scholar and economist at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.

Donors Trust's board of directors, which ultimately decides who gets funded, reads like a conservative who's - who directory: Arthur Brooks, president of American Enterprise Institute; John Von Kannon, vice president of the Heritage Foundation; William Mellor, president of the Institute for Justice, a libertarian legal firm; and Kris Alan Mauren, director of the Acton Institute, a Michigan - based conservative think tank.

The liberal group People for the American Way's report on how conservative foundations have deployed vast sums to support think tanks, friendly media and other institutions that promote right - wing causes is titled «Buying a Movement.»

She's a political figure in USA (with American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank); and a politician - but she's an actual right - wing politician in Netherlands, not USA!

«This problem with pension costs is not just going to go away when the economy recovers,» said Andrew Biggs, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. «You've lost so much money; it's going to take a long time to catch up.»

David Blankenhorn with national conservative think tank the Institute for American Values says that particular number comes from a lobby group, the New York Gaming Association, not independent studies, and he predicts that the opposite will occur.

Many Republicans, Democrats, conservative activists and think tanks support reforming this law due to its abuse against Americans and encouraging policing for profit.

A separate attempt by American Traditions Institute, a conservative think tank headed by members of other conservative groups such as the Competitive Enterprise Group and Cooler Heads Coalition, was equally unsuccessful.

«When a Democratic secretary of education goes to the NEA and mentions merit pay explicitly as something that has to happen, the ground has shifted,» said Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.

Thanks in part to a board of education dominated by conservative reformers such as Andy Smarick of the American Enterprise Institute and former Thomas B. Fordham Institute President Chester Finn Jr. (the latter of whom presided over the think tank's initial activism against the Obama - era guidance), the Old Line State only plans to intervene when suspension levels for poor, minority, and special ed - labeled children are three times higher than that of other peers.

Experts like Frederick Hess, an education policy expert at the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, have argued that merit pay systems that reward almost everyone are almost guaranteed to be disappointing.

* Grants of $ 10,000 to $ 50,000 to conservative think tanks like the Cato Institute, Americans for Prosperity, the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society.

«Reasonable people can disagree about solutions,» said Katharine Stevens, research fellow and early education expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

«At the highest level, early childhood is really moving into the spotlight,» said Katharine Stevens, a resident scholar and early childhood policy expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

Conservative funders like the Walton Foundation also give generously to charter schools and liberal think tanks such as the Center for American Progress.

«In addition to giving grants to right - leaning think tanks like the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, the Walton foundation hired an education program officer who had worked at the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative business - backed group.»

«Some are calling it «No Consultant Left Behind,»» says Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.

And according to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative American think tank, «The country is renowned for its efforts to penalize bribery and ensure a transparent, competitive, and corruption - free government procurement system.»

«Tim Phillips, The Man Behind The «Americans For Prosperity» Corporate Front Group Factory «The rate at which the Koch Industries funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) churns out front groups to promote its right - wing corporate agenda sets the organization out among similar conservative «think tanks.»

Those who push using RICO laws against «corporations and other organizations that have knowingly deceived the American people about the risks of climate change» («other organizations» meaning conservative think tanks and any skeptic climate scientist having any association with such entities) are likely emboldened because they've never before encountered push - back on the very core of their accusation.

This left 26 think tanks for analysis: 12 categorized as conservative (e.g., The Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution) and 14 categorized as liberal (e.g., Center for American Progress, Brookings Institution).

The Heartland Institute, a libertarian think tank skeptical of climate change science, has joined with the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council to write model legislation aimed at reversing state renewable energy mandates across the country.

«100 + unpaid hours I could've spent playing w [ith] my baby...» The day after Hayhoe's tweet, the American Tradition Institute (ATI), a conservative think tank, announced that it had filed a FOIA request with Texas Tech University «relating to collaboration on a book, using public time and resources.»

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Heritage Foundation, two of the best - known conservative think tanks in the U.S., were also among the top recipients of funding.

The Center for American Progress is a liberal think tank and advocacy group created by former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, modeled after conservative counterparts the Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute.

Then: Cleary was the communications manager at Americans for Tax Reform, a think tank founded by influential conservative Grover Norquist.

I found that these news sources have historical, material connections to American think tanks, Australian conservative political parties and economic interests in the fossil fuel, mining and energy industries — all of which oppose policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Today, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a prominent conservative think tank, hosted a secret, four - and - a-half hour meeting of pols, wonks, and activists, including several self - identified «progressives,» to develop a PR / legislative strategy to promote and enact a carbon tax.

It even made an appearance in a publication from the American Enterprise Institute, a prominent conservative think tank.

The Heartland Institute is endorsed by some of the top scholars, thinkers, and politicians in the world — including many members of congress and state elected officials and the leaders of other conservative and libertarian think tanks such as Americans for Tax Reform's Grover Norquist, The Leadership Institute's Morton Blackwell, The Heritage Foundation's Jim DeMint, and many more.

Representatives from the American Petroleum Institute, Chevron, Exxon Corporation and The Southern Company join with a number of conservative think tank operatives to form the Global Climate Science Communications Team.

A recent study in the journal American Behavioral Scientist, reported on DeSmogBlog, found almost all books which dismiss the risks of human - caused climate change have strong links to conservative free - market think tanks.

The Hill (10/26/12) reports: «A conservative think tank will host a forum next month on carbon tax proposals — and this time it's on the record... The American Enterprise Institute is the venue for the Nov. 13 event on the economics of carbon taxes, which AEI is hosting with two other think tanks, the Brookings Institution and Resources for the Future, and the International Monetary Fund.»