Sentences with phrase «conservative think tanks in»

The raw material the feeds the populist anger is generated overwhelmingly by a network of conservative think tanks in part funded by Big Carbon.

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.

Conservative think tanks in the United States are a sort of «ground zero» for the production of doubt about the links between fossil fuel burning and dangerous climate change.

«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.

«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.»

The Bow Group, founded in 1951, is the oldest conservative think tank in the United Kingdom.

In a 2003 online editorial, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., argued that without more evidence, public policy should not require denser, mixed - use community designs.

«Sustainable food systems and environmental protection may be important, but these issues don't belong in discussions of healthy eating,» wrote Jeff Stier of the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C., in an op - ed in The Des Moines Register today.

«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.

Bright Blue, an influential conservative think tank in the United Kingdom, issued a warning against reducing the interest rates on student loans, a move being considered by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond.

Weicher is currently director of urban policy studies at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.

Not exact matches

Regardless of the response, we view this kind of public CEO activism as a welcome counterpoint to the largely hidden involvement of corporate leaders in shaping policy through the hundreds of millions of dollars they direct to Super PACs, trade associations, and think tanks to promote liberal and conservative causes.

«We get millions of reports every week of potential violations,» Monika Bickert, Facebook's vice president of global policy management, said during a discussion at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, in Washington on Tuesday.

Working out of an nondescript brick rowhouse in suburban Virginia, a little - known organization named Donors Trust, staffed by five employees, has steered hundreds of millions of dollars to the most influential think tanks, foundations, and advocacy groups in the conservative movement.

Late last year, Mr. Anders publicly mused about starting his own conservative think - tank once his 17 - year career as an MP ends in 2015.

Facebook invited a number of conservative think tanks and free market groups to a secretive meeting in Washington, D.C., where they were forced to sign strict legal agreements to prevent discussion of the event.

In America's Forbes Magazine this week, Alejandro Chafuen praised the leadership of the conservative policy think - tanks that helped set the stage for the election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative majority government in 2011 and the success of conservative politicians across the countrIn America's Forbes Magazine this week, Alejandro Chafuen praised the leadership of the conservative policy think - tanks that helped set the stage for the election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative majority government in 2011 and the success of conservative politicians across conservative policy think - tanks that helped set the stage for the election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative majority government in 2011 and the success of conservative politicians across Conservative majority government in 2011 and the success of conservative politicians across the countrin 2011 and the success of conservative politicians across conservative politicians across the country.

Conservative think tank is an oxymoron at this point and time in this country.

It is an interesting thesis, although he pushes it too far when he writes that «In the past twenty years, conservative thought as represented in conservative journals and think tanks has increasingly come to reflect southern traditions, experience, and cultural ideaIn the past twenty years, conservative thought as represented in conservative journals and think tanks has increasingly come to reflect southern traditions, experience, and cultural ideain conservative journals and think tanks has increasingly come to reflect southern traditions, experience, and cultural ideas.

A new report from conservative think tank Migrationwatch says the government has seriously underestimated how many new migrants would arrive in Britain each year.

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!

For, away from the daily focus of the Westminster media, Conservative and independent free - market leaning think tanks are flourishing in a way they haven't for years.

We also have more Tory MPs who are interested in policy than ever before and there are more think tanks producing policies consistent with Conservative philosophy.

A report from think tank British Future has suggested that the «ethnic minority vote» cost the Conservatives a parliamentary majority in the last general election.

Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany, questioned how the village will afford the raises after its fund balance is drawn down.

Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative Albany - area think tank, said teacher pension costs as now structured «are unsustainable in the long term, in addition to being paid for on the taxpayers» dime.»

«The air quality in London, you can go outside and breathe in great gulfs of virtually alpine air,» he told the conservative think tank the Capital City Foundation earlier this week.

In addition, a fiscally conservative think tank is out with a study that shows potential effects of Cuomo's proposal to phase in an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an houIn addition, a fiscally conservative think tank is out with a study that shows potential effects of Cuomo's proposal to phase in an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an houin an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an houin the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

«Based on 2014 spending numbers, New York is one of about a dozen states, almost all in the Northeast, whose caps would be lowered as a result of this provision — potentially losing billions in aid,» said Bill Hammond, a health care analyst at the conservative - leaning Empire Center, an Albany think tank.

In addition, a fiscally conservative think tank is out with a study that shows potential effects of Governor Cuomo's proposal to phase in an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an houIn addition, a fiscally conservative think tank is out with a study that shows potential effects of Governor Cuomo's proposal to phase in an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an houin an increase in the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an houin the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

Cuomo beginning in his 2010 campaign for governor, has defined extension of an existing tax as a new tax, says EJ McMahon, with the conservative leaning think tank the Empire Center.

Republicans are also hopeful that Vice President - elect Mike Pence will help bridge the gap between the senator and the White House: Flake and Pence, who both previously ran conservative think tanks and served in the House together, are personal friends.

In recent months, START - UP NY, a central part of Cuomo's massive economic development arsenal, has been vilified by some state legislators and conservative think tanks after it was reported the program created just 408 jobs across the state since 2014, leading the critics to question whether the $ 53 million spent on advertising and marketing was worth it.

«Symbolic and unimpressive,» E.J. McMahon, of the Empire Center, an Albany - based fiscally conservative think tank, said in an email.

«It doesn't set a very good example,» said Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany.

I didn't say that James All I did was mention in passing that it was telling that conservative think tanks produced reports on reactionary clerics and movements while Labour ones did not.

Bill Hammond, health policy director for the Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative think tank based in Albany, says, «Obamacare had certain gaps that people slipped through, I think this system would have bigger gaps.»

E.J. McMahon, president of Empire Center, a conservative think tank, says the Thruway Authority should have increased the bridge toll in anticipation of the project.

«It's just another sad chapter in the ongoing saga of the Legislature's failure to exert any control over this ongoing waste in the name of economic development,» said E.J. McMahon, executive director of the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank.

[4] In September 2013, the Goldwater Institute, a conservative think tank, filed a lawsuit seeking to block the law's implementation.

The data would be part of an annual update to the fiscally conservative think tank's government spending database, and the lawsuit alleges that the M.T.A. has consistently failed to meet deadlines and provide information in previous years, as well.

Others are identifying themselves as Labour supporters or free - market Lib Dems or working with think tanks trying to push conservative views in different directions to take the pain away.

While the executive proposal includes $ 200 million in funding to address the opioid crisis, it does not prevent the state from using the existing funds designated for these programs to plug other holes in the budget, according to Bill Hammond, health policy analyst at the Empire Center for Fiscal Policy, a conservative - leaning think tank.

The Empire Center is a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany.

But 90 percent of that highway and bridge spending was already included in the state Department of Transportations 5 - year capital plan last year, according to E.J. McMahon of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative think tank.

Beginning in his 2010 campaign for governor, Cuomo has defined extension of an existing tax as a new tax, says E.J. McMahon, with the conservative - leaning think tank the Empire Center.

«The largest direct cash benefit in a typical low - income worker's public - assistance package is the Earned Income Tax Credit — pioneered in New York state by the late former Gov. Mario Cuomo,» noted McMahon, whose conservative - oriented think tank has at times praised the current governor.

At roughly the same time, several dozen demonstrators from the advocacy group Picture the Homeless rallied outside the Vanderbilt Avenue headquarters of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, in protest against the Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict Mr. Pantaleo in the Garner homicide, and against broken windows policing.

Looking at the most recent federal data, the fiscally conservative think tank found that New York spent 114 percent above the national average on instructional salaries and benefits in 2014 - 15.

«The one cheering piece of news for Mr Cameron in the survey compiled by the New Local Government Network think - tank is that 46 per cent of Conservative Party candidates have a business background compared to just 18 per cent of Labour candidates.»