Sentences with phrase «from tea party activists»

President Obama proposed fiscal stimulus but, under pressure from the Tea Party activists, the Republicans who controlled Congress rejected higher spending.

But the standards have since become red meat for everyone from Tea Party activists, who cry government overreach, to lefty soccer moms, who rail against their «corporate» approach.

All of the defectors, so far, are states led by Republican governors who have taken considerable heat from tea party activists and GOP legislators who oppose Common Core as an overreach by the federal government.

And the American Conservative Union, which organizes the annual conference, announced Thursday that Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who was elected to the Senate in 2010 with strong support from tea party activists, will give an address at the event.

Bachmann has become a rising star, her ascent fueled in part by major support from Tea Party activists.

Cruz's stance puts him at odds with Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a Republican member of the «Gang of Eight,» who was also elected (in 2010) with strong support from tea party activists.

Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and first - time political candidate, has drawn a large amount of support from Tea Party activists in the state that has helped propel him into the lead, according to recent Louisville Courier - Journal / WHAS Bluegrass Polls.

The senator, who's part of a political dynasty in Alaska, was upset in the August 24 primary by once - longshot attorney Joe Miller, who enjoyed strong support from Tea Party activists and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Hoosier Republicans overwhelmingly chose to replace Lugar with Richard Mourdock, a longtime GOP operative who benefited from manpower and money from tea party activists and outside groups determined to topple the six - term veteran.

Both Pauls enjoyed strong support from tea party activists.

(CNN)-- An anti-abortion Republican congressman from Tennessee, first elected in 2010 with support from tea party activists, testified at divorce proceedings in 2001 that he and his wife mutually agreed on her getting two abortions, according to court transcripts released to CNN Friday.

Not exact matches

With the Republicans heading further away from the centre in a bid to placate angry tea - party activists, are Syllenhaal and Biggs worried about the direction the right in America is taking?

While the net has certainly enabled lots of local grassroots organizing, and the Tea Party activists are definitely using the available technology to create a very decentralized and interesting network, the available data suggests that there may be only around 75,000 to 250,000 Tea Party online activists, a far cry from the seven - figure numbers we often hear floated.

In the aftermath of the 2012 American elections, some Tea Party activists have taken up more traditionally populist ideological viewpoints on issues that are distinct from general conservative views.

«What happened in Mississippi was appalling,» the freshman Republican senator from Texas — a rock star among tea party activists and other grassroots conservatives — said Monday.

Steve Lonegan, former mayor of Bogota, New Jersey, two - time N.J. gubernatorial candidate and director of the New Jersey chapter of Americans for Prosperity, and «Barbara from Harlem,» a regular guest on Sean Hannity's radio program, will address the Tea Party activists about the 2012 elections and the state of politics in the United States today.

State Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney from New Hartford and Tea Party activist Michael Kicinski from Earlville are both hoping to unseat Hanna in the June primary.

Tenney received a boost when the state Board of Elections removed Tea Party activist Michael Kicinski from the GOP primary ballot in the 22nd Congressional District after ruling his nominating petitions invalid.

* Tea Party activists, including representatives from the powerful group FreedomWorks, are meeting in Utah to decide whether or not they will support a primary challenge for Sen. Orrin Hatch.

Tea Party activists across America should plan to go out and recruit supporters from every Fourth of July celebration in their community.»

(CNN)- A conservative activist who's challenging a top House Republican Wednesday landed an endorsement from a leading national tea party organization.

«While we respect your commitment to public service, your record in Congress would leave us no choice but to actively oppose your candidacy should you decide to run,» reads the letter signed by more than a dozen conservative and tea party activists from Northern California.

Facing seven other more conservative candidates, Bennett has been the focus of withering criticism from members of his own party as well as Tea Party activparty as well as Tea Party activParty activists.

Boston (CNN)- Tea Party activists cast their cause as a patriotic movement from Americans fearful about the nation's direction during a rally Wednesday in Boston's Common.

But that hasn't stopped a bunch of tea party activists and otherwise ambitious challengers from stepping forward early in the 2012 election cycle.

«This initiative came from me,» Tea Party activist Mark Williams said Saturday of his new role within the Tea Party Express.

The conservative congresswoman from Minnesota, who's a favorite of many Tea Party activists, won approval for the new organization late last week from the Democratic leadership.

Brat offset the the cash disadvantage with endorsements from conservative activists like radio host Laura Ingraham, and with help from local tea party activists angry at Cantor.

Carl Rove, the former GOP strategist and adviser to former president George Bush, suggested O'Donnell - who swept to victory with the help of Tea Party activists - could cost the Republicans a chance to retake a senate seat from the Democrats.

The same month, Stephen Colbert ridiculed Wake County tea party activists for suggesting we should «experiment» to see how kids do in high poverty schools, as if we didn't have enough data from districts like Detroit.

The new polls make clear that more than a year of high - profile opposition to the Common Core from parent activists on the left and the right, as well as from tea party groups, celebrity comedians and politicians such as Jindal and Huckabee, has taken a toll.

As states moved to implement the new Standards (and aligned assessments), an anti-Common Core coalition arose first on the far right among Tea Party activists and then from the left, particularly among teacher advocacy groups.

But when school districts were told by states around 2011 that they would have to change their curricula to fit the Core — states had to overhaul their overall standards and testing plans first — opposition exploded, first from tea - party activists, then from progressives who chaffed under Washington - driven, test - fixated education.

The new Common Core math and reading standards adopted by 45 states have come under a firestorm of criticism from tea - party activists and commentators such as Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin.