Sentences with phrase «liberal advocacy group»

Can any of you explain to me how this differs from the relationship the previous administration had with liberal advocacy groups?

But Faso has come under fire from liberal advocacy groups after backing the passage in the House of Representatives of the American Health Care Act, the bill that would dismantled the Affordable Care Act.

Scot Ross, executive director of liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, which tracks campaign spending in the race, said Humphries» decision to resign during the campaign «is putting his political ambitions before kids.»

As for liberal advocacy groups that have not totally been on board with Cuomo's budget proposals the Tax Foundation's blessing just confirmed their concerns.

The IDC, however, insisted the one - house budget resolution of its own should not be read as a break with the Senate GOP as liberal advocacy groups press for juvenile justice reform and other long - sought issues this session.

But liberal advocacy groups in recent weeks have been pushing the governor to force the issue in Albany, and especially with Senate Republicans and momentum for some sort of a deal, if not a handshake agreement by the time the Working Families Party has its convention at the end of the month, appears to be gathering.

As a result, Jewish groups, though usually nervous about evangelicals» intentions regarding public schools, have pointedly distanced themselves from the position of People for the American Way — one of the active liberal advocacy groups — that parents with religious concerns should enroll their children in private schools.

The latest executive actions have bolstered Cuomo's support among engaged liberal advocacy groups, ranging from LGBT organizations thrilled with his plan to write regulations to protect transgender New Yorkers to labor groups who have pushed him for years to take action on the minimum wage through the previously little - known power of the Department of Labor wage board.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a prominent liberal advocacy group that last week criticized Baucus over his vote on the gun bill, helped launch a «Draft Schweitzer» campaign on Tuesday.

As liberal advocacy group MoveOn and the Democratic National Committee use Web ads to go to bat for Barack Obama, the Republicans are taking aim in several tight Senate races.

Ilya Sheyman, a former Illinois congressional candidate and executive director of the 16 - year - old liberal advocacy group — formed in 1998 in reaction to the impeachment of then - President Bill Clinton — sent subscribers to its e-mail list a message entitled «Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu.»

Liberal advocacy groups like The Working Families Party and Citizen Action also applauded the Assembly budget.

Instead, it solicits contributions from millionaires and billionaires and serves as a «pass through» between those donors and top liberal advocacy groups, including the Center for American Progress, Media Matters for America, and Democratic super PAC Priorities USA.

Because we are effective, we have been the subject of unfair criticism and even libel by various liberal advocacy groups, elected officials, and even Wikipedia.

Cuomo has faced mounting pressure from liberal advocacy groups to help the party gain control of the chamber.

In addition to building a fundraising operation, Nixon has been stitching together a coalition of liberal advocacy groups that have spent years challenging Cuomo with sit - ins, demonstrations and press conferences denouncing the Governor's policies.

Jenni Dye, research director for liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, which has studied the influence of pro-voucher groups on Wisconsin politics, said she expects heavy spending to defeat Evers.

Frank Clemente, executive director of Americans for Tax Fairness, a liberal advocacy group, said the idea that a new pass - through rate would help small business was «simply a hoax.»

Democrats, liberal advocacy groups, and immigrants» rights activists have long been opposed to the idea, which has been repeatedly proposed by Republican lawmakers in recent years.

What's more, Frank Clemente, the executive director of the liberal advocacy group Americans for Tax Fairness, said the notion that the pass - through rate would aid small businesses was «simply a hoax.»

She noted that relatively low - wage sectors like food services and retail businesses had accounted for a large share of the job growth in the last few years; a report in August from the National Employment Law Project, a liberal advocacy group, found that a majority of jobs lost during the recent recession were in the middle range of wages, while a majority of those added during the recovery had been low - paying.

The probe comes after McClatchy first reported the possible illegal contributions in January and subsequent calls from the liberal advocacy group American Democracy Legal Fund to investigate.

People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group and dedicated Bachmann opponent, resurfaced the petition earlier this month after news that the congresswoman would remain on the high - profile panel despite spearheading a controversial campaign against Muslim members of President Barack Obama's administration last year.

«For myself, the shock made me numb at first, and then I was profoundly sad that my life as a woman religious and my commitment to serving the poor would be so denigrated by the leadership of our church,» says Sister Simone Campbell, who heads NETWORK, a liberal advocacy group in Washington.

Meanwhile, liberal advocacy groups, including the state's Working Families Party, are siding with de Blasio.

My email inbox was buzzing this morning with reaction to turmoil at the New Organizing Institute, a major provider of digital, field and data training for staff of Democratic campaigns and liberal advocacy groups.

Speak Out Central New York, a liberal advocacy group that is pressing Republicans on issues like taxes and health care, is releasing a six - figure ad purchase criticizing Republican Rep. John Katko over the passage of the tax bill from late last year.

Liberal advocacy groups have pushed Gov. Andrew Cuomo to schedule the election in order to fill the seats vacated by George Latimer and Ruben Diaz, both Democrats.

While Klein has faced skepticism from liberal advocacy groups, he has sought to court labor over the years to bolster the IDC's standing when it comes to policy.

Democrats and liberal advocacy groups have accuse the IDC of helping prop up Republican control of the Senate; IDC Leader Jeff Klein has pushed back by calling for votes on key liberal issues, a signal that even with 32 Democratic enrolled lawmakers, the votes may not be there for key issues such as women's reproductive health.

Liberal advocacy groups have once again pointed to the alliance between Republicans and the IDC this year in urging Democratic control of the chamber.

Liberal advocacy groups have gone all - in on the anti-DeVos push, sensing the chance to derail at least one Trump nominee odious in their eyes (my email inbox contains one action alert after another).

Mainline Democrats in the Senate have spent the last several months applying pressure with the help from liberal advocacy groups to bring the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference into an alliance with them.

The liberal advocacy group Save My Care is attacking Arizona Rep. Martha McSally for her vote for the GOP health care plan.

Pressure is being placed on the IDC by a constellation of liberal advocacy groups to form an alliance with the mainline Democrats in the Senate in hopes of reaching a governing majority.

The video, which features IDC Leader Jeff Klein speaking directly into the camera about the eight conference members, comes as the conference is under pressure from liberal advocacy groups to return to the fold of mainline Democrats in the Senate and deliver a working majority for the party.

If you want low taxes on billionaires, you have to influence the Senate,» said Michael kink, the executive director of Strong Economy For All, a liberal advocacy group.

But the debate over public financing is a complex one for the Senate, with Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein facing pressure from liberal advocacy groups to deliver on the issue.

Amazon is not without controversy, with the company being pushed by some to add union jobs while a coalition of liberal advocacy groups have called on elected officials to not offer tax breaks and other credits to the company in exchange for job creation.

Bradley, who is seeking re-election to the court after being appointed last October by Gov. Scott Walker, came under fire in March after the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now unearthed opinion columns she authored as a Marquette University student 24 years ago in which she called AIDS patients and homosexuals degenerates, compared abortion to the Holocaust and slavery, and wrote that an author legitimately suggested women play a role in date rape.

In the crowded primary to succeed ex-Representative Tom Price, the Republican just confirmed as Donald Trump's new Health and Human Services Secretary, former Democratic Capitol Hill aide Jon Ossoff collected more than $ 500,000 through the liberal advocacy group Daily Kos.

Liberal advocacy groups, along with the Working Families Party, have remained restive over supporting Cuomo given the public financing issue.

The ad, paid for by the liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change, targets Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, and Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio.

Standing in the hallway outside the Senate Republicans» conference room, Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action of New York, a liberal advocacy group that supports campaign finance reform, said New York was experiencing «a statewide governmental crisis.»

«It's been really good for progressives that there's been kind of a race among potential presidential candidates to not just be on board, but be leaders on issues like Medicare for all, fighting for Dreamers and fighting against Trump's giveaways to billionaires and giant corporations,» said Adam Green, a founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal advocacy group.

An earlier version of this article misidentified a liberal advocacy group.