Sentences with phrase «liberal advocates who»

Nevertheless, the outcomes have not always been what Cuomo wanted, as he continues to face skepticism among liberal advocates who have sought to push him further to the left.

«New Yorkers looking at their state government have gone from disillusionment to disappointment to despair,» said Michael Kink, a liberal advocate who leads the Strong Economy for All Coalition.

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You mean the same republican who was an advocate for big government, liberal values like freeing slaves and was from the North?

The point of those analyses and «historical genealogies» that have become an object of derision among the liberals — oddly, from those who advocate a return to Madisonian principles — is certainly not to retreat to the comfort of the library or the coffee shop; nor is it to deny the contingencies of history by suggesting that 1968 follows upon 1776 with some kind of mechanical necessity.

Ironically, the «original intent» of the Framers, the hallmark of recent conservative jurisprudence, still has no more passionate advocates than secular liberals who (like Justices Black and Douglas before them) look to Jefferson and Madison to support their own separationist preferences.

I am certainly no «bleeding - heart liberal» but the Republican party advocates a far too invasive government, and currently it is run by criminals who care more for personal profits than for what is best for the nation.

Others favour the model set out most credibly by American foreign policy expert John Hulsman, who advocates an ambitious global free trade area with a security element — effectively tying the world's liberal democracies together, with Britain playing a significant new role within this new structure.

Originally Walker, a Republican who has ignited a flashpoint for liberals and union advocates, was scheduled to appear at the New York City event on Nov. 1 last year, but the fundraiser was cancelled in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.

Furthermore — and this is the final reason for advocating a greater emphasis on reducing inequality — it should be popular with the kind of people who are likely to vote for us, generally highly educated, socially liberal and progressive, concerned about the quality of life, not just personal consumption.

Lamont, a wealthy businessman from Greenwich who rose to prominence with his insurgent U.S. Senate campaign against Joe Lieberman in 2006, says he is uniquely positioned to advocate for liberal ideals.

The statement comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who liberal advocates have accused of not doing enough to help his own party take control of the Senate, begins a push to elect a pair of Democrats ahead of an April 24 special election, triggering a unity plan that could shift control of the chamber away from Republicans.

Trust between Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has pledged to help bridge the divide among Democrats in the Senate since 2014, and liberal advocates and fellow Democrats in the Legislature who are increasingly anxious about Republican control of the chamber.

«With the savage cuts that will undoubtedly be announced by the Chancellor in the autumn Comprehensive Spending Review, the introduction of the pupil premium will represent nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory for the Liberal Democrats who originally advocated this policy.

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in America.

«We're going to remember those who were in bed with the Republicans — the party of Trump,» said Allan Roskoff, the president of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, which advocates for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual rights.

But Cuomo is also facing a challenge from his left this primary season from Cynthia Nixon, an actress and public education advocate who has criticized the governor's record of compromise with Republicans in the Senate liberal advocates contend has led to watered - down results and half - victories.

So, in the US those who are advocating it, being more left - wing, would be called «liberals» while in Europe and the rest of the world, liberals would be those who calls for free civil gun possession.

But Senate Democrats this year have taken a more assertive posture with Cuomo, who was criticized by liberal advocates for not doing more to help his own party take control of the Senate.

Liberal advocates remained frustrated with Cuomo since last year after Democrats came up short in the legislative elections against Republicans, who gained a firm, 33 - seat majority in the Senate chamber.

A liberal Democrat like Mr. de Blasio, the public advocate - turned - mayor, Ms. James has not warred with City Hall like her predecessors, who were Democrats charged with serving as ombudsmen in the shadows of two imposing Republican mayors.

Public Advocate Letitia James, who won a seat in the New York City Council and her current office with the aggressive backing of the WFP, wished the liberal party supported her pick instead, Hillary Clinton.

Rangel is one of the state's more liberal members, and a longtime advocate for immigration reform, gun control, and the Affordable Care Act — positions that often put him on the opposite side of votes from Hochul, who was attempting to defend her seat in a heavily Republican district.

Giuliani, who has tried to have Green's post of public advocate abolished, seems resigned — if not happy — at the prospect of having the very liberal Democrat take over the reins of the city.

He has strained relations, however, with some liberal advocates, who see an opening for an insurgent on the left.

The oft - controversial advocate used the occasion to fire on her favorite targets: the NYPD's policy of regulating quality - of - life offenses, and liberals who do not embrace all aspects of the progressive program and all currents of left - wing activism.

In fact, the Obama presidency became viable in part because many of his early donors were wealthy liberals and some conservatives connected to foundations and Wall Street, who themselves were advocates for school choice.

Bob Chase, NEA's high - profile president who stepped down in summer 2002 after two terms, was seen by some critics as advocating too liberal an agenda.

On the April 4 ballot will be two - term incumbent Tony Evers, a public school advocate backed mostly by liberals and teachers unions who has been at odds with Republicans for years over his adoption of the Common Core State Standards and his opposition to the expansion of private school vouchers in the state.

But since we know that «liberal Democrats» don't watch Fox News and instinctively dismiss everything that conservative advocacy groups say, a plausible hypothesis is that the advocates whom these individuals do credit have imprinted in their minds a highly politicized picture of who climate scientists are and what they are up to.

Pls guys, overall your «side» does not have a lock on rationality; quite the contrary, it would seem seem given the «tenets of the liberal faith» (still waiting for that must - watch / must - listen - to advocate who could woo me from my current Neanderthalish, unenlightened course using wisdom and logic).

ABlawg posts on the rights of farm and ranch workers were tabled in the legislature during the debate over Bill 6 by the leader of the Alberta Liberals, Dr David Swann (see Hansard, December 7, 2015), who has been a tireless advocate for the rights of these workers.

Derided by his Jewish family and friends as a super liberal humanist Jew, the lawyer also struggles with advocating on behalf of someone who despises the multi-racial society — it's multicultural, the lawyer corrects him — which they live in.