Sentences with phrase «liberal groups call»

Yet even liberal groups call her «fee» proposal what it truly is — a «direct carbon tax.»

«The Catholic bishops and their allies in the Republican Party are increasingly isolated,» James Salt, executive director of a liberal group called Catholics United, said in a statement over the weekend supporting the White House's contraception rule.

Not exact matches

In 1993, after the Liberals won their largest vote share with 39.7 % and 32 seats, a group of MLAs and party members were not satisfied with official opposition status called for his resignation.

I'd rather be proudly in the group called «libtards» before I share the label «liberal» with you.

The one group within his own Christian community that seems to irritate him most are those he calls «wooly liberals.»

It is a sad day when the so «called «liberals» on the Court bloc vote against civil liberties when the dissenter is a group they deem «atavistic.»

And so Kramer joined a group of distinguished defectors from liberal ranks who called themselves neoconservatives.

The IDC is rebuffing calls for unity from Democrats and liberal pressure groups to re-join the mainline conference of Democrats in the state Senate — calls that have intensified after the election of Brian Benjamin, who gives Democrats a numerical majority in the chamber.

Liberal groups have repeatedly called on the governor to use his influence to convince the seven - member IDC to rejoin the so - called «regular» Democrats in the chamber.

An open letter was published by a group called #LibDems4Change urging fellow party members to elect a new leader «who will get a fair hearing from voters about Liberal Democrat achievements and ambitions for the future».

The Conservative Group on Cornwall Council has joined the calls upon the Liberal Democrat / Independent administration -LSB-...]

The state committee and the county committees regularly endorse the most disgustingly liberal Democrat political candidates every single election, then have the audacity to whine about a group that wants to call themselves the Reform Party.

Liberal activist groups last week called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return thousands of dollars he has received in campaign contributions from Daniel Loeb, a billionaire who has come under criticism for racially charged remarks directed at Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

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.

«All options are on the table,» she said in the call, orchestrated by the liberal group Local Progress.

Alliance for Tenant Power, an organization representing a variety of liberal community organizing groups, knocked Mr. de Blasio for not calling for the end of 421a altogether.

A liberal group on Wednesday will release a report calling on elected officials who have received donations from businessman Dan Loeb and his wife to return the money after his racially charged remarks made on Facebook this month.

On February 17, 2005, Hillary Clinton joined with Left - wing Senator Barbara Boxer in introducing the Count Every Vote Act, a hodge - podge of so - called «reforms» backed by extreme liberal groups such as People for the American Way.

But that has not stopped some liberal groups from calling it a sort of welfare for the rich, and saying the program has outlived its usefulness.

A change.org petition called the gun - free zone inside the Quicken Loans Arena an «affront to the Second Amendment» and has been signed by over 55,000 people — although it was largely a satire by liberal groups to shed a spotlight on the issue of gun control.

Officially called the «Task Force on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Expenditures,» the group brings together liberal activists such as Javier Valdes of Make the Road with budget wonks, such as Michael Dardia of the Citizens Budget Commission and James Parrott of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

The group, which is backing third - party candidate Doug Hoffman, calls Republican Dede Scozzafava and Democrat Bill Owens «two liberals» in a new television spot set to hit airwaves in parts of New York's 23rd district on Tuesday.

Attorney Elizabeth Beacham White, legal counsel for the PAC, called the filing «a frivolous complaint filed by a liberal activist group that harasses conservative leaders.»

Other parties standing at the election include the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, UK Independence Party, Green Party, Harmony Party, English Democrats, the BNP and a group called An Independence from Europe.

Palestinian - American activist and Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour called for liberals to be «united» in the face of President Donald Trump's agenda, railing against «divisive» elements in the progressive movement that would throw marginalized groups «under the bus.»

Then there's the liberal progressive group Community Voices Heard which takes it a step further, calling for an investigation by the Jonit Commission on Public Ethics into the matter:

The new program, called START - UP — which provides exemptions for corporate and property taxes as well as an exemption on income taxes for some workers — caused agita among some liberal and conservative critics, but was praised by business groups.

Apart from the Liberal Democrats (FDP), who unanimously support import, all the other factions (SPD, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, CDU / CSU, and PDS) are split into «pro» and «anti» groups, making the overall vote impossible to call.

In his new book, The War on Science, Shawn Otto documents the modern clash between what he calls the «authoritarians» (governments, large corporations, and religious groups) and the «antiauthoritarians» (scientists and other liberal thinkers).

Insofar as a social movement is «an organized, sustained, self - conscious challenge to existing authorities» (Tilly, 1984), the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions included a multiplicity of informal and formal institutions and alliances: students, unions, professionals, religious groups, etc.And while the master frames calling for the ouster of Mubarak and Ben Ali were no doubt unifying discursive devices that were readily supported by most if not all of the protestors, secondary frames — calls for democracy, social justice, freedom, and dignity — presented significant points of divergence not only in and between Islamist and non-Islamist groups, but between the secular - liberal youth who are credited with initiating the mass protests in the first place.

But the study is solid enough to embarrass the group of teachers union leaders and liberal academics that calls itself the Broader, Bolder Approach to school reform (see «Neither Broad Nor Bold,» check the facts, Summer 2012).

Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, called the program «the gold standard for failure and lack of accountability.»

Alexandria, VA — This weekend, union leaders and liberal advocacy groups from across the country will march in Washington, D.C. for what they call the «Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action.&racall the «Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action.&raCall to Action.»

The Center for American Progress, a liberal nonprofit group with strong ties to the Obama administration, organized a telephone conference call, including two of the scientists embroiled in the fracas over the disclosed e-mails, that it said was aimed at «setting the record straight on global warming.»

I suspect conspiracy theory ideation is a root cause of the climate denial problem driven mainly by a dislike of liberals, environmental groups and so called elites.

Powerful liberal groups have been calling for more ambitious limits to emissions, while more conservative interests argue against the drastic measures already required in the Kyoto Protocol.

October 28, 2015, Canada — Migrant worker groups from across Canada are launching a historic coalition today to call on Justin Trudeau's Liberal government to end the discriminatory practice of tying migrant workers to specific employers and transition towards permanent immigration status upon arrival for migrant workers.

A group calling itself «York Faculty Concerned About the Future of York University» protested the appointment of Martin Singer of the new Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, questioning his credentials and attaching a letter from other academics who did disclose their names.