Sentences with phrase «liberal groups say»

Liberal groups said they would continue to support primary challengers against IDC members.

Not exact matches

The problem is it's exceedingly hard to do and there is no way to draw clear lines that won't be manipulated,» said Seth Hanlon with the Center for American Progress, a liberal group.

«The TPP literally replicates and expands on the same model as NAFTA,» says Lori Wallach, a trade expert at Public Citizen, a liberal - leaning advocacy group.

Moveon.org, a liberal political action group, immediately put out a statement denouncing Tester's vote, saying it was «yet another outrageous example of how our elected officials in Congress are beholden to the NRA.»

She said she doesn't want any groups of students or young workers unintentionally left behind by whatever changes the Liberals ultimately decide upon, but suggested that future changes would look to target vulnerable populations like indigenous youth and new immigrants, who have a harder time accessing the job market.

The liberal media monitoring group Media Matters said Mr. Lehrer had «lost the debate» by missing «repeated opportunities to press Mitt Romney into offering specifics on his policy proposals.»

Some liberal groups, meanwhile, say there's little point in restoring the cost - sharing payments at all.

«The overarching message here is we don't just have a jobs deficit; we have a «good jobs» deficit,» said Annette Bernhardt, the report's author and a policy co-director at the National Employment Law Project, a liberal research and advocacy group.

Do you mean to say that the Liberals have irreversibly alieanated «the little people» (by which I assume you mean lower income and marginalised groups)?

SNC - Lavalin Group Inc. is pressing Canada's new Liberal government to adopt corporate corruption settlement deals like those in place in the United Kingdom and the United States, saying federal charges laid against the company are hurting its ability to compete against rivals in Group of 7 countries.

«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.

Liberal groups accuse Republicans in Washington of pulling a bait and switch on social issues, saying the GOP took back the House last November by campaigning on fiscal issues, turning to hot buttons like abortion only after taking office.

That group grew out of what some have said are liberal Christian activist groups but in recent weeks has grown to include a broad scope of Protestant, Catholic and evangelical leaders.

Hate crimes are just a construct liberals have set up to double up the punishments for the people groups... should I say it..

«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.

For example, when you have a LARGE GROUP of people (secular liberals in this example) who are staunchly for women's rights, gay rights, freedom of speech, etc; taking the side of Islamists over Christians; a lightbulb should be going off in your head saying, «hey, something ain't right here!»

Under previous popes, liberal Catholic nuns, politicians and theologians were castigated by church leaders, said John Gehring, a writer and advocate at the group Faith in Public Life.

Dr Antonyia Parvonova, of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group (ALDE) said: «I supported this important Resolution along with my Liberal Democrat colleagues on the Committee.

It seems rather more plausible to me to say that where the Liberal Party failed to recognise its own enlightened self - interest was in failing to do more to hug close the labour movement and perhaps Labour Party itself: had they been more able to select working - class candidates themselves, and / or been able to more forcefully develop the New Liberalism against some Gladstonian instincts, (or indeed kept the Fabian intellectuals interested: they broke with permeation only after the Liberal rejection of the 1909 Minority Report on the Poor Law, even having helped form the Labour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive alliance.

The Liberal Democrats said today's figures highlighted the need to use intercepot eivdence in court - a key proposal of civil liberty group Liberty.

Perhaps she should answer as to why two - thirds of her fundraising support is coming from Washington liberal special - interest groups and labor unions,» said Brooks Campaign Manager Noah Lebowitz.

«The intent is for the liberal group, connected to the board minority, to stop the implementation of the majority's agenda,» said Carl Paladino.

She joined Dr. Allen in hosting fund - raisers for liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and for his clinic and expressed strong support for abortion rights, said Herbert Greenberg, a concert violinist and friend of Dr. Allen.

While Kingson said he hopes his support for Social Security will allow him to make inroads with older voters and other groups, operatives on both sides said he might be too liberal for the district.

The WFP, which is among a host of progressive and liberal groups that joined with protestors in recent weeks at the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, says the plan announced yesterday by the mayor's office is merely an attempt to end the protests.

The Liberal Democrats are said to oppose the «Boris Island» idea and environmental groups have warned it would be «a disaster for the climate, and, as a result, for people and wildlife in this country and globally.»

He pointed out that liberal groups are pouring outside money into the race when they often express concern about campaign finance — a «pretentious punchline writes itself,» he said.

And the law professors have another favorite, the same judge most liberal groups quietly say they'd prefer:

«I think the main impact has been to solidify the alliances between the gay community and the other liberal groups in the Democratic Party,» Krasner said.

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

At a hearing of the House Oversight Committee, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George said the information that liberal groups also were likely targeted only came to him on July 9.

Emily's List, a liberal group that provides campaign support for progressive women in politics, said Monday that Katko will be among the initial 15 Republicans that the group targets in 2016.

Stanley Klein, professor of political science at LIU Post and a Suffolk Republican committeeman, was quoted by Newsday as saying that while Ms. Teachout received «some support on the East End from a small group of far - left liberals, the moderate Democrats, like Cuomo is, they didn't leave him..»

«The permanent powers in Albany, whether liberal or conservative, all oppose the constitutional convention because they fear it could reduce their power,» said John Kaehny, executive director of the good - government group Reinvent Albany.

Robinson said that she doesn't «trust» the timing of the reunification since the change came during an election year, and she blames the defunct group for holding up liberal legislation in the state Senate.

The Liberal Party, a group that once helped play kingmaker for Rudolph W. Giuliani in his runs for mayor, but has fallen on tough times of late, said it would support Mr. Catsimatidis and list him on its ballot line in the November general election.

Murshed Zaheed, political director of the liberal group CREDO Action, said Democrats» decision shows Schumer's willingness to betray progressives.

«I would oppose such a move with every fibre of my body,» says David Hall - Matthews, a former parliamentary candidate and chair of the influential centre - left pressure group the Social Liberal Forum, founded by Lib Dem members and campaigners.

I'm not going with that guy,» said Lewis, the founder and president of The Black Institute and the former head of the defunct liberal activist group ACORN.

Emily's List, a long - standing Washington lobbying group dedicated to electing liberal, pro-choice women to high office, says it best.

«It looks as if the Liberal Democrat group will come back into the new parliament about the same size,» he said.

Graham Watson MEP, Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Brussels, said his group would continue to play an important role in the European Parliament.

They said that since the election, «a passionate group of liberal protesters» has opposed virtually all the national Republicans and their plans.

Rights groups said the latest killings and the murder on Saturday of a liberal university professor appeared to show the attackers were expanding their range of targets.

«This governor has fancied himself as a sort of fiscal hawk but willing to deal with other issues from a more moderate or liberal perspective,» said Blair Horner, the executive director of New York Public Interest Research Group, citing Mr. Cuomo's conservative - minded moves, like the property tax cap, and his more progressive policies, like same - sex marriage.

The «We don't want the Liberal Democrats to make a deal with the Conservatives» group said they devised the page after speaking to Nick Clegg's party.

Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover and a member of the leftwing Campaign Group, which is especially opposed to co-operation with the Liberal Democrats, said: «The Liberals are the second biggest party in Sheffield and other towns.

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.

Some liberal groups that have often sniped at Cuomo from his left flank attacked that implementation period, saying it would not provide the necessary relief to workers — the governor's rationale for pushing the wage hike.

Olivencia said that Citizens Action, a liberal activist group, had made the reservation at Pucho Olivencia without mentioning that Nixon would be part of the event.