Sentences with phrase «liberal policies like»

Then there is Mr. Klein's group, which has pushed for liberal policies like paid family leave and the $ 15 minimum wage, but has worked with Republicans for several years.

All the stupid liberal policies like delaying mortgage foreclosures, increasing taxes and fees, burdensome developmental regulations, etc... are simply making the situation worse.

Failed GOP / Conservative gubernatorial contender Carl Paladino is inserting himself into the NY - 26 race, slamming independent candidate Jack Davis for «claiming to be a Tea Party candidate, while supporting Nancy Pelosi, endorsing Barack Obama and supporting radical liberal policies like partial birth abortion.»

Not exact matches

And it's a shift in the Liberals» approach to economic policy, which had become encumbered over the past decade by vacuous buzzwords like «champion sectors» and «innovation gateways» (Both found on a single - page in the 2011 election platform).

Poverty researchers are seldom guilty of overt political bias, though most of them are liberals who would like a more generous policy toward the poor.

His main point: it looks like interest - group politics, and thus gives license for bad liberal and statist - Republican tax policy incentives when the political winds shift.

Liberals like William Julius Wilson at Harvard tend to finger economic causes, whereas conservatives like Kay Hymowitz at the Manhattan Institute tend to finger cultural changes and poorly conceived public policies.

To start with, one must wonder why these two issues» both of which ought to place politically liberal evangelicals in significant conflict with the Democratic party's social platform» are presented as «controversial» matters about which faithful Christians may disagree, while issues like foreign policy, environmentalism, and economics are presented as simple matters of justice.

This is a cross-party question of policy that addresses a felt need by LGBT people and religious freedom for minorities like Quakers, Unitarians and Liberal Jews, as well as for those, like the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England, who disagree.

I do think that previous generations of Liberals who promoted the «Ownership for all» agenda — great Liberals like Elliot Dodds — would have been flabbergasted at the Lib Dem policy on this.

Like all Liberal Democrats, the Social Liberal Forum is very proud of our party's uniquely democratic approach to policy making and as we enter the run up to the 2014 and 2015 elections, we look forward to further statements from our ministers in government that set out clear ideological differences between us and the Tory Party.

And most importantly, she can argue conservative positions without sounding like an ideologue, and is ready to develop and champion viable, sensible urban policies that challenge liberal orthodoxy.

It should be remembered that the leadership of the Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Party before that has often said that the membership needs to make «grown up» policy when Conference (or Assembly) was discussing a motion that the leadership didn't like.

The Liberal Democrats oppose a like - for - like replacement of Trident, the SNP is committed to a Scotland free of nuclear weapons, Plaid Cymru and the Green party call for Trident to be scrapped, the Conservatives and Ukip support retaining Trident, while Labour appears to have no explicit policy.

In which case, we'll have to accept some of their illiberal policies we don't like, they'll accept some of our liberal policies they don't like, we'll each jettison some of the impossible policies we've had to include because our activists cleave to them, and on the rest we'll work out a compromise.

He needs to focus on bread and butter issues like jobs and mortgages and public services and, above all, to develop a clear route map to growth, and stop fixating on the agenda of a liberal clique around him and barmy policies such as Lords reform and gay marriage, which people either don't like or don't care about.

A small, polite man with a mustache and slight stammer, Mr. Reichard speaks knowledgeably and passionately about key liberal policy concerns like campaign finance reform and global warming.

In his first term Cuomo used his State of the State Addresses to build what observers call his version of «a new Democrat,» or his version of being (Bill) Clintonian - rolling out fairly moderate - to - conservative fiscal proposals, including some that targeted Western and Upstate New York for growth, and liberal social policies like marriage equality and gun control.

He was elected in 2010 as a «new Democrat» who married centrist economic policies — a cap on property tax increases, business tax cuts, a reduction in pension benefits for new public employees — with liberal social policies like strict gun control and support for same - sex marriage.

Progressive policies were liberal when they were first proposed, but now that they've been established for almost a century they've become a part of the American tradition and so many conservatives will seek to conserve something like Social Security.

Yesterday chancellor George Osborne signalled that the Tory leadership was prepared to water down Liberal Democrat - backed policies like Lords reform.

«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 Conservatives are also opposed to the Liberal Democrats» policy of ditching the like - for - like replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system, which could cost # 100 billion.

Tory lite policies in 2010 and 2015 (lol) Even if this was true we still did better in those elections that when we had hard left manifestos like 1983 (27.2 % Tory MJority of 144) and it wasn't just the SDP or the Falklands, as if the SDP didn't exist, those people would just have voted liberal, who as a party were around before labour were, so had a right to stand

Will they really abandon charter schools en masse, even as liberal policy shops like the Center for American Progress keep making the case for them?

Will they really abandon charter schools en masse, even as liberal policy shops like the Center for American Progress keep making

Liberal Democrat ministers have all too often been identified with defending Conservative policies, and the party's leader has personal approval ratings which make Michael Foot look like William the Conqueror.

The Liberal Democrats, for example, have struggled to reconcile their localist impulses with other policy imperatives like housing.

The yacht exemption, along with a sales tax break for those who own private airplanes, was quickly pounced on by liberal watchdog groups like the Fiscal Policy Institute and Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

With UKIP gaining ground, and an anti-immigration stance looking like the winning ticket, the once socially liberal David Cameron became increasingly authoritarian in immigration policy and discourse.

«Words and phrases like «Conservative, Liberal, Democrat or Republican» may be avoidable habits of our expression, but they are not useful as meaningful descriptions of the manner in which our policies must be dealt with.»

Peterson said liberal policies have been hurting New Yorkers and that is something he would like to see change.

It's pretty clear,» said University of Maryland political scientist Robert Koulish, who said the second - term governor appears to be positioning himself as a hybrid: a centrist in the mold of Clinton who supports social policies championed by liberals like Sanders.

Flanagan, a 57 - year - old trade - directory publisher who once had aspirations of running for office, is now a study in conservative grassroots activism, illustrating both the way in which Tea Party groups can figure into policy fights even in a liberal state like New York, and how they maximize the influence they have with public officials.

For years, the Republican «Long Island Nine» in the State Senate stayed out of the way when Cuomo looked to pass liberal social policies like gay marriage and gun control, and supported his fiscally conservative agenda on taxes, education, public sector unions and regulation.

Brodsky says if you look at Cuomo's policies, he's fiscally conservative on issues like curbing state spending and capping property taxes, but socially liberal on items like raising the minimum age, defending women's reproductive rights, and offering free tuition at public colleges, an idea first proposed by 2016 Democratic presidential challenger Bernie Sanders.

Krauss's piece makes the magazine look like a liberal blowhard — especially because Krauss provides no thoughtful policy analysis, no new insights into the science of health care or politics, and it treats anyone with whom he disagrees with great disrespect.

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On the campaign trail this week, Mr Clegg said he would like to see a Liberal Democrat holding the post of education secretary in a future coalition, but the Conservatives have criticised the party for trying to distance itself from education policies they supported in government.

In 2016, Jonathan Chait, a liberal writer for New York magazine (whose wife helped craft some of D.C.'s new policies and now works for a local charter school), declared, «The dramatic improvements registered in places like Washington show the revolutionary possibilities of education reform.»

Specifically, I like Citi Prestige's liberal guest policy when visiting Priority Pass lounges (effectively the JetBlue lounge at Terminal C at Boston Logan).

From now on, it looks like policy over global warming will be a political football, tossed back - and - forth over the widening chasm between Democrat and Republican, liberal and conservative.

Captdallas — I've consistently said I oppose a «Federal» Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (an example of Liberal top / down, command / control, one - size - fits - all policy approaches like carbon taxes and cap and trade which I also have been clear I oppose).

Included in the typically dour liberal's praise: the president's environmental policy, which «is starting to look like it could be a major legacy.»

Agencies like Life Policy Shopper have partnered with insurance carriers who offer no medical exam life insurance and take a more liberal stance when it comes to COPD related illnesses.