Sentences with phrase «liberal states like»

Cuomo floated the idea of a lawsuit, calling the repeal unconstitutional and a concentrated effort to punish liberal states like New York, New Jersey and California who voted against Trump.

They are that out of touch with the realities and reforms happening in other states, even liberal states like Minnesota and Wisconsin.

But these victories in New York — a minimum wage hike, paid - family leave — should be slam dunks in a liberal state like New York.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

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Pacilio leaned liberal, and making me research things like Kent State did have something to do with my becoming fascinated with 1960s radicalism during my high - school years, but he was scrupulously fair and like the great debate coach he was, typically made us aware of the best arguments either side had.

The goals of both conservatives and liberals would be greatly advanced if they, like King, were to recognize that love is necessary for social cohesion, especially in a nationally, racially and religiously plural state.

«Liberal» then started to mean what it means now in the United States, meaning a preference for governmental involvement in things, et cetera (more like the Labour Party in the United Kingdom).

When I hear attacks on the big state from conservatives, I hear attacks on redistribution; when I hear them from liberals, I hear something much more like this.

In this context it is only to be expected that a consistent centrist would shift from advocating higher taxes and spending (sounding more like a social democrat) to advocating spending restraint and a smaller state (foregrounding the liberal tendancy).

Schneiderman, like other liberal Democratic state AGs, has started filing legal challenges to the administration's efforts on the environment, a mirror image of what Republicans did during the Obama years.

Liberals often claim that while there may be other forms of voter fraud in the United States, like voter registration fraud, the only kind of voter fraud that a voter ID law can possibly prevent is in - person voter fraud (where someone shows up at a polling station and votes when they're not legally permitted), and that there have been almost no documented cases of someone committing intentional in - person voter fraud in the United States.

Though the vast majority of Qataris abide by Wahhabism, the conservative strand of Sunni Islam that originated in Saudi Arabia, Qatar has proven that conservative Islamist views are not necessarily opposed to liberal values like the advancement of women and the separation of mosque and state.

It's no wonder that cities like Buffalo have become wards of the state after having their wealth systematically drained to pay for the liberal social agenda.

And, the chairman — as many underdog Republicans have before him — likes to remind everyone that a little - known state senator named Pataki came out of nowhere back in 1994 and defeated the liberal lion, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, in a major upset victory.

The state's business community has fared fairly well under Cuomo — perhaps not as well as its members would have liked, and too well in the eyes of liberals, which arguably makes things about even.

Endorsing the liberal Sanders over a mainstream Democrat like Hillary Clinton in many respects was the opposite outcome from the New York governor's race in 2014, when the state WFP ultimately backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo (who is identified with the Clinton wing of the Democratic Party) over Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout.

The state Conservative Party is launching a robocall today targeting so - called «liberal Democrats like (Assembly Speaker) Sheldon Silver» who are «fighting like hell to keep picking your pocket.»

He could appeal to white ethnics in swing states, or rally the social liberals who admire him for having been out ahead of his party (and his president) on same - sex marriage, or perhaps headline a few fund - raisers with the wealthy New York donors who have stocked his own campaign coffers and funded the super PAC - like group dedicated to running pro-Cuomo advertising.

The governor spent the next year armoring his left flank, presumably against the threat of a 2018 coup attempt by a liberal rival like state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman or Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Rivera, one of the most liberal members of the State Legislature, has reprised his attacks from two years ago: namely that Cabrera — an evangelical pastor — used to be a registered Republican, maintains ties to conservative groups like the Family Research Council and has praised the government of Uganda, which subjects homosexuals to imprisonment.

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.

New York State feels like a liberal state because of the ideological parity, but that is only in comparison to the conservative advantage in the Midwest, Southern and Plains stState feels like a liberal state because of the ideological parity, but that is only in comparison to the conservative advantage in the Midwest, Southern and Plains ststate because of the ideological parity, but that is only in comparison to the conservative advantage in the Midwest, Southern and Plains states.

In this regard, it is much like the liberal Northeastern states in New England, and the «MidAtlantic» region.

«It is going to be the first program like it in United States of America,» Cuomo told the audience as they cheered, outlining his recent liberal achievements, including an increased minimum wage which began phasing in yesterday.

Like all Liberals, he understood an enduring truth, that as the state becomes ever more powerful, society becomes less liberal.

But most industry players — especially those whose business is multifamily properties — would like to see that the state senate, rather than the overwhelmingly liberal and pro-tenant city council, keeps control of rent regulation, said Massey Knakal Realty Services» chairman Robert Knakal.

Prince Andrew will govern just like his father... who saw an annual 12 % increase in our state budget per year over his 12 years of RULE in New York... What NYS needs is less NYC liberals and more small govt minded people.

I then want to look at how social liberals approach the state, and finally consider what a social liberal state would be like.

For New York City liberals like Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mr. Heastie will be a crucial bulwark against a Republican - dominated State Senate and even Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat with a centrist streak.

Cuomo certainly would want to end a post-primary narrative that suggests he doesn't have the support of liberals in his state or that he's got a problem with unifying the Democratic Party heading into a general election in which he would like to post a substantial margin of victory.

The latest missive from the Hudson Valley Republican mentions the left's new standard bearer — NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — and raises the specter of the state Senate being taken over by like - minded downstate liberals.

The state's leading pundits had the primary as a «liberal revolt» by those who feel the governor has drifted too far to the right and needed to hear a message, but expect that these voters will come right back into the Cuomo fold in November when faced with a conservative alternative on the ballot like Astorino.

I suspect when you state people are going for the nationalist then state Plaid your not taking into account the mess Plaid made going into coalition with Welsh Labour, they like the Liberals became the mouth piece for Labour forgetting everything people had voted for them.

In a string of important races across the country, national Democrats have been embracing recruits near the political center, hoping they will give the party the chance to compete in states like Utah and Kansas where a liberal Democrat might stand little chance of winning.

In a possible sign of the elevated visibility of the attorney general's role, some of the other names that have been floated seemed more like a liberal wish list than a viable ballot lineup: Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney from Manhattan whose feud with Mr. Trump may have outdone Mr. Schneiderman's, for example — or even Hillary Clinton.

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.

Oh to be sure, another liberal for NY state like Cuomo, who will bankrupt the state just like all the other liberal Dems have done.

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.

While he has been lauded by liberals in the state and nationally for bold action on topics like same - sex marriage and gun control, his posture on nuts - and - bolts issues like budgets and taxes has leaned more toward the right.

Like Fuller again, Berg tackles the issue of race in the United States not as a liberal platform, but as the vile bedrock of human dementia.

Wonks love the frisson of danger from embracing an idea that their ideological allies don't like, whether they are conservatives committed to states» rights or liberals troubled by inflexible standards.

In states like Colorado, where charters are perceived as public schools serving local students, advocates may find they can build bipartisan support, especially in light of traditional conservative support for charter schools and the sector's continued focus on serving disadvantaged, urban students, which appeals to liberals.

Actually, sadly, towns in the Boise area, like Meridian, are some of the most liberal in the state.

For many years, I heard smokers say that the evidence about smoking and illness was hooey, that «scientists» weren't sure, that their grandpappy smoked until he died at 90 and so forth, I heard all kinds of claims about the granola police and the rest, and this was fed by the same crowd, by so called «scientists» working for tobacco companies, and the tobacco state politicians who fought every regulation and report tooth and nail and claimed it was all liberal propoganda and the like.

I also suspect that nobody in the United States — liberals or conservatives — likes being subject to the whims of the OPEC countries.

Reacting to the reports, Liberal MP Mark Holland stated: «It seems that not only were the Friends of Science working with the Conservatives, it looks like their campaign spokesperson might have been directing what ridings specifically material went into and using (the group) as an arm of the Conservative Party of Canada and thus circumventing campaign financing rules and all of the restrictions that other parties would have faced.»

However when you ask what will fix it from Liberals, the money usually has to come from the United States tax payers and usually goes to some liberal cause like the UN another Liberal or global goveliberal cause like the UN another Liberal or global goveLiberal or global government.

Plus it comes in handy when some liberal spouts out some nonsense like (and this just happened to me last week), «American society thinks of women just as poorly as Arab states.»