Sentences with phrase «many liberal groups»

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.

Liberal groups such as MoveOn and patient advocates like Families USA also slammed the plan.

Onetime GOP rival Ted Cruz, without providing any evidence, has speculated that Trump could be hiding donations to «liberal groups like Planned Parenthood.»

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

The Texas conservative also alleged Facebook had not acted to censor liberal groups the way it had conservative ones.

Conspiracy theorists have claimed they're «crisis actors» and that the students are being manipulated by liberal groups and Democratic billionaire George Soros.

He actually was inspired by a liberal group's description of the Family Research Council as a «hate group.»

«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.

The liberal group People for the American Way's report on how conservative foundations have deployed vast sums to support think tanks, friendly media and other institutions that promote right - wing causes is titled «Buying a Movement.»

Liberal groups are full of free riders; indeed, such groups typically make it one of their selling points that they place no demands on those to whom they appeal.

Since, however, free riders make little contribution to what people are looking for in religion — in terms of inspiration, fellowship, strong conviction, and communal security — liberal groups tend to spawn apathy and a lack of direction, which is a sure formula for institutional decline.

A number of radical and liberal groups were surprised to find a minister among their number and in accord with their views.

After four centuries of struggle the liberal group had won.

Which liberal groups exactly?

On a Lefty - oriented site, I figured it was a liberal group using him as a bogeyman to raise money.

The thinking from liberal groups and Democratic lawmakers is that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda in 2013 — including a minimum wage increase, stop and frisk reform — won't be achieved even under a power - sharing agreement.

If Change is working with Republicans, liberal groups could easily decide that their Change.org petitions are in effect be helping their rivals by stocking the pond.

With that in mind, Democrats aren't skimping on the Get Out The Vote operation: the Jones campaign and liberal groups are working desperately to encourage Alabama's overwhelmingly Democratic black voters to go to the polls, regardless of past disappointment and present voter suppression.

Benjamin, elected to fill a vacant Harlem Senate seat, gave Democrats a 32nd enrolled member in the chamber, kicking of a sustained campaign by liberal groups to push the Independent Democratic Conference toward reconciliation with the mainline conference.

Liberal groups are organizing hard in part because they took such a beating in the 2009 congressional recess (most notably in «town hall» meetings that turned into viral - video - ready Tea Party rallies), but both sides are cranking up their efforts to reach congressmembers while they're home in their districts: witness Heritage Action's nine - stop rally tour, featuring Ted Cruz.

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

Still, the IDC remains an important bloc in the Senate and has gone through cycles of pressure campaigns from liberal groups to form an alliance with mainline Democrats.

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.

The trouble began on Monday, when King blasted the labor - aligned Working Families Party and criticized Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a lengthy statement after liberal groups have started to put pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to unite the various Democratic factions in the chamber.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who during the campaign pushed for down - ballot candidates in Senate races and helped fundraise, has been pushed over the last several weeks by liberal groups and mainline conference leaders to get involved in the disputed leadership.

It comes as liberal groups have pushed Democrats in the state Senate — most recently Sen. Simcha Felder of Brooklyn — to not work with Republicans in the chamber, citing Trump's presidency as a key factor in unifying the party.

For example, liberal groups are assembling examples of Trump's perceived sexism, with his years of appearances on reality TV and talk radio providing plenty of grist for the mill.

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.

The Democratic senators opposing Trump's nominees could be reacting to pressure from liberal groups, angered by the unexpected loss of the White House.

Some of Schumer's colleagues have come to his defense in the face of criticism from Team Obama and liberal groups.

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

That has outraged liberal groups, unions, and the New York Times, but Cuomo responds by warning that high taxes are a job - killer and would «just prolong the recessionary conditions in the state.»

Pastor Greg Edwards has the backing of a number of liberal groups and Sen. Bernie Sanders, who campaigned for him earlier this month.

Liberal groups such as NDN and Media Matters had mounted a «Dump Dobbs» campaign, and Latino organizations challenged such Dobbs declarations as his 2006 statement that about one - third of the U.S. prison population «is estimated to be illegal aliens» — which the anchor later acknowledged was way too high.

If the Republicans champion sensible solutions on schools, taxes and electoral reform, they'll be well on their way to becoming a real alternative to the liberal group - think that often stops progressive New York from actually making progress.

His warm relations with the governor have drawn protests outside the reporter's office from liberal groups, and he's been granted singular access for a biography of Cuomo.

A coalition of liberal groups is releasing new polling to show that health care could be a key issue in the midterms, and that a vote for the Republican health care plan last year could come back to hurt GOP incumbents.

The Maryland Democrat faced sharp criticism from liberal groups Thursday after The Intercept reported Hoyer encouraged Levi Tillemann, who worked in President Barack Obama's Energy Department, to drop out of the race in Colorado's 6th District.

The tax agency, as it happens, singled out both conservative and liberal groups seeking tax - exempt status for extra scrutiny.

MARK HALPERIN: You're going to come under pressure from national liberal groups to join an attempt to block him by demanding 60 votes.

A coalition of liberal groups and organizations is forming a new campaign to push for a «true» millionaires tax, the same day Wall Street Journal's report that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering a reshuffling of the state's tax code in order to achieve a more progressive system,

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.

In a startling move that threatens a major diplomatic row, the leaders of the conservative, socialist and liberal groups in Brussels have written to the European commission and the European council, whose members represent the 28 EU states, to reject the appointment of Ted Malloch.

Consider his interactions with the Working Families Party, a homegrown New York third party of unions and liberal groups that, because of the state's unique fusion voting system, has become an electoral powerhouse over the past decade.

Groups may be based around a single European political party (e.g. the European People's Party, the Party of European Socialists) or they can include more than one European party as well as national parties and independents [7](e.g. the Liberal Group).

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.

The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, for example, represents the interests of liberals in Europe while the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is the predominant liberal group in the European Parliament.

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

She has been backed by liberal groups such as the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Justice Democrats, and the Working Families Party.