Sentences with phrase «more liberal positions»

The new senator quickly faced pressure from New York City Democrats to adopt more liberal positions.

The former «Sex and the City» star has come far from Governor Cuomo's left to challenge him in the Democratic primary, but she said her campaign isn't just about pushing him to take more liberal positions.

I have no doubt that Labour will oppose the coalition's cuts from the left, but I don't see how there can be any hope that Labour takes a more liberal position than the coalition, which will disappoint Sunny.

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Critics also charge that Gillibrand emphasized more centrist positions as a congresswoman from a somewhat conservative district than she does as a senator from a liberal state.

Fitting NAFTA into that aspirational, elevated, internationalist, decidedly un-Trumpian frame conforms better with the self - image of Liberals, and many other Canadians, than the more familiar positioning of free trade as a priority of corporate lobbyists.

A new Liberal government will release a fall Economic and Fiscal Update so that Canadians can get a more accurate picture of the federal government's revised position since April.

If I didn't own it, I would have a more liberal buy target, average in and build my position over time.

His roll of the dice has cost the long esteemed LIBERAL PARTY its position in parliament and brought to the fore a more left - oriented NDP.

You're just the product of a more liberal time, and assume that your idea of what a proper Christian would believe has always been the case, but the times are still a» changing, and future Christians might point at some of your positions and cringe too, right?

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

Tim Farron resigned from his position as leader of the Liberal Democrats on Wednesday saying he was «torn between living as a faithful Christian... More

The fact remains, however, that the Vichy leaders have enforced anti-Semitic laws in a more and more strict and iniquitous fashion, depriving French Jews of every governmental and cultural position, imposing upon them all kinds of restrictions with regard to liberal and commercial professions, mercilessly striking many of them who were wounded for their country during the present war, and hypocritically trying to hide a bad conscience under a pseudonational pathos in which religious and racial considerations are shamefully mixed.

He then pointed out that the death penalty was illegal in his own nation — a position more liberal than even this American President would dare to take.

We need a return to the realistic and yet principled conservative pragmatism of Reagan who actually wanted to help people more than dogmatically stick to every single position and who was even willing to compromise with liberals like Tip O'neal at times in order to get something done that would actually solve problems and help the greatest number of people.

In contrast, sectors of the population linked to international trade, occupying a dominant position in world markets, and depending on open diplomatic channels might well find themselves more in sympathy with lower defense budgets, higher education outlays, cosmopolitan values, and liberal religious institutions whose theologies favor universalism and whose moral teachings favor relativism and discretion.

Liberal churches, on the other hand, may be in a more precarious position.

The survey bears out that the caliber of leadership is a far more determinative factor in church growth than questions of liberal - versus - conservative positions, or social action versus personal - individual religious experience and expression.

Because the Unitarian Congregationalists were usually the leaders in the community and appeared to stand for a more common - sense and liberal position, they had little difficulty in obtaining the support of the majority in the parish and so gained control of the church property.

Liberal positions on abortion and same - sex marriage have repelled more voters than they have attracted.

While at first glance this is a more liberal, gracious position, in another way of considering it, virtually any persistent sin could be considered an eternal sin, if not completely overcome by the end of one's life.

It is the latest in a line of increasingly liberal positions on drugs from the party, as it becomes more confident in demanding wholesale reform of Britain's drugs laws.

The Coalition thus formed would have been significantly more authoritarian and less liberal than the Lib Dem preferred position.

As Cuomo increasingly seeks to position himself at the national level, potentially with an eye on a future White House run, by embracing a host of liberal policy proposals, look for the Senate Democrats and their allies to keep up the «we could accomplish so much more together» drumbeat, even though at this point it's pretty much a done deal that the Republicans and the IDC have renewed their power - sharing relationship.

Attitudes towards sex, gender, homosexuality, race, abortion and drugs have moved towards a more liberal, social democratic position.

Many people know that that was my first instinct and would have been more logical given the historic Liberal position as a left of centre party.

[31] Prominent Chrétien adviser Eddie Goldenberg believed that the «No» campaign at some points was more focused on the future election position of the Quebec Liberals rather than the referendum itself.

Her position is cheered by her liberal base — which plays an important role in a Democratic primary — because it has long sought more state and local funding for public schools and for progressive state programs.

And while the Senate Democrats say their leadership is different than the last time they controlled the chamber during a disastrous run in 2009 - 10, Flanagan contends that «their positions are ideologically more liberal than they were then.»

This rule has fuelled speculation that Mr Brown could hang on and try to forge a deal with the Liberal Democrats even if the Tories win more votes and seats than Labour but fall short of an overall majority — the position reflected by the most recent opinion polls.

In the 25 Liberal Democrat - held seats, though, the collapse in the Lib Dem vote was much more dramatic: the party was down 15 points from its general election position.

Cameron's liberal position on drugs changed once he entered Downing Street and he has shot down subsequent demands for a more liberal approach to the issue, including one from the group he used to be a member of.

We are now engaged in a serious fight for the centre ground with a party which is socially more liberal and constantly engaging in counter-intuitive positioning.»

There's a genuine difference of opinion between the Cuomo and de Blasio administration on charters, but the move also stands to benefit Cuomo politically: Along with his opposition to the pre-K tax hike, it cements the governor's position as a moderate bulwark against the more liberal de Blasio on education, appealing to voters outside the city and preemptively shutting down a potential area of attack by his Republican challenger as he runs for re-election.

His careful attempts to position the party as a brake on the more right - wing instincts of the Conservatives have been blown off course by having to deal with serious allegations about Liberal Democrat conduct and defend arcane aspects of party rules and culture.

Rangel is one of the state's more liberal members, and a longtime advocate for immigration reform, gun control, and the Affordable Care Act — positions that often put him on the opposite side of votes from Hochul, who was attempting to defend her seat in a heavily Republican district.

Mr. Peralta's defection does more than siphon power from the Democratic conference; it puts the independent group in position to expand its sphere of influence, pulling Republicans toward the political middle and offering John J. Flanagan, the Senate's Republican leader, an unbreachable bulwark against liberal policies favored by the Democrats who dominate the State Assembly.

This weekend, Boris Johnson, who once strove to present himself as a liberal politician when needing to seduce Londoners, struck an altogether more Tebbit - like pose as he positioned himself to run as a «real Brexit» Tory leader.

The formation of the SDP wasn't a Sudden thing, at the last stages of talks, Roy Jenkins had approached David Steel, to see if he could join the Liberal party, both had come to the conclusion if Michael Foot did win the leadership, for there to be a breakaway party, and Jenkins would be in more of a position to take one tenth of the CLP with him, and form an electoral pact, followed by a merger years later, of which would really be a take over.

They will also need a system of PR if they are to have any hope in future of forming a coalition with parties such as the Liberal Democrats or UKIP, parties who would be in a stronger position to help under a more proportional electoral system.

The party that Liberals might partner with on some energy issues — the NDP — supports a cap - and - trade system and has policy positions on climate change that are generally more to the political left.

«The Liberals have promised to reinstate the position of chief scientific officer, restore the mandatory long - form census, lift the «muzzle» on government researchers, and invest more in basic research.

The chart shows the position of state policies on the political spectrum, in both 1936 and 2014, with more liberal aggregate policies at left, and more conservative aggregate policies at right.

Driving this change is a new generation of chief executives and chief marketing officers who have more liberal values than their predecessors and find themselves facing growing pressure to use their positions of power to do right by society.

But we also find that people who are opposed to testing and who think there is too much testing (typically liberal positions) are more opposed to the standards.

-- Liberals who are contrarians may (likely do) have more moderate contrarian positions than non-liberals.

Today we present Part II of Ken Ward's response to «The Death of Environmentalism,» in which he argues that greens should reject the political position embedded in Lakoff's framing analysis — namely, that environmentalism is just one more single - issue liberal...

The response of liberals to nuclear risks suggests that, in this case, liberals reduce their perception of risks away from the instinctive liberal position, the more scientifically literate they are.

Perhaps this supports Mooney's idea that liberals can be more easily persuaded away from their instinctive positions.

While it is pleasing to see that the South Australian Liberals under Steven Marshal have become much more pro-renewable power than they were, what does the retention of a man with Mr Ridgway's record of dishonesty in such important positions tell us about the state opposition?

The editors noted that more contemporary liberal disclosure rules have given parties equal opportunities to call witnesses who might assist their litigation position.