Sentences with phrase «more moderate wing»

And while casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Ochsorn are on the party's more moderate wing, they have long stood behind the calculating, conservative Senate leader, McConnell, who even before the Tea Party's rise was known as an extreme obstructionist (paywall), dedicated to stomping out the bipartisan compromises that historically made the US government work.

These, as you might expect, are mostly found on the more moderate wing of the centre right political spectrum.

Clinton, as well as Cuomo, represent a more moderate wing of the Democratic Party.

Not exact matches

Each time the BCRA has been modified to meet moderates» demands — say, by adding far more money to tackle the opioid addiction crisis, as the latest draft does — some other provision upsets the right - wing (such as the investment income taxes which affect the wealthy that are now being kept in the bill).

All in all this conference could look pretty bleak for the moderate and MP wings of the party - when Dugdale stood down, it affected more than the immediate future of Scottish Labour, it impacted on the dominance of the Left within Labour for a generation to come.

Like many other members of the left - wing in the 1980s, he became more moderate under the leadership of Neil Kinnock, who made him a junior Treasury spokesman in 1989, making him the first mixed - race person to join the front bench as a party spokesperson.

«I've gotten to the point, I'm not sure any new revenues we can propose would be that productive,» he said, sounding a lot more like a moderate Republican than a hardcore Democrat who's widely viewed as a leader of the party's progressive wing.

Mr. Cuomo has historically been a more moderate Democrat than the mayor, especially on fiscal issues, but he's raised the minimum wage in the past and over the last year he has heavily leaned into the $ 15 movement, a major priority of the progressive wing of the Democratic party that he has locally named for his late father, Gov. Mario Cuomo.

The French Green Party and the French left in general remain more attached to these distinctions, whereas in the German Green Party, the moderate Realo wing had already won over the hard - line Fundi wing, possible alliances with the Conservatives were no longer taboo, and third way policies under the center - left Gerhard Schröder government, such as Agenda 2010 and the Hartz I — IV laws, found considerable support.

Cuomo is often described as representing a moderate, Clinton - oriented wing of the Democratic Party, which has declined in influence over the years as more liberal advocates reject the «third way» politics of the 1990s.

Both Pataki and Giuliani hail from the moderate wing of the GOP, although Pataki sought to buff his credentials with the more conservative Tea Party types during the last electionc cycle through Revere America, which advocated for the repeal of «Obamacare,» and targeted Democrats who had voted «yes» on health care reform.

By seeking to prevent Momentum from pushing for a more left - wing Labour Party, the moderates want to continue appealing to those voters who are disengaged from the political process yet vote based on a range of real world issues.

Supporters of Ms Formby, who also include Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and other senior members of the Labour frontbench, fear Mr Lansman could split the left - wing vote and allow a more moderate candidate to win.