Sentences with phrase «national conservative leaders»

In this moderate upstate New York district, freshman Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei is defending his seat against attorney Ann Marie Buerkle, a conservative Republican who has never worked in Washington, and who has lately drawn the attention of the Tea Party and national conservative leaders.

Tenney picked up support in the 2014 campaign from some national conservative leaders, including former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R - Pa., and conservative media figures Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Erick Erickson and Michele Malkin.

Jean was one of many political figures, including Alexander and interim national Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, to call out the chanting.

The Conservatives hoped to take control of the council and the local party was supported by visits from the national Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith and the party chairman David Davis.

Not exact matches

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's most consistent message during his relatively short time as a national figure is that the country is about to go broke.

In mid-December, a group of national social - conservative leaders gathered at a hotel in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, to take a straw poll of presidential preferences.

So how did a conservative, market - oriented, oil - and - gas focussed jurisdiction emerge as a national renewable energy leader?

In a press release, Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. described Beck as a «conservative leader» and «one of the few courageous voices in the national media standing up for the principles upon which this nation was founded.»

The evidence for this phenomenon is incontestable: the influx of non «SBC evangelical scholars into Baptist seminaries; the changing of the name of the Baptist Sunday School Board to the more generic LifeWay Christian Resources; the presence and high profile of non «Baptist leaders on SBC platforms, e.g., the closing message at the 1998 SBC delivered by Dr. James Dobson, a Nazarene; the aggressive participation of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission as an advocate for the conservative side of the culture wars conflict; new patterns of cooperation between SBC mission boards and evangelical ministries such as Promise Keepers, Campus Crusade for Christ, the National Association of Evangelicals, Prison Fellowship, and World Vision.

Some ugly and foolish thoughts expressed in slovenly language were put forth by President Ronald Reagan when, during a 1982 conference with some eastern Carribean leaders, he called Marxism a «virus»; when, in 1983, he labeled the Soviet Union an «evil empire,» telling the assembled National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, that communism «is the focus of evil in the modern world» and that «we are enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might»; and when, while conferring in 1984 with 19 conservative and religious leaders, he vowed to fight the «communist cancer.»

While a small group of conservative evangelical leaders — including Samaritan's Purse's Franklin Graham, the National Religious Broadcasters» Jerry Johnson, and the American Center for Law and Justice's Jay Sekulow — have spoken out in defense of Trump's plan, the open letter in the Post further cemented the growing consensus among evangelical experts that Trump's executive order on refugees is unnecessary and harmful.

The state Conservative Party is so far sticking by Hoffman, but GOP leaders are wondering if the lack of national attention on NY - 23 in the upcoming general election could mean last year's Tea Party cause célèbre no longer has sufficient star power to carry their banner into the race.

The next general election is not due until 2020 under current laws, but could be staged within months if the next Conservative leader decides to seek a mandate through a national vote.

Andrew R.T Davies is Leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the National Assembly for Wales and an Assembly member for South Wales Central

Kristian Dhal, the party leader, sent a message to «other moderate euroskeptic parties like the British Conservatives» to form an alliance to «steer back the EU» to focus on trade and energy and to be less interfering in national legislation.

National Horizon, a conservative group, this morning is launching its first — and so far only — TV ad in New York, aiming to boost the Republican contender in this contest, former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso.

Labour is on the «wrong side of working people and British business» the Conservative leader David Cameron claimed today - after another 14 business leaders endorsed the Tories» promise to scrap Labour's planned National Insurance increases.

Conservative groups including the Family Research Council and National Organization for Marriage fired off a letter last week to Boehner, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Greg Walden (Ore.) and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (Ky.) chiding them for backing DeMaio and Tisei, as well as Senate hopeful Monica Wehby (Ore.), who supports gConservative groups including the Family Research Council and National Organization for Marriage fired off a letter last week to Boehner, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Greg Walden (Ore.) and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (Ky.) chiding them for backing DeMaio and Tisei, as well as Senate hopeful Monica Wehby (Ore.), who supports gconservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (Ky.) chiding them for backing DeMaio and Tisei, as well as Senate hopeful Monica Wehby (Ore.), who supports gay marriage.

The Conservatives, as you'd expect, are continuing to make hay on what they call Labour's «jobs tax» - the proposed hike in national insurance (NI) contributions which has so upset business leaders.

Scozzafava, who is not seeking re-election this fall, endorsed Democrat Bill Owens after she was pushed out of the NY - 23 race by Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate who drew support of Tea Partiers trying to push the national GOP to the right and punish party leaders for backing a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice moderate.

The intelligence report, corroborated by numerous security sources, reveals that the The Democratic Union of Africa (DUA) an association of rightists / conservative political parties in various African countries on whose ticket Mr Mac Manu was traveling to Kenya as an observer of the elections, and the National Super Alliance (NASA) led by opposition leader Raila Odinga are doing everything possible to manipulate the Kenyan election in favour of the National Super Alliance (NASA) and its Presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

Now, even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders, and come out against the plan.

Some national conservative political pundits are comparing the Republican primary in the 22nd Congressional District in New York state tomorrow to the Virginia primary race that saw a Tea Party candidate beat an established Republican Party leader.

«Tea Party activists are kicking off a grand national tour this weekend with an event targeting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - NV) in his small home town of Searchlight, Nevada — an event that Tea Party Express describes as a «conservative Woodstock.»

«Dianne Hayter, chairman of Labour's National Executive Committee, said: «We do not believe a parliamentary by - election should be held at taxpayers» expense to resolve tensions at the top of the Conservative Party... She claimed that Mr Davis had done a deal with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who said last week that his party would not contest the by - election, and never intended to put his seat at risk.»

Among other results, Lord Ashcroft's polls suggested that the growth in SNP support would translate into more than 50 seats; [124] that there was little overall pattern in Labour and Conservative Party marginals; [125] that the Green Party MP Caroline Lucas would retain her seat; [126] that both Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and UKIP leader Nigel Farage would face very close races to be elected in their own constituencies; [127] and that Liberal Democrat MPs would enjoy an incumbency effect that would lose fewer MPs than their national polling implied.

The proposal, in the form of an amendment to the data protection bill, has been tabled by the former Labour leader Ed Miliband, former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke, and MPs from the Liberal Democrats, Scottish National party, Plaid Cymru and the Green party.

David Cameron took a keen interest in this question early in his tenure as Conservative leader, arguing that alongside measuring the economic health of the nation through measures like GDP, we should also measure gross national wellbeing.

The two wartime coalitions came about because of the failures of the dominant peacetime parties, in particular their leaders - the Liberal Party and Asquith and the Conservative Party and Chamberlain - and the overwhelming external threat to national security and independence.

Now even the fiscally conservative small business lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business, has joined progressive groups, unions and local government leaders that are coming out against the plan.

Biography: I have been National Young Conservative Vice-Chairman, CPC Regional Chairman, a Borough Councillor and Group Leader as well as a County Councillor and was M.P. for Luton East then Luton South for 18 years.

The Conservative leader of the council Peter Callow said the Labour result was «well - earned» and that cuts made by the national government were to blame for the Conservative losses.

On Tuesday, after he announced the petition campaign, Astorino rejected the premise that his opposition to the Common Core was related to a national movement of Conservatives and Tea Party leaders against the standards.

Keeping labor relatively happy, however, helps Cuomo become the leader of a new national Democratic identity, one that contrasts with the Republican right's union - bashing yet is fiscally conservative and socially progressive.

The Conservative council leader, Geoff Roberts, saw the results as a sign they could take the parliamentary seat in the next general election, while Labour blamed their defeats on national issues.

The Conservative leader sees National Citizen Service as an essential part of his long - term aim to repair «Britain's broken society».

Labour leader Ed Miliband says the National Health Service needs to be «rescued» from the Conservatives, while David Cameron insists there are more people being treated.

Unlike Hanna, Cantor did little last - minute campaigning in his district, where resentment over Cantor's national profile as a party leader had grown among many conservatives.

In the first prime minister's questions in the House of Commons since last week's EU referendum, David Cameron says that although might be in the Conservative party's interest for Jeremy Corbyn to stay on as Labour leader, it is not in the national interest

The Conservative national leader William Hague attacked the Labour council as he said they lowered the education budget while setting one of the highest metropolitan council taxes in the country.

«David Cameron, the UK Conservative party leader, has unveiled a national security programme for a future Tory government.

Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the leading candidate for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, last week attacked the voluntary national history standards in a speech designed to appeal to his party's conservative wing.

Indeed, the story of charter schooling, a national movement that grew from an early - 1990s Minnesotan pilot program, could serve as an inspiration for conservative policy leaders in the months and years ahead.

Although many states moved to adopt the Common Core national standards and tests prior to the 2010 election — an unprecedented surrender of state educational control to Washington — conservative leaders can reclaim control over the content taught in their local schools by resisting the imposition of national standards and tests and preventing their implementation.

While not every state and local union leader falls into this category, an overwhelming majority do, despite an internal poll by the National Education Association which found that its rank - and - file is slightly more conservative (50 percent) than liberal (43 percent) in political philosophy.

In it, the national politics reporter describes the dynamics (and tactics) behind what he calls «a major turnabout for a generation of conservative leaders.»

The National Review has held great influence among Republicans and conservative thought leaders for nearly 60 years, but a lawsuit from a climate scientist could threaten its very existence.

And then some environmental leaders told me they don't believe Congress could pass national climate change legislation, given the conservative opposition, so they would rather grow their grassroots movements locally.

Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta's Conservative Opposition party, must've struggled to keep a smirk off his face Wednesday as he bloviated piously about Kinder Morgan President Steven Kean's rumination the time may be nigh to pull the plug on the controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project that has the national knickers in a twist.

At this writing, Conservative party leader Francois Fillon leads numerous other contenders, but National Front candidate Marine Le Pen has enjoyed unexpectedly strong support.