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(CNN)- Add Rep. Michele Bachmann and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist to the growing list of national conservatives supporting Richard Mourdock in his quest to unseat Sen. Dick Lugar of Indiana.
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Breitbart is known for supporting what some refer to as the «alt right» movement in the United States, a loose affiliation of politically conservative groups that include overtly racist organizations such as Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute, which advocates for something it calls «white nationalism.»
They have also fought to win over a new breed of backer: conservatives skeptical of climate change but interested in supporting homegrown energy alternatives that increase national security, boost competition, and create well - paying blue collar jobs.
The firm also secured hundreds of thousands of dollars of business with John Bolton's Super Pac, formed by the hawkish former UN ambassador to support conservative candidates campaigning on national security issues.
«A Conservative government will continue to deliver low taxes, strong support for families and seniors, safer streets and communities, and protection from rising national and international security threats,» Thom said.
For example, the National Congregation Survey (NCS) reveals that conservative Protestant churches are more than twice as likely as mainline churches to offer nontraditional family ministries like support groups for divorced and single adults.
Shortly after Foer's article appeared, Norman Podhoretz, whom Foer had cited in support of his argument, published an essay in National Review on Jewish attitudes toward religious conservatives.
substantial, in part because of the political ties of many of its preachers, beginning with their support of a number of conservative causes and candidates in l980, but also because they galvanized strong support from a relatively small group of people who for the first time found a national public articulation of their views.
We could be on the cusp of conservative reforms that would rival all of the domestic policy achievements of the 1980s and 1990s if some conservatives would stop trying to relive the Kemp - Roth tax cuts or else engaging in hopeless struggles to get the public to support flat taxes or national sales taxes that would either raise taxes on the middle - class or collapse revenues or both.
The National Organization for Marriage is set to endorse Romney today, which should help him in one of his most urgent tasks: Consolidating support among the conservatives who were backing Santorum.
A National Obesity Forum campaign, backed by a parliamentary reception and early day motion, has cross-party support, led by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative), Rt Hon. Kevin Barron (Labour), and Dr John Pugh (Liberal Democrats).
The Conservatives» national support has slipped four per cent to just 27 %.
Long wouldn't say whether the bill's passage — which 18 Republicans in the conference ultimately voted against — would ultimately mean a loss of support from the influential Conservative Party or from the National Rifle Association.
Hanna also has a top rating on gun rights from the National Rifle Association, and he has supported fiscally conservative policies.
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.
Given that the city region is a traditional Labour stronghold, Street's victory with a 50.6 per cent share of the vote (after the second round) was testament to the strength of his campaign, and to the strong emphasis the Conservative national leadership placed on supporting his bid.
The firm also secured hundreds of thousands of dollars of business with John Bolton's Super Pac, formed by the hawkish former UN ambassador to support conservative candidates campaigning on national security issues.
But Mourdock, who was supported by local and national conservative grassroots groups early in his bid, reiterated his vow to stand by his convictions, which he said include rolling back the size of government and lowering taxes.
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.
He presented himself to the GOP as a cultural conservative who supports the National Rifle Association, the Boy Scouts and the rights of the unborn.
He added that she has «straight As» from the National Rifle Association and voted against Democratic Gov. David Paterson's «bloated» budget this year (Burns conceded there were other issues on which the Republican has problems with conservatives in her party: she is pro-abortion, voted for gay marriage and, while not endorsing the controversial «card check» provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, she does support «reform in workers» ability to organize» — a stand not too different from that of AFL - CIO President Rich Trumka when he said he could support EFCA without card check).
As such, last year I was delighted by the broad support I received from my Conservative colleagues following my introduction of the NHS Audit Requirements (Foreign National) Bill to Parliament.
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 Democratic Party, is the Democrat Union of Africa's affiliate party in Kenya but the National Super Alliance (NASA) is currently enjoying DUA support because of the alliance of the rightist / conservative inclined political parties led by Raila Odinga.
GOP poll finds support for spending cuts: Resurgent Republic, a conservative non-profit founded by pollster Whit Ayres and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, released a poll Tuesday showing that voters care about cutting spending even when told it will mean «slashing» important programs.
While Lhota painted himself as a fiscal conservative, he sought distance from national Republicans on social issues by reiterating his support of abortion rights and same - sex marriage.
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.
At issue is the National Republican Congressional Committee's support for Dede Scozzafava, a New York assemblywoman who conservatives assert is so liberal that they absolutely can not support her candidacy.
The race drew significant national attention because of the relatively large amount of support for a third - party candidate from the national conservative base.
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.
She entered the race in July, but hasn't impressed national groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund or the Club for Growth, that could provide support to boost her campaign against a well - funded adversary like McCain.
So: the Conservatives, with an initial lead and reasonable support for their national performance, versus the Liberal Democrats on home territory.
The Conservatives have been unable to recover from a massive defeat of the Danish national 2011 parliamentary election cutting its support to less than 5 %.
It is officially supported by the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat parties as well as the Scottish National Party, and opposed by the UK Independence Party and Green Party.
Commenting on the Secretary of State for Education's session at Conservative Party Conference, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union said: «Michael Gove does not have a monopoly of concern that all children and young people should have high aspiration and the very best teaching and support to achieve.
(CNN)- The Republican National Committee is pouring some last - minute money into the highly - anticipated special election in New York's 23rd congressional district with a new radio ad, as the party throws its support to Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.
But he has maintained support from groups such as the National Rifle Association, which typically align with conservatives.
Chancellor Merkel has tried to ignore the AfD which takes its support from disillusioned conservatives, estranged liberal Free Democrat party supporters as well as former Left Party and neo-Nazi National Democratic Party voters.
Hoffman, who has lost ground among fellow Republicans since his unsuccessful attempt at retaining the NY - 23 seat for the party in a special election last fall that drew national attention, has retained the support of the state Conservative Party.
The measure has been opposed by the state chapter of the National Organization for Women as well as conservative religious organizations, but was supported by other women's groups and the state Women's Bar Association.
The 2010 midterm elections drew residents from every corner of Queens to vote in races that ousted its last remaining Republican in Albany and changed the face of politics in a borough where Republicans and Tea Party members made little headway despite a national groundswell of support for more conservative politicians.
«Effective immediately, the R.N.C. will endorse and support the Conservative candidate in the race, Doug Hoffman,» the party's national chairman, Michael Steele, said.
Tenney, a two - term conservative member of the State Assembly, has picked up national endorsements and support in the past few weeks from conservative media figures in New York City and Washington, D.C..
«From Brexit, Trump and support for Vladimir Putin in Russia to the nationalist, ultra - conservative government in Poland, studies from our and other labs show that collective narcissism systematically predicts prejudice, aggression and a tendency to interpret innocent behaviors as provocation to the national group,» she says.
In August, a group of 40 conservative activists wrote an open letter to Walker asking him to encourage the National Governors Association to retract its support for the Common Core.
«The Obama action on the Common Core really transformed it from a state - led initiative we could all agree on to something that was much more politically charged,» said Michael Brickman, the national policy director for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank that supports the standards.
The role of public sponsorship for art in the U.S. had become mired in controversy in 1989, when conservative factions of the public and the political establishment were scandalized by the content of works by Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe, which were supported fiscally by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Andrew Stuttaford — National Review — October 18, 2014 With the right of the Tory party mutinous, and clear signs that the Conservatives» support in their rural hinterland is drifting away, the decision by David Cameron to fire environment minister Owen Paterson, a leading figure on the Conservative right who also appeared to «get «-LSB-...]
In March 2017, two motions supporting the call to ban killer robots were introduced in Switzerland's lower house, the National Council, and supported by MPs from six parties including the Christian - Democrats, Conservative Democrats, Greens, and Liberals.