Sentences with phrase «of national conservatives»

By the time he embarked on his star - crossed 1994 re-election campaign, he'd become a target of national conservatives - and of suburban swing voters in New York, who'd grown convinced that he was too eager to spend their money and too hesitant to punish criminals.

(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.

After retiring from football, former Druids and Wales international goalkeeper Harry Adams became a member of the National Conservative League's Cyclist Corps, an organisation that help organise hustings and polling stations at elections until the 1906 General Election in the United Kingdom.

Mike Whitehead, an East Riding councillor standing for selection as MP for Hull West and Hessle, said he was «disgusted» with the behaviour of the ruling Tory group in East Yorkshire, and the «wilful refusal» of the national Conservative Party to intervene.

«New ComRes poll puts Tory lead at 12 % Main Submit your questions for the candidates standing to be chairman of the National Conservative Convention»

Having already introduced the three candidates standing to be chairman of the National Conservative Convention, below is the first of three tranches of answers to the questions ConservativeHome readers wanted to put to them.

There will then be a meeting at which Eric Pickles, Patrick McLoughlin, the Opposition Chief Whip, and Jeremy Middleton, representing the voluntary party as chairman of the National Conservative Convention, will draw up the final shortlist for the association - no - one else will be involved in the process.

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The three candidates standing to be chairman of the National Conservative Convention answered a first tranche of questions yesterday on candidate selection issues and a second tranche this morning on the role of members in the party conference and policy formation.

The three men bidding to be chairman of the National Conservative Convention offer their views

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The launch of the first chapter was accompanied by the release of a national Conservative poster campaign denying Labour allegations of Tory cuts.

A moderate Republican whose candidacy for an upstate New York Congressional seat had set off a storm of national conservative opposition abruptly withdrew on Saturday, emboldening the right at a time when the Republican Party is enmeshed in a debate over how to rebuild itself.

Not exact matches

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.»

The Conservatives are in a full identity crisis now, and will have to figure out if they want to play tough with the U.S. and go back to the Sir John A. MacDonald days of a National Policy — essentially copying Trump's Buy American stance with a Buy Canadian — or if they want to follow the pro-free trade Mulroney - Harper path, which is more likely but offers less differentiation from the Liberals.

But with the backing of the National Rifle Association and conservative talk radio, he fought off his toughest challenge.

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.

I don't really see the conservative government advancing further the kind of spirit of the Canada Health Act in terms of expanding access to services and goods at a national level.

The ruling by O'Connor, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, gives an initial victory to the states, which filed their lawsuit amid building national conservative backlash to the Obama administration's stance on transgender rights.

From the «conservative» ideology, the «problem» is that the Central State, in cahoots with public unions and Corporate Overlords, grabs an ever - larger share of the national income to redistribute to reward its cronies and favorites.

Here's the new cover of the conservative National Review:

If you want to fit in to that Calgary neighbourhood it helps if you're married, voted conservative, earn more than a half million annually and have a taste for champagne — the denizens there drink more than twice as much bubbly than the national average (no doubt toasting their good luck to be part of the oil patch).

Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre called the PBO's findings «damaging» for the government, citing the impact of larger deficits, higher debt payments and a carbon tax that he says will erase at least $ 10 billion per year from the national economy by 2022.

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus makes remarks during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland on Feb. 23, 2017.

Over at the National Federation of Independent Business, the conservative lobbying group, tax counsel Chris Whitcomb says that the most urgent business in Washington is to postpone the tax cuts for everybody.

But they are more conservative than men owners — 54 percent of men owners are optimistic about their local economies and 58 percent are optimistic about the national economy, the survey found.

After dropping out of a PhD program at Duke University to, in his own words «pursue a life of thought - crime,» Spencer worked as an editor at a variety of right - leaning publications including Taki's Magazine, American Conservative, and the National Review, and was fired from the latter two for his extreme and racist views.

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.

Meanwhile, the Conservatives offer reassuring words but no clear plan of action on the creation of a national securities regulator and introduction of pooled retirement pension plans (PRPPs).

Crucially these are exactly the sort of people who have the ear of both Conservative MPs and of course the editors of national newspapers.

Ryan Williams, former deputy national press secretary for Romney's presidential campaign and senior vice president of communications at FP1 Strategies, said he believed some conservative pundits were «just drawn to Trump's style more than policies.»

These changes have caused some of the most radical members of her party to criticise her choices, most notably causing a row between her and her niece, Marion - Maréchal Le Pen, a member of Parliament for the National Front, who is even more conservative than her aunt.

Oliver's predecessor Jim Flaherty was also a supporter of a national regulator, and had championed the initiative since the Conservative government came to power in 2006.

A founding member of the Reform Party, he quit Ottawa to become head of the anti-tax National Citizens Coalition, «on the libertarian side of the conservative movement,» as he described it.

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.

Although the new Conservatives are stuck in the low - to mid-20 per cent range in national polls, voter discontent and the prospect of a Liberal minority government have made Harper a force to be taken seriously.

Conservative news outlets have theorized that former director of national intelligence James Clapper lied to Congress about his communications with...

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

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

The front page of Fridayâ $ ™ s National Post reported, «The Conservatives will encourage the five provinces that do not have harmonized sales taxes — Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, P.E.I. and Manitoba — to take part by setting up a $ 5 - billion trust fund that would compensate them for lost revenue over the phase - in period.»

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich still harbors hopes of emerging as a consensus candidate after multiple ballots but he lacks stature with national Republicans annoyed that he is still in the race, and he is deeply distrusted by ideological conservatives.

«Our National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation told us that every time they had their lobby in Ottawa, Conservative Cabinet Ministers and Tory Members of Parliament refused to meet with them, whereas in previous governments at least the Minister in charge of seniors would meet with the seniors» delegation.

To many conservatives who had criticized the gun control favoring Parkland activists capturing national attention, Kashuv's pro-gun activism was a breath of fresh air.

As part of its 2006 election platform, the Conservative Party promised to «create an Independent Budget Authority to provide objective analysis directly to Parliament about the state of the nation's finances and trends in the national economy; require government departments and agencies to provide timely information to the Parliamentary Budget Authority to ensure it has the information it needs to provide accurate analyses to Parliament; and ensure that government fiscal forecasts are updated quarterly and that they provide complete data for both revenue and spending forecasts».

Conservative HP boss Meg Whitman defied her political party to call Trump a demagogue that «undermined the fabric of our national character.»

Proxy Preview also highlights «a surge of proposals — some two dozen — largely filed by or coordinated by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), a conservative Capitol Hill think tank.»

Earlier in the week, Conservative MP John Williamson, a former national director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, introduced a private member's bill which would revoke the pension of any parliamentarian found guilty of a crime which carries a two - year maximum penalty.

On September 16th, Preston Manning published an article on the recent defeat of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) at the hands of the conservative Liberal - National coalition in the Globe and Mail.