Sentences with phrase «opposing sides of the aisle»

Not exact matches

Candidates on both sides of the aisle have sometimes espoused views that would seem to align them with the opposing party, especially when it comes to issues important to business owners.

These days, it seems you can't express an opinion without being bombarded with criticism and contempt from the opposing side, no matter what side of the political aisle you stand on.

For Nye — and on the other side of the aisle, many conservative Christian leaders — opposing ideologies about science, particularly as they pertain to the role and existence of God, is a high - stakes cultural battleground.

Morahan was popular with members on both sides of the aisle, Democrats and Republicans alike remembered him fondly as someone who embodied the old spirit of bipartisanship in Albany, where lawmakers of opposing views and political affiliations fought hard on the Senate floor and on the campaign trial, but then laid aside their differences and went out for drinks at the end of the day.

«I oppose this bill and fight it with every fiber of my being and with all the energy I have because, unlike some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I did not get elected to take health care away from my constituents,» Tonko said during a daylong meeting of the GOP - dominated House Energy & Commerce Committee.

MarylandCAN partners, prominent Baltimore community members and fellow advocates from both sides of the aisle joined Jones in strongly opposing the bill.