Sentences with phrase «politically conservative states»

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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.»

Perhaps the most politically volatile coming Supreme Court case is Whole Woman's Health v. Lakey, which will decide whether dozens of abortion clinics throughout Texas can remain open — a decision that probably will affect other conservative states that have in recent years imposed harsh restrictions on abortion clinics.

There is in fact a petition drive directed at state legislatures by politically conservative groups who are particularly interested in adopting a «balanced budget» amendment.

The state Conservative Party has now codified its threat that any lawmaker who votes «yes» on gay marriage will be politically punished, passing a resolution that states «any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman» won't get Row C «in any election».

«The Conservative party pledged to crack down on public sector pay and pensions on Monday, in a politically risky bid to make state «excess» a battle line at the next general election.

[1] While the think - tank states it is politically independent, it has been labelled one of the most influential on the British Conservative Party under the leadership of David Cameron.

Dr O'Brien said: «According to a Pew Research Center report the majority of white Americans support stricter gun control, but the results of our study suggest that those who oppose gun reform tend to have a stronger racial bias, tend to be politically and ideologically conservative and from southern states, and have higher anti-government sentiment.»

In the Sandy Hook study, queries can be matched with particular states or smaller geographic areas to see whether searches from politically conservative, or «red,» states differ from searches from «blue» states.

In Utah, the pay - for - success funding has been seen as a resourceful and politically savvy way to address growing pains in a fiscally conservative state.

With Republicans controlling the House and Senate, a politically savvy conservative ideologue leading the federal education department, a vice president who earned notoriety in his home state for expanding vouchers, charters, and battling teacher unions, not to mention a president - elect who initially asked creationist Jerry Falwell Jr. to head up his Department of Education, the stars have aligned for market - driven education advocates.

In fact, it allows for Romney and conservative and Republican reformers acting as surrogates for his campaign to make a strong case that neither Obama nor Duncan are fit to take on the tough task of advancing systemic reform from the federal level; given that swing states such as Virginia have been granted waivers despite their poor records on advancing reform, they can even argue that the waivers are politically - motivated by the president's re-election concerns (even though there is no evidence of this).

«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.

About... Known for its forward looking preservation of the homes in its Old Towne section, the city of Orange is also one of the few significant, politically conservative areas extant in the state of California.