Sentences with phrase «several conservative think tank»

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At roughly the same time, several dozen demonstrators from the advocacy group Picture the Homeless rallied outside the Vanderbilt Avenue headquarters of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, in protest against the Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict Mr. Pantaleo in the Garner homicide, and against broken windows policing.

Several former staffers told POLITICO that a slew of resignations followed the firings, due to Rauner's heavy reliance on a hardline conservative think tank, the Illinois Policy Institute.

The Empire Center, a think tank rooted in fiscally conservative beliefs, compared the new rebate checks, which will range from around $ 200 to several hundred dollars, to Frankenstein's monster.

The Empire Center, a think tank rooted in fiscally conservative beliefs, compared the new rebate checks (which will range from around $ 200 to several hundred dollars) to Frankenstein's monster.

Steyer also dismissed the idea of swapping the Clean Power Plan for a carbon tax, a concept favored by several conservative and libertarian think tanks.

Several Democratic senators cited media reports that staffers on the Trump transition team are pushing a proposal by the conservative Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C. — based think tank, to make deep cuts at DOE.

Much more puzzling has been the fervid opposition to the Common Core by some conservatives, including tea party activists, several free - market think tanks and, most recently, the Republican National Committee.

Cook has several connections to the Heartland Institute, a conservative think - tank: he serves as a contributing editor to Heartland's Environment & Climate News publication and the Somewhat Reasonable blog.

Today, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a prominent conservative think tank, hosted a secret, four - and - a-half hour meeting of pols, wonks, and activists, including several self - identified «progressives,» to develop a PR / legislative strategy to promote and enact a carbon tax.