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The Trump administration and many social conservatives in Congress and across state governments have put federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) front and center in their attempts to pull public funding from other types of safety - net providers — specifically, those that provide abortion - related services.
At the same time, the Trump administration and many social conservatives in Congress are seeking to limit the federal funding streams on which these providers rely, to roll back the coverage advances of the ACA and to scale back federal investment in Medicaid.
Most recently — and visibly — social conservatives in Congress have included such proposals in their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), pairing a provision that bars Planned Parenthood from Medicaid with another that allocates new money for FQHCs.
We reported on 2010's drinks party - Baroness Thatcher was there - but perhaps more surprisingly, so was Alan Duncan, who had previously mocked Cornerstone as «Tombstone», and called social conservatives in the Party the «Tory Taliban».
«And you could say the social conservatives in our party dropped the hammer harder because we were there.»
There is a difference between the Social Conservatives in the Party; and the Fiscal Conservatives.
In fact, social conservatives in the USA, led by Christian conservatives, have fought or disagreed with religious diversity, religious equality, abolition of slavery, Suffrage, desegregation, integrating the armed forces, Brown v Board of Education, mixed race marriages, respect and equality for Jews (not in MY country club!)
That said, during this election cycle, much has been written about the waning influence of social conservatives in the political sphere.
The emphasis we are compelled now to put upon our first freedom risks distorting the moral message of religious and social conservatives in a number of important ways, and in the process undermining our case for liberty and tolerance.
Over the course of the debate, she proved herself to be the only opposition MLA who has been able to throw Mr. Prentice off balance and exposed a huge rift between moderates and social conservatives in the PC caucus.
Maybe the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, Mr. Anders is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.
Perhaps the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, he is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.
Whatever Mr. Obama's shortcomings, the reasonable centrists and moderates around the country will not suffer such a social conservative in the White House as Mr. Santorum.
Ms. Mark - Viverito's coalition is ideologically diverse, roping in far left members including incoming Councilwoman Inez Barron, a social conservative in incoming Councilman Chaim Deutsch and even Queens Republican Eric Ulrich.
A protégé of State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., the father of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Mr. Crespo is a social conservative in an increasingly liberal city.

Not exact matches

Fox News took it upon itself to find outraged conservatives, ready to batter down the doors of Coke's headquarters, ready to rail at yet another tear in the nation's social fabric.
Many in corporate America are still trying to work out how to deal with a new government that takes a more conservative stance on some social issues and has an anti-globalisation platform.
He's very, very progressive in a lot of respects on social issues and he's somewhat conservative on fiscal issues.»
To use a concrete example, if you have a million bucks socked away for retirement, drawing down $ 30,000 a year (in addition to any other sources like Social Security or pensions) is a conservative enough choice that you should be able to sleep at night, confident that even extreme swings in the market won't harm your ability to keep your portfolio healthy into your nineties.
Gizmodo's report alarmed several social media users, with some conservatives in particular criticizing Facebook for alleged bias.
The centre - left Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel's current coalition partners who were the second - biggest party in the election, have ruled out a repeat of an alliance with her conservatives, who won the vote but were left with fewer seats.
He's betting that he can broaden his Tea Party following by winning over social conservatives, and use a victory in Iowa — where he's in a virtual dead heat with Donald Trump in a new Des Moines Register / Bloomberg poll released Wednesday — as a springboard to success in South Carolina.
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 preferenceIn 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 preferencein Tyson's Corner, Virginia, to take a straw poll of presidential preferences.
Cruz has a real chance to become the first candidate since George W. Bush to consolidate the GOP's social - conservative wing, as well as the first insurgent conservative in a generation with the fundraising firepower to sustain a campaign through a grueling national primary.
While Snap's IPO will by no means be cheap, that more conservative price - to - sales valuation puts it in line with Twitter (twtr) when that social media company went public.
In 2005, he used the first policy convention of the then - new Conservative Party to take potentially divisive social - conservative issues like abortion off the parConservative Party to take potentially divisive social - conservative issues like abortion off the parconservative issues like abortion off the party's agenda.
In his last major TV appearance before the German election, Social Democrats leader Martin Schulz has warned that Merkel's conservatives could erode social support sySocial Democrats leader Martin Schulz has warned that Merkel's conservatives could erode social support sysocial support systems.
In the speech that urged the Alliance to embrace social conservatives, Harper also said that left - wing Canadians stand for «radical, responsibility - free individualism» and «tribalism in the form of group rights.&raquIn the speech that urged the Alliance to embrace social conservatives, Harper also said that left - wing Canadians stand for «radical, responsibility - free individualism» and «tribalism in the form of group rights.&raquin the form of group rights.»
Topic categories: Information is presented in six different categories — Environmental Issues; Social Issues and Sustainable Governance, Ethical Finance, Other Governance and Conservative Groups.
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).
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.
On Sunday, Germany's Social Democrats party voted overwhelmingly to form a coalition treaty with incumbent conservatives in order to usher in a new government.
It is too early to say whether the election will result in the continuation of the grand coalition between the conservatives and the social democrats, a revival of the conservative - liberal coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), or even a three - way coalition between the conservatives, the FDP, and the Green Party.
The election represented the tenth consecutive Progressive Conservative government in Alberta; the last time another party held power was in 1971, when the Social Credit Party was in government.
In the recorded phone message, Mr. Anders described Mr. Nau as «a good guy» and a «good solid social conservative» who did two tours in Iraq with the United States militarIn the recorded phone message, Mr. Anders described Mr. Nau as «a good guy» and a «good solid social conservative» who did two tours in Iraq with the United States militarin Iraq with the United States military.
And despite the party's sometimes uneasy coalition of libertarian and social conservatives, it is reasonable to believe Ms. Smith would still receive a strong endorsement from party members in a leadership review (she received 90 % approval in a 2013 review).
Rick Santorum can play to the high - mindedness of the social conservative agenda because in Iowa those voters have two loaves of bread under each arm.
Mr. Byfield has been campaigning for more than a year and could make gains if he is able to tap into the base of social conservative voters in this constituency.
Since the disappearance of the Social Credit Party in the 1970s, Alberta has seen its share of conservative fringe parties, usually based in central or southern rural Alberta — including the Western Canadian Concept, the Representative Party, a short - lived SocCred revival in the mid-1990s and the Alberta First Party.
The nutty social conservatives proved to be the Wildrose's greatest weakness in the 2012 election, costing the party a chance at forming government.
Barring a political earthquake, it is expected the Conservative Party candidate will win the by - election in this sprawling southeast Alberta riding with a large Mormon community and a strong social conserConservative Party candidate will win the by - election in this sprawling southeast Alberta riding with a large Mormon community and a strong social conservativeconservative base.
That said, I admit I was surprised when the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada agreed in late 2015 to fund the CMP with a six - year, $ 2.5 - million grant — a decision that was finalized in the final months of Stephen Harper's Conservative government.
It appears as though Kenney will go to far lengths not to do anything that would alienate the social conservative supporters he hopes will help make him leader of the UCP in October 2017.
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Despite pledging to build a big tent conservative party, Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party MLAs appear to be doing their best this week to define themselves as the voice of social conservatismconservative party, Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party MLAs appear to be doing their best this week to define themselves as the voice of social conservatismConservative Party MLAs appear to be doing their best this week to define themselves as the voice of social conservatism in Alberta.
Many Wildrose Party and federal Conservative politicians have supported Levant's Rebel website on social media, through online interviews, and participation in rallies and events organized by Levant and his employees.
In a post about an hour ago, Deputy Editor Matthew Schmitz draws our attention to a Think Progress post that (until it was revised) stated «Social conservatives are worried about some decline in social morays and norms.&raquIn a post about an hour ago, Deputy Editor Matthew Schmitz draws our attention to a Think Progress post that (until it was revised) stated «Social conservatives are worried about some decline in social morays and norms.&Social conservatives are worried about some decline in social morays and norms.&raquin social morays and norms.&social morays and norms.»
Most social conservatives know that the main determinant of reproductive rates in America isn't patriotism but religion.
The conservatives and their beloved drug war are taking a clear social problem and making it vastly worse by felonizing even small time dealing, throwing so many people into prison till the «land of the free» has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world and making those people all but unemployable when they get out.
This shows how little the social and fiscal conservatives have in common.
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