Sentences with phrase «stated conservative views»

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Assuming these traits are fundamental to the American political mind, most political theorists see this as reflecting the classical liberal mind — distinct from the «modern liberal» view which accepts the legitimacy of the welfare state — not a conservative mind.

Voteview allows users to view every congressional roll call vote in American history on a map of the United States and on a liberal - conservative ideological map including information about the ideological positions of voting Senators and Representatives.

My ability to return to work and serve the people of this state should be viewed very positively by conservative Repubes as I represent the free market at work.

Conservatives are committed to the view that eudemonia is only available on a you - merit - what - you - earn - basis, that this may or may not include the State, and if so, in a limited capacity chiefly involving the security of private goods.

Though the vast majority of Qataris abide by Wahhabism, the conservative strand of Sunni Islam that originated in Saudi Arabia, Qatar has proven that conservative Islamist views are not necessarily opposed to liberal values like the advancement of women and the separation of mosque and state.

There's also the worry that Wendy Long's extremely conservative views could hurt down - ballot candidates — remember, the GOP's control of the state Senate is hanging by a thread.

New York state Democrats say their prime strategy to motivate voters this fall will be to paint Governor Andrew Cuomo's republican opponent, as an ultra conservative who has a negative view about New York.

Often this involves stressing what are now conservative views of free market economics and belief in individual responsibility, with social liberal views on defence of civil rights, environmentalism and support for a limited welfare state.

Hochul's conservative views and votes — necessary for someone representing a GOP - dominated district — have become fodder for Wu, who has accused her of being too far to the right to lead a blue state like New York.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long told me during a CapTon interview today that he views the NYC OTB bailout as a «first test» of whether the Legislature will be able to work with Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo next year in cutting wasteful spending and holding the line on taxes.

Pataki managed to find well - paying government jobs for Long's daughter — which I guess was fortuitous, since Pataki wasn't able to pay tribute to Long's policy views on pretty much any area of stated prioty for the Conservative Party.

Republicans in the state Legislature, viewing Buerkle's re-election chances as slim because she was a conservative in a swing district, were willing to sacrifice her job in March 2012 as part of the once - a-decade redistricting process.

ALBANY — Reacting to President - elect Donald Trump's view that Roe v. Wade would be overturned «automatically» once he appoints conservative justices to the Supreme Court, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins plans to introduce legislation to update the state's abortion law.

THE BRONX — Ruben Diaz Sr., the state Senator known for his cowboy hat and socially conservative views, won the Democratic primary for the open City Council seat being vacated by term - limited Anabel Palma.

They state: «The public no longer view the Conservatives as the nasty party of the 1990s.

Could have convinced the party that blue Labours view on Immigration and socially conservative views on communities such as religion, working with the state to subsidise locally run charities, was something, that could bring into our party working class people not already connected, by the groups associated with our movements (Trade unions, the Co-op, retired union affiliates) after the disaster of the World cup, owl gate and then the Ill prepared speech at the IPFF on social change and trying to deflect attention from it by rushing out the «well make unemployed teenagers work for their dole» plan, it's hard to see us being able to be taken serious on welfare reform.

As one of two Assembly Republicans from New York City — the other being Staten Island Assemblymember Ron Castorino, who chairs the county arm of the state Republican Party — Malliotakis has not shied away from the spotlight and has been forceful on some of her more conservative views.

Menendez also asked for Price's views on whether immigrants have caused leprosy outbreaks in the United States, a scenario apparently promoted by some conservatives.

A related issue is where to land on the «Common Core» standards, a set of expectations in reading and math developed by the nation's governors and state superintendents, but viewed by many conservatives as a federal plot to take over the schools.

After speaking to more than a dozen observers of the teacher evaluation legislation from various points of view, the answer is a more complex layer of personality rubs, distrust and skepticism, mixed in with the state's longstanding feud between the state's conservative school reform community and teacher unions.

Because movement conservatives of that time such as William F. Buckley Jr., and Barry Goldwater didn't view state - sanctioned racism as the great moral question that it was, because their fetish for preserving tradition led them to believe that the federal government didn't have the obligation to address segregation, because of their concerns about communism and the expansion of federal government, and because they viewed the civil disobedience by activists such as Martin Luther King (as well as their push to force social change) as an affront to the order they craved, they essentially gave succor to Jim Crow segregationists even if that wasn't their original intent.

This is why movement conservatives not engaged in education discussions are naturally be more - supportive of measures such as the expansion of school choice (because they conform to their views that markets and private actions by families should be the deciding forces in education) than of other reform efforts that seem to involve what they may perceive more - robust federal or state government roles, or involve what they consider to be an abrogation of roles they think should be in the hands of families or local governments.

However, it is important to remember that while widely viewed as conservative investments, munis are subject to risks and various market forces at play from state to state.

He writes that in his view, traditional conservatives «favor less federal government, as though state governments are benign.»

This is a morally minimalist view of state conduct that might be classified as «conservative».

In recent years, it has not been unusual for the justice minister to appoint individuals to the committees with clear ties to the Conservative party or publicly stated views on social issues that could be considered controversial.

The US market rests on the combination of local state bars and the very conservative tendencies of state supreme courts which often view reform askance.