Sentences with phrase «targeted liberal groups»

Washington (CNN)-- The Internal Revenue Service targeted liberal groups as well as conservatives seeking tax - exempt status, a Democratic congressman charged on Monday after the agency acknowledged the inappropriate practice continued until last month.

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She said she doesn't want any groups of students or young workers unintentionally left behind by whatever changes the Liberals ultimately decide upon, but suggested that future changes would look to target vulnerable populations like indigenous youth and new immigrants, who have a harder time accessing the job market.

A liberal outside group is targeting incumbent Republicans for their vote in support of the tax legislation that was passed last year.

At a hearing of the House Oversight Committee, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George said the information that liberal groups also were likely targeted only came to him on July 9.

Emily's List, a liberal group that provides campaign support for progressive women in politics, said Monday that Katko will be among the initial 15 Republicans that the group targets in 2016.

Rights groups said the latest killings and the murder on Saturday of a liberal university professor appeared to show the attackers were expanding their range of targets.

The ad, paid for by the liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change, targets Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, and Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio.

Liberal groups have also been targeted.

Liberal groups have targeted Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska over his views on health care reform.

These statements might sound like the rhetoric used by extreme animal rights groups, but they come from White Coat Waste — a new, unlikely coalition of fiscal conservatives and liberal activists that aims to end federal funding for research involving dogs and other animals by targeting people's pocketbooks in addition to their heartstrings.

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

Teachers College of Columbia University did a study that found the typical opt out activist — the target of the Long Island teachers group — is «a highly educated, white, married, politically liberal parent whose children attend public school and whose household median income is well above the national average.»

While CBC relates Trudeau's assertion that «86 per cent of the Canadian economy is now covered, or soon to be covered, by a price on carbon,» the news network admits that how Canada will reach the rest of its proposed emissions targets «hasn't yet been nailed down,» and the new Liberal government has «resisted efforts by climate change groups and the media to lay out its targets and timelines for achieving them.»

Rather, Strassel declared, «The real target is a broad array of conservative activist groups that are highly effective at mobilizing the grass - roots and countering liberal talking points.»