Sentences with phrase «unlikely coalition»

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.

Legislator pulls together unlikely coalition to condemn Journal News gun map BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The Journal News editorial board and publisher Janet Hasson were condemned Friday, January 4 by law enforcement, a bipartisan group of legislators, County Clerk Paul Piperato and the five major political parties of Rockland County, for their publication of an interactive -LSB-...]

Charter school policies have attracted unlikely coalitions that include free - marketeers and business leaders, but also community - based organizations, civil - rights groups, and other nontraditional allies.

This being the case, it is unlikely the coalition government will scrap the tests totally, but schools, parents and pupils can expect to see some change to the way they are administered currently.

In states where Republican opposition has stunted progress on clean energy, unlikely coalitions of tea party activists and environmentalists are forming to take their arguments to the people through referendums and pressure campaigns.

That proposal met a broad backlash from an unlikely coalition that included political opposites like Senator John Ashcroft, the Missouri Republican, and Senator John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat, as well as the televangelist Pat Robertson, Silicon Valley executives and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Paisley specifically cited the «unlikely coalition» between him and Rees - Mogg as one of a «high papist» and a «tight prod».

The New York Times reports that an unlikely coalition of women's advocates, business leaders, and labor unions has formed with the goal of advertising and mobilizing voters to ensure that Spitzer remains a former politician.

An unlikely coalition of gadget fans and farmers is campaigning for the right to fix what we own.

While 26 states have voted against the voucher option, several locales, including Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Florida, have begun voucher experiments — often with political support from an unlikely coalition of conservative Republicans and inner - city, African - American activists.

Rhee has emerged as the leader of an unlikely coalition of politicians, philanthropists, financiers and entrepreneurs who believe the nation's $ 500 billion - a-year public education system needs a massive overhaul.