The phrase "a longstanding position" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a belief, stance, or viewpoint that has been held for a significant period of time.
Example: "The committee has maintained a longstanding position on environmental sustainability, advocating for policies that protect natural resources."
Alternatives: "an established stance" or "a long-held viewpoint."
This is, of course, a longstanding position.
Such a move would reverse a longstanding position taken by the federal government that it should not pay to outfit schools with weaponry.
Mayor Gavin Newsom said the campaign was simply an amplification of a longstanding position of not cooperating with immigration raids or other enforcement.
"It's a longstanding position that separate but equal was not a valid standard for education, whether it was by race or gender".
"We are simply trying to codify what has been a longstanding position that such offers violate the Williams Act," said Linda Quinn, head of the division of corporate finance.
"From that point of view, it's not very Republican". Mr. Bloomberg said that he did not believe he was taking sides against Mr. Bush or his party with his comments but, rather, reiterating a longstanding position.
From that chair he thoroughly embarrassed Ronald Reagan's defence secretary by revealing that the Pentagon had somehow managed to pay $640 for a toilet seat.His longstanding position as chair of the House committee on energy and commerce gave him power to interrogate most corners of American business.
On July 25 , 2011 the Rabbinical Council of America, the largest Orthodox rabbinical body in North America, issued a statement reaffirming its longstanding position that "those with reasonable suspicion or first-hand knowledge of abuse or endangerment have a religious obligation to report that abuse to the secular legal authorities without delay".
Asked about Trump's cancellation, a Downing Street spokesman repeated the government's longstanding position that "an invitation has been extended and accepted, but no date has been set".
"Obviously you see a regime that represses its own people and spreads terror far and wide," Netanyahu told NBC's Meet the Press in an interview from his Jerusalem office, repeating Israel's longstanding position towards an Iranian leadership which has vowed the destruction of the Jewish state.
Even as Secretary Powell has sought repeatedly on this trip to start parallel security and political discussions, Mr. Ayalon, the adviser to Mr. Sharon, repeated Israel's longstanding position that a cease-fire is the key to any progress.
