Sentence examples for democratic advocate from inspiring English sources

One is that Lockyer, far from being party to a plot for higher taxes, has been the state's foremost Democratic advocate of fiscal realism, criticizing both fellow Democrats and Republicans in the legislature for resorting to accounting gimmicks in successive state budgets that have contributed to the present mess in Sacramento.

"Senator Bennet has told us that he is willing to lose an election over immigration reform," said Jessie Ulibarri, a Latino Democratic advocate.

He had made a name for himself, and attracted big political contributions, as the most visible Democratic advocate of economic sanctions against Cuba.

"I'm a trusting person, but I keep asking myself, 'Why won't the White House negotiate with us on these issues?' " Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, chief Democratic advocate for the department, asked.

"Yes, some penalties will have to be imposed, but how far these penalties go and who will suffer them is an issue we still have to debate," said Smita Notosusanto, a leading democratic advocate.

"That's the way to have the result of all this debate be more than noise and issues to carry into the campaign," said Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J). a Clinton ally who has been the leading Democratic advocate of savings accounts.

Even if more lawmakers schedule public meetings, and many still might, Republican and Democratic advocates said Congressional offices have gotten increasingly clever about keeping their schedules under wraps.

That is a huge number in a country ruled by law, and tantamount to a "de facto amnesty" as both Republican and Democratic advocates for reform have said.

In 1997, as the Liberal Party moved rightward, five labor and Democratic advocates gathered at a Manhattan diner and hammered out the idea for the Working Families Party.

Democratic advocates, meanwhile, especially with those affiliated with Moveon.org, have sought to drive a wedge between the caucus and Fox News.

A collection of liberal-leaning groups spent about $900,000 in the last week aiding Representative Tom Perriello in Virginia, an embattled first-term congressman whose candidacy has become something of a rallying point for Democratic advocates.