Sentence examples for partisan clashes from inspiring English sources

Amid partisan clashes over abortion and contraception, some Democrats saw the Violence Against Women Act as the next battle in what they framed as a Republican "war on women".

WASHINGTON — Partisan clashes over President Obama's proposed tax increases have obscured something remarkable: that the affluent Americans targeted by his policy represent a growing share of his own party's base.

Unlike the repeated partisan clashes between the Bush administration and Democratic leaders over war financing, the party's leadership of the House and Senate is now firmly behind the new Democratic administration.

WASHINGTON — President Obama's re-election campaign is beginning an intensified effort this week to build support among women, using the debate over the new health care law to amplify an appeal that already appears to be benefiting from partisan clashes over birth control and abortion.

WASHINGTON — As they seek to make good on their campaign promise to roll back President Obama's health care overhaul, the incoming Republican leaders in the House say they intend to use their new muscle to cut off money for the law, setting up a series of partisan clashes and testing Democratic commitment to the legislation.

A16 Aid Package for Storm Schools After years of bitter, often partisan clashes on broadening federal assistance to private and parochial schools, the Senate approved by a unanimous voice vote a $1.66 billion aid package for public and private schools across the country that have taken in students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Mr. Samp argued that the dispute was fundamentally a partisan clash.

IN a season of ardent partisan clashing, Americans seem united in at least one shared idea: Single mothers are bad.

When presented at a hastily called hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, the inspector general's findings set off a partisan clash.

It was with that sentiment in mind on Wednesday that Mr. Gingrich waded — reluctantly — into the latest partisan clash in Washington that has left many Republicans worrying whether they are landing on the wrong side of a tax argument with Democrats.

A pollster for Mr. Davis, Paul Maslin, said that task would be easier if the contest became a more partisan clash in a state where registered Democrats far outnumber registered Republicans and where Democrats hold every statewide office.