Sentence examples for partisan function from inspiring English sources

"It's a very unusual thing for a network anchor to attend a partisan function that has the express purpose of raising money to help one party beat another at the polls," said Richard Noyes, director of media analysis for the Media Research Center, a conservative media monitoring group based in Virginia.

The Sovereign's role as a constitutional monarch is largely limited to non-partisan functions, such as granting honours.

As the monarchy is constitutional, the monarch is limited to non-partisan functions such as bestowing honours and appointing the Prime Minister.

Luis Toro, director of left-leaning government watchdog group Colorado Ethics Watch, said on Monday that a preliminary review of documents suggests Secretary of State Scott Gessler's decision to bill taxpayers for travel to partisan political functions stands out when compared to decisions made by other statewide office holders.

"The American people deserve to know what actions will be taken to ensure those who made these policy decisions at the IRS are being held fully accountable and more importantly what is being done to ensure that this kind of raw partisanship is fully eliminated from these critically important non-partisan government functions," they said.

The White House's battle with Fox News reached a new high on Sunday, when Communications Director Anita Dunn went on national television to blast Fox as a partisan organization that functions as an appendage to the Republican Party.

The films do not really function as partisan political tools; if anything, they share a populist impulse that finds its devils mostly in the interlocking political, business and academic elites.

As a Congressman I would enact daily bi-partisan meetings, social functions designed purely for bi-partisan interaction, and advocate for more like-minded Representatives -- avowed Independents - who are elected purely to create communication between the parties.

Administration officials see some of the criticism as partisan, and some perhaps a function of unrealistic expectations on the part of scientists about their role in policy debates.

Government would function better if partisan passions were on a lower flame.

Koza said that was less a function of how partisan the idea is and more a reflection of where the country was when the campaign was launched.