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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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congressional
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At the least, he needs to pick his fights with the congressional Democrats carefully.
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Alternatively, Republicans may try for a deal with congressional Democrats .
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The interests of the White House and of congressional Democrats do not obviously coincide.
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Or Republicans could try to cut a deal with congressional Democrats in the hope that Mr Clinton would come aboard later.
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The question is whether the congressional Democrats or the Republican administration should run the programme.
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Both congressional Democrats and Republicans, however, are nervous about their survival next fall.
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These developments reinforced the growing pressure being exerted by congressional Democrats for a full investigation.
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At the same time, the political hand of congressional Democrats is strengthened.
conservative
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The opposition cuts across party boundaries, with Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors all against the scheme.
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John Tanner, another conservative Democrat .
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They mounted an especially effective legislative liaison operation that secured a high level of Republican unity while drawing in conservative Democrats .
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That, in turn, has frustrated the conservative Democrats .
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This would certainly exclude both Conservative and Liberal Democrats .
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First, both men were conservative Democrats running in the last Southern state to deny any Republican the governorship since Reconstruction.
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In the post-Hunt world, the conservative Democrats have returned to power to find little touched or disturbed.
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The difference was that the Republicans were conservative Democrats and the Democrats were liberal Democrats.
free
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Since 1969 the centrist Free Democrats have held the balance of power in the Bundestag.
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Their partners, the Free Democrats , have lost their economics minister.
liberal
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Was it enough to vote for liberal Democrats and pay their taxes with a smile?
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They went out and voted Liberal Democrat .
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The Liberal Democrat manifesto is a clear commitment to change Britain.
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However, he opposed a royal commission on the legalisation of drugs, the formal policy of the Liberal Democrats .
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Would Labour and the Liberal Democrats , even under the aegis of an independent Commission, do otherwise?
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Nigel Jones, who won Cheltenham for the Liberal Democrats has been named front bench spokesman on housing and local government.
new
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They are all moderates, Clintonites, New Democrats , modernisers.
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The New Democrat agenda of his 1992 campaign tried to update liberalism by pursuing new means to advance traditional Democratic goals.
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But the new Democrats are, by definition, new.
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A fellow New Democrat , Gore shared the Clinton vision.
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His centrist, compromising instincts, embodied in the New Democrat covenant, alienated core constituencies while failing to impress opponents.
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Clinton ran in 1992 not as a liberal but as a so-called New Democrat .
progressive
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The move by the three Progressive Democrats , was unanimously authorised by party representatives.
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Mr Reynolds's government lost the motion by 88 votes to 77 after a walkout by coalition partners the Progressive Democrats .
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Mr McDowell is also chairman of the Progressive Democrat party.
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It was 15,042 for the Progressive Democrats .
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Suppose such a party were to win, like the Progressive Democrats in 1987,11.8% of the first-preference votes.
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The Progressive Democrats said his comments amounted to a charge of perjury against their leader.
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Overall though, gay is good, which is why Sam Snort welcomes the proposed decriminalisation of homosexuality on the part of the Progressive Democrats .
social
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In January 1912 he organized a conference of like-minded Social Democrats in Prague.
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The 1987 results produced immediate pressure for fusion with the Social Democrats .
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The Social Democrats found themselves without influence inside a hard-line Stalinist party.
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The Cabinet also contained two Communists, two Social Democrats , seven independents and five members of smaller parties.
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Bismarck used two issues to divide the liberals and unite his new majority: protectionism and the suppression of the Social Democrats .
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The Social Democrats created huge momentum in the 1980s, but still failed-beaten back by Labour at its most demoralised.
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The Social Democrats were expected to emerge on top thanks to traditional backing from workers in the industrial south.
■ NOUN
candidate
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The Liberal Democrat candidate Martin Horwood this time is certain he can improve on that.
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Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Bergg has agreed to appear.
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He was also carrying an orange poster on a pole, urging a vote for the local Liberal Democrat candidate .
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Mr Peter Allen, the Liberal Democrat candidate was pushed into third place with about 8,400 votes.
house
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But McCurry also said the bill is unnecessary, echoing the views of many House Democrats .
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Lowey also convinced two other House Democrats to join with her.
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But Bonior, the second-ranking House Democrat , denied any direct involvement.
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Wilson says House Democrats rewrote his amendment, yet he supported the revised measure.
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The animosity between Clinton and House Democrats is likely to endure.
leader
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Liberal Democrat leader Mike Storey backed the inquiry into the passing of the information to a private company.
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The Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy will undoubtedly do his best.
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Tom Dale, Liberal Democrat leader on the council, demanded a rethink at yesterday's full council meeting.
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Mr Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader , toughened his terms for a deal yesterday.
party
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Chuan had been under considerable pressure to appoint the Democrat Party secretary-general, Maj.-Gen.
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Mr McDowell is also chairman of the Progressive Democrat party .
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But, given the low base from which the Liberal Democrat party began its struggle for recognition, he has achieved a great deal.
senate
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Similarly, as Nader points out, a majority of Senate Democrats supported the administration's pro-business bankruptcy bill.
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D., said Senate Democrats would oppose the final measure if it contains the provision on students.
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But legislation authorizing the tax cut squeaked through the Republican-controlled Assembly and was blocked by Senate Democrats .
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Dole then could blame its failure on Clinton and Senate Democrats .
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Recognizing the volatility of the issue in an election year, 27 Republicans joined all 47 Senate Democrats in supporting the measure.
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rank
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Henry Waxman, D-California, the committee's ranking Democrat , who had asked for the investigation.
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James McDermott, D-Wash., the ranking Democrat on the panel.
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Ben Cardin of Maryland, ranking Democrat on the panel, said Rep.
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But the ranking Democrat on the committee, Sen.
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Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee.
vote
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They went out and voted Liberal Democrat .
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Since Sanders generally votes Democratic, the Democrats need to gain an additional 20 seats to win control of the House.
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That connection does not go down well with many people who vote Liberal Democrat .
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They were still voting for the Democrats .
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You see, I had every intention of voting Liberal Democrat .
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Reform voting procedures that Democrats claim disenfranchised thousands of black voters last year.
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In Chicago he could vote for the Democrat of his choice.
win
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Senate Of the 35 Senate seats contested, 18 were won by the Democrats and 17 by the Republicans.
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That strategy may win the Democrats some short-term votes, but the cost could be long-term jobs.
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A minority administration should face little difficulty winning Liberal Democrat support for similar objectives.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite a slight shortage of new ideas, she remains the strongest candidate the Democrats have fielded for some time.
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So after fourteen years of solid, wall-to-wall Democrats, the Republicans won both houses of Congress.
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The effort to win quick approval of the so-called supermajority tax limitation amendment has raised a furor among some Democrats.
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Time was you would find Democrats in trailer parks.