So while I don't want to strike too partisan a note here today, I do want to address some willful mischaracterizations of my positions.
Specifically, the FCC 3-2 partisan vote was followed by a partisan House vote (234 Rs against, 2 Rs for, 6 Ds against and 177 Ds for), and a partisan Senate vote (52 Ds for vs. 46 Rs against).
They cannot suddenly change gears and accuse him of being a cunning partisan and a hyper-active campaigner.
In the words of Portman, this is less a partisan issue than a generational issue.
Many Estonians still think that whatever the West promises they, like their grandparents, may at some point have to fight a partisan war against a foreign (read Russian) invader.
Whatever the undoubted earlier and continued provocations of Colonel Nasser's policies, to invite Egypt to abandon its only tenable line of defence against attack from the east, and Israel to take up positions more than 100 miles inside the Egyptian border, was the act of a partisan rather than a policeman.
What I hope is that with this announcement, we're underscoring both our seriousness in meeting the energy challenge and our willingness to look at this challenge not as a partisan issue but as a matter that's far more important than politics -- because the choices we make will affect not just the next generation but many generations to come.
What I hope is that with this announcement, we're underscoring both our seriousness in meeting the energy challenge and our willingness to look at this challenge not as a partisan issue but as a matter that's far more important than politics - because the choices we make will affect not just the next generation but many generations to come.
Fighting poverty should be a non-partisan issue and a bipartisan cause.
In fact, one leading analyst has calculated that Republican dominance of the government explains about 90 percent of the increases in weapons outlays over the last 50 years, making partisan control a much more powerful predictor of demand than threats, deficits or public opinion.
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For 18 years, the Violence Against Women Act has never been a partisan issue, and now, a law that has clearly been effective in saving lives, in preventing violence, in holding offenders accountable, and in redefining the moral fabric of our society, is in question.
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He is frankly partisan, a multilateralist who sees the unilateralism of Mr Bush's presidency as a sorry interruption in history's inexorable progress towards a more consensual world in which going it alone can no longer answer pressing problems such as nuclear proliferation and climate change.
In fact Democrats and Republicans are not so far apart in Indiana, a state notable for strong partisan ties but a relatively narrow ideological divide.
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Djjokovic, urged on by a partisan home crowd, looked headed for a routine win as he took the opening set, but he was broken twice in the second as Isner leveled.
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Both parties have sought to use the focus on this year's April 17 tax filing deadline to gain a partisan advantage on what promises to be a critical issue in the fall campaign.
But moving ahead on a more partisan basis might ultimately be a strategy Democrats are willing to employ.
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It will also be a very partisan one, possibly even a partial one.
Thousands of fans in Kelvin Hall made for a partisan pro-Burns crowd for what resulted in a truly memorable main bout.
Among the prohibited activities are publishing partisan political articles or serving in an official capacity with a partisan political club.
I've never been a partisan, Tory or Republican, because I'm not a joiner by nature.
Now, unfortunately, a partisan minority in the Senate has been standing in the way of giving our small businesspeople a simple up-or-down vote on this bill.
As a whole partisan polarization is worsening, according to a study by the Pew Center released Monday.
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After winning a decisive reelection victory Tuesday, President Barack Obama told thousands of supporters in Chicago that he would reach out to leaders of both parties to tackle the hard issues that faced the country in the wake of a fiercely partisan campaign and against the backdrop of a divided congress embroiled in a historic budget battle.
Mr. Romney again declines to offer specifics, instead suggesting it can be left to the cooperation of a Congress that could not even pass an economic plan developed by their own bi-partisan panel as a path forward in dire economic times.
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Kings flanker Mpho Mbiyozo did stretch over late on to the delight of a partisan crowd of 35, 853, the biggest of the tour so far, but the Lions completed a hard-earned victory without further alarm.
And while Obama opponents are never quite comfortable acknowledging this accomplishment, it is, nonetheless, true and a fact supported in the report issued early this week by the highly respected, bi-partisan Committee For A Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).
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Thus, in principle, Presidents Roosevelt and Johnson might well have elected to drive through a version of their plans more to their liking on a purely partisan vote, but recognized the foolishness of such a divisive strategy.
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As a result, Ornstein argued, Democratic leaders may now try to short-circuit the traditional Senate legislative process by passing a more partisan bill through an obscure tactic known as reconciliation, a type of budget maneuver that requires only a simple majority -- 51 votes -- to pass.
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The matter is guaranteed to be a major partisan sticking point when the two chambers meet to hammer out a final version of next year's spending plan.
There are some who will view any disappointment in the decision as a partisan outcry.
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