The call for monetary reform developed so much momentum that the party placed a plank calling for a monetary commission in its national platform.

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If cord-cutters were a political party, the first plank of their platform would be the right to subscribe to HBO directly over the internet without signing up for cable or satellite TV service.

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Shortly after that, efforts by a coalition of "pro-choice" Republican advocacy groups to strike the platform plank outlining party opposition to abortion were abandoned for this election year, when the language's opponents realized they had a chance of making their case on the floor.

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However, he added that independence would remain the main plank of the party's campaign.

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Twenty-two U.S. senators have told me they support the idea of including a marriage equality plank in a Democratic Party platform.

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Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey, Pete Wilson of California and George Pataki of New York have threatened a fight on the convention floor if necessary to change the plank to make the party platform more acceptable to moderate voters.

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On Tuesday, Republican Party platform drafters agreed to add a plank calling for a guest worker program for temporary migrants.

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Back in the good old USA, the Republican Party, with a dramatic nod to the gold standard, adopted a platform plank calling for a monetary reform commission, with a broad nod to gold, causing a worldwide buzz.

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