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a hard-line approach to the sentencing of repeat offenders
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Continuing resolutions have been used several times under House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) leadership, with hard-line conservatives typically opposing the measure while conservative and centrist Democrats often cross party lines to help push it over the finish line.
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Walz had the robust backing of many in his home state’s substantial Muslim population and of hard-line progressives.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Harris, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus, was referring to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) narrowly passing a GOP budget resolution in a 217-215 vote last week after hard-line conservatives almost tanked the effort.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Mar. 2025
But his hard-line Ukraine tactics have this week unnerved some of his political allies on the far right, too.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Walz had the robust backing of many in his home state’s substantial Muslim population and of hard-line progressives.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Harris, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus, was referring to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) narrowly passing a GOP budget resolution in a 217-215 vote last week after hard-line conservatives almost tanked the effort.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Mar. 2025
But his hard-line Ukraine tactics have this week unnerved some of his political allies on the far right, too.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard-line
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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