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A hoist motion is used in Canadian legislative bodies to cause a bill not to be read now, but six months hence, or any number of months hence. In the House of Commons , if a hoist motion is adopted, it has the effect of defeating the bill.
Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...
This is a partial list of symbols and labels used by political parties, groups or movements around the world. Some symbols are associated with one or more worldwide ideologies and used by many parties that support a particular ideology. Others are region or country-specific.
"Hoist with his own petard" is a phrase from a speech in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet that has become proverbial. The phrase's meaning is that a bomb-maker is blown ("hoist", the past tense of "hoise") off the ground by his own bomb ("petard"), and indicates an ironic reversal or poetic justice. [1]
But what his own supporters have been slow to realize is that pulverizing political mores makes it much harder to hoist Democrats on their own petard. The Wolf Who Cried 'Plagiarist'
Hoist atop an elevator. A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.
Political scientist Corey Robin has recently argued that conservatism's most consistent traits are 1) A veneration of hierarchy and order and 2) A fear of the lower orders. "Though it is often ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. Political ideologies favoring social hierarchy "Right-wing", "Political right", and "The Right" redirect here. For the term used in sport, see Winger (sports). For political freedoms, see Civil and political rights. For other uses, see Right (disambiguation). Part of the Politics series ...