A dialogue followed between progressives from Via media and the more conservative representatives of the church, and "stressed unity and communication."

Disproportional representation is a legacy of Brazil's military rulers, army generals who sought to stack Congress in the late 1970's with conservative representatives from backwater areas.

Reed and Sheldon focused on lobbying 10 conservative representatives in vulnerable districts.

The case drew national attention from religious organizations, and more than 35 conservative representatives and senators urged the Navy to retain the officer.

The new voters, naïve and confused by their new political power, typically elected conservative or moderately liberal representatives.

The concessions made by the Democratic leaders tonight to win the votes of conservative Democratic representatives could meet Mr. Kerrey's needs.

However, the election became a narrow contest between Deiss and Peter Hess, who was favoured by many conservative representatives.

President Clinton met this morning with a group of conservative Democratic representatives and in the evening with representatives who are more in the party's mainstream.

A conventional conflict thesis can also conceal vital distinctions between different religious traditions and between liberal and conservative representatives of those traditions.

Murphy was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate to conservative Democratic representatives.