standpat

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Notably, there was only a single dissent from the FOMC’s standpat decision, from Fed governor Stephen Miran, who has been vociferous in calling for sharp rate reductions.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

While bunting streamed, a band blared and the citizenry gawped, 64-year-old Mark Sullivan, stalwart standpat of U. S. political journalism, rode up the main street of West Chester, Pa. as its No. 1 local-boy-who-made-good.

From Time Magazine Archive

Immigration has become a standpat, almost mechanical phenomenon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week he went into a deep sleep; after ten hours his heart muscles weakened; he died a "standpat" Republican, with something of the humanity of Abraham Lincoln, something of the fire of "Jim" Reed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Henry, you may remember, delivered the Roosevelt valedictory at the Chicago Republican convention in 1912, when he kidded the standpat crowd out of every Republican state in the union but two at the election.

From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by White, William Allen