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

Along with its legislative record, each Congress writes its own short hand label: innovative or standpat, Micawberish or Scroogian, spineless or rebellious.

From Time Magazine Archive

Strange it is that this "standpat" Republican should have been born in Guilford, N. C., in 1836 in the reign of Andrew Jackson, whose Democratic pals spilled cider on the White House carpets.

From Time Magazine Archive

By whatever name, they stand for change, and thus oppose the standpat Italians of the Roman Curia.

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