Measured in dollars, it would be far bigger than Democratic initiatives to provide money for children's health care, education or any other spending program.

Republicans are even said to be willing to accept more spending on school construction, foreign aid and other Democratic initiatives.

The following measures are to be taken within the context of the democratic initiative:

Big deficits kill Democratic initiatives on education, children and rebuilding our infrastructure.

The Democratic initiative was defeated and the Republican measure won.

But the agenda tries to balance Democratic initiative with fiscal restraint.

One Republican referred to past Democratic initiatives to protect wildlife.

And is there a need for democratic initiatives?

Erdoğan stressed that the democratic initiative would be incomplete without the artists' support.

In these meetings, Erdoğan explained the importance and the necessity of the democratic initiative.