article_snippet.sent: And some prominent Republicans are urging the Republican Party to take notice.
article_snippet.sent: " "the Republican Party will have to better stand for" ideas on helping the middle class, said Pawlenty, the head of the Financial Services Roundtable, a Washington lobbying group for the finance industry.
article_snippet.sent: the Republican Party's leaders must be "willing to put forward ideas that will help modest income workers, such as a reasonable increase in the minimum wage, and prohibit discrimination in things such as jobs, housing, public accommodation against gays and lesbians.
article_snippet.sent: The debate has reached presidential politics.
article_snippet.sent: National Republicans are being forced to walk the fine line of protecting religious liberties and supporting nondiscrimination.
article_snippet.sent: Others in the GOP field are digging in.