She is among the most steadfast opponents of electoral reform on the Plant Commission.

Khamenei remains a steadfast opponent of the State of Israel and Zionism.

He was also a steadfast opponent of abortion rights, speaking out against spending state money on it, and was a proponent of tougher criminal laws.

While a group of steadfast opponents typically show up, in the last several nights no more than 8 to 12 have assembled.

A native of Virginia and a grandson of a Confederate veteran, he was an early and steadfast opponent of segregation.

The members of this movement call themselves "abolitionists," borrowing the term applied to steadfast opponents of slavery before the Civil War.

Mr. Foreman, a steadfast opponent of capital punishment, said later that Mr. Mitchell "deserved to die."

Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, is one of the few steadfast opponents.

Mr Liberman withdrew this threat on Sunday but remains a steadfast opponent of paying the Palestinians.

Eaton was a steadfast opponent of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.