Sentences with phrase «good on a campaign promise»

For Trump, the tariffs represent a step toward making good on a campaign promise to get tough on the country that produces the most panels — China.

So if Trump is elected — and the Republicans also hold onto control of the Senate — he stands a decent chance of making good on this campaign promise.

Over the past few years, though, that gravy train has begun to dry up, a trend that accelerated as President Donald Trump began to make good on campaign promises to restrict immigration.

This was widely interpreted as a rebuke to France's newly minted Socialist president, who is making good on campaign promises to tax the hell out of high - income citizens as a means of bridging the country's yawning deficits.

The Bush administration imposed tariffs ranging from 8 % to 30 % on a variety of steel products, in part to make good on a campaign promise designed to appeal to voters in the Rust Belt states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

-LRB-...) Over the past few years, though, that gravy train has begun to dry up, a trend that accelerated as President Donald Trump began to make good on campaign promises to restrict immigration.

He also tried to make good on his campaign promise to «Clean Up Albany,» announcing plans to end pay - to - play, force politicians to disclose outside income, publicly finance campaigns and promote independent redistricting.

The New York Times withheld its endorsement of Cuomo last week, saying he had not made good on a campaign promise to clean up Albany.

A number of New York City legislators are hopeful Cuomo will make good on a campaign promise and help pass The DREAM Act to provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who meet existing guidelines.

The bill, expected to be introduced as early as the week of December 8, will ban the industry, making good on a campaign promise.

Steamed politicians slammed Mayor de Blasio Friday as he moved to make good on a campaign promise to require even the city's smallest businesses to foot the bill for employees»...

More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after - school academic and enrichment programs if President - elect Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal dollars away from public schools to pay for private vouchers, a UFT analysis has found.

President Donald Trump on March 16 took the first step to make good on his campaign promise to shift federal tax dollars from traditional public schools to a «choice» program that promotes charters, private and religious schools.

If the winners in the 36 races for governor make good on their campaign promises, the next four years will bring renewed financial investments by states in their public schools, with emphasis on expanding early - childhood programs, improving teacher quality, and preparing students for college.

Trying to make good on a campaign promise to fix the city's schools, he fought the teachers union in...

HARRISBURG — Making good on a campaign promise to put tighter oversight controls on taxpayer - funded charter schools, Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday established a four - person unit within the state Department of Education to oversee the nontraditional public institutions.

Is she simply trying to hasten newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make good on his campaign promise to enhance the CPP?

For example, banks expecting a boost from tax and regulatory reform under Trump could fare better than stocks of hospitals and insurers should Trump to make good on his campaign promise to repeal the federal Affordable Care Act.

Original report: Call Governor Beverly Perdue and North Carolina state Senator David Hoyle and urge them that now is the time to make good on their campaign promises to end gas chambers in North Carolina animal shelters.Â

The move is part of a broader effort by Trump to kill regulations he deems «job - killing» and make good on a campaign promise to unleash «clean, beautiful coal» and bring jobs back to the sector.

«If Trump makes good on his campaign promises and pulls out of the Paris Treaty, it is difficult to see a path forward to keeping warming below dangerous levels.

In the coming months, we will find out whether the Liberals will make good on their campaign promise of legalizing marijuana.

As Donald Trump has made good on his campaign promises to attack immigrant communities and upend our civil liberties, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has fought back every step of the way.

Not exact matches

Even though Kasich fared well on questions about his ability to follow through on campaign promises and only 0.67 percent of survey respondents thought he was the worst choice for president, he came in last as top choice for president among the then Republican primary candidates — a tepid showing for an honest and proven executive.

After receiving negative feedback, Domino's made company - wide changes including altering their pizza recipe, aggressively reaching out to customers on social media, and launching a marketing campaign acknowledging mistakes and promising a better product.

Just one day after Inc. covered the formal launch of Mosaic, a clean energy crowdfunding platform based in Oakland that connects investors with solar energy projects, the start - up has made good on its promise: In less than 24 hours, it hasalready funded four sustainable energy campaigns in California.

Well, Trump is an economic nationalist... and it's a campaign promise that's relatively easy to make good on.

WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Thursday that he would impose stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, making good on a key campaign promise and rattling stock markets as the prospect of a global trade fight appeared imminent.

It is unclear exactly what the order would do or how harsh it would be, but it would be designed to begin to make good on Mr. Trump's promise during the campaign to redress China's huge trade surplus with the United States.

On the campaign trail, Trump promised to scrap the deal or come up with a better one.

Led by a feminist Prime Minister who campaigned on a promise of inclusive growth, Canada is well placed to become a global leader in tackling the twin struggles of gender and economic inequality.

According to a report from Reuters, President Trump is about to make good on one of his most controversial campaign promises: Banning refugees from mostly Muslim countries.

«The TUC's March for the Alternative on 26 March promises to be one of the biggest events that we have ever organised, but local campaigns and protests that do not hit the national headlines could well make just as much an impact in those constituencies where there are coalition MPs with small majorities.

The bus tycoon made good on his promise to match small donations to the SNP, giving a significant boost to the «yes» campaign's funding which had trailed the «no» camp.

Labour lost because they: a) broke manifold electoral promises b) lied shamelessly to the people and parliament c) engaged in industrial - scale corruption and lame cover - up d) wilfully enraged their newest supporters e) eschewed democracy at every opportunity f) treated the electorate like idiots g) alienated a vast constituency of voters with strong personal interest in the well - being of our servicemen h) inherited the most benign of economies and recklessly maxed out the public debt i) devoted inordinate time and effort to policies based on immature class war antics j) engaged in open internal dissent while being too cowardly to take any definitive action k) offered a wholly negative electoral campaign Unless confidence is restored in these areas, Labour will continue to be despised.

In voting to repeal Obama's signature health care law, House Republicans finally delivered on a key Trump administration goal and on a campaign promise that they have made for the better part of a decade — but at a potentially steep political price.

And as Facebook looks in the mirror and tries to make good on its promise to bring people closer together this year, it would benefit Democratic campaigns to do the very same — and to reinvest in organizing.

Trump said that he would impose stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, making good on a key campaign promise and rattling stock markets as the prospect of a global trade fight appeared imminent.

Npp government is making the trust for politicians erode before the good people of Ghana as the days go by, because we politicians who promised during our campaigns to serve the ordinary people after winning elections ride on the neck of the poor people who pushed us there.

He had campaigned on a promise of more affordable homes, a better transport system and a living wage «that reflects the reality of living in our great city».

On Capitol Hill, the failure of newly empowered Republicans to make good on their biggest campaign - year promise exposes the deep divisions that remain in the partOn Capitol Hill, the failure of newly empowered Republicans to make good on their biggest campaign - year promise exposes the deep divisions that remain in the parton their biggest campaign - year promise exposes the deep divisions that remain in the party.

Sen. Mike Gianaris is the latest Senate Democrat to appear in a Web video for the minority's «keep your promise, pass the pledge» campaign — an effort to pressure the Republicans to make good on their collective agreement with former NYC Mayor Ed Koch during the 2010 campaign to support redistricting reform.

Meeting the good people of Nkoranza and Techiman showed clearly that the President had no plan of fulfilling his campaign promise on the investment issue which he used as a political tool to sweep votes in the Brong Ahafo Region.

«They may think nothing about sacrificing Native Americans to make good on promises made to special interest groups and campaign contributors... When Native Americans are beaten and killed in the days to come it will easily be defended as WE ARE JUST DOING OUR JOBS.»

The Lib Dem election campaign focused on the likelihood of there being a hung parliament and sold the party as the best option as a coalition partner for either Labour or the Conservatives, promising to stop each party lurching off to the left or the right.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk) promised to «engage in whatever discussions are necessary» on ethics but opposed two key measures favored by Democrats and good government groups — public financing of election campaigns and bans on lawmakers» outside income.

TV host and cookbook author Rachel Ray announced the official launch of a petition urging de Blasio to make good on his 2013 campaign promise and expand universal free lunch to the city's 1.1 million public school students.

But as Gene Russianoff, staff attorney for the Straphangers Campaign, points out, whether Cuomo and his successors will continue to make good on their promise isn't clear.

'' As we promised the good people of Osun during our campaign, restoration of healthy living among our people is one of the six integral action plans of our administration and I am proud to say that we have delivered on our promise and will continue to pursue this policy with all doggedness and commitment.

The decision not to endorse in the primary between Mr. Cuomo and his challenger, Zephyr Teachout, a national expert on political corruption and campaign reforms, reflected our disappointment with Mr. Cuomo's failure to make good on his promise — made four years ago — to clean up Albany.