Sentences with phrase «held campaign promise»

The Free SHS program is a long - held campaign promise by the New Patriotic Party that seeks to increase enrollment in schools by removing the burden of all major mandatory fees from parents and making it a responsibility of the government.

The bill, which delivers on a long - held campaign promise, includes tax credits to purchase health insurance if they are not working.

Not exact matches

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.

The Liberals promised that in the 2015 campaign, but then held it at 10.5 % once they got into office.

Last year, the governing coalition broke its campaign promise to hold a referendum on Iceland joining the European Union, prompting thousands of Icelanders to protest and sign petitions demanding a parliamentary vote.

This referendum was called by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron because of a promise made in his election campaign to renegotiate terms with the EU and then hold a referendum, designed to win over voters he feared would defect to UKIP.

Even as his supporters who favor curtailing illegal immigration have sought to hold him accountable to his campaign promise, Mr. Trump has publicly expressed reservations about ending DACA.

There is more to this than the long - held Liberal practice — if only for the time of a re-election campaign — of borrowing a few choice NDP promises.

PARIS (AP)-- The leader of France's far - right National Front set the tone for her campaign for the French presidency Saturday, calling to fight an Islamist «offensive» and promising to hold a nationwide referendum on European Union membership if she is...

Whether or not you hold up to your end of the promise can make or break your campaign.

That result basically hold down Hiddink's spot in the national side after he previously promised to resign from Dutch side should they picked up another defeat in their qualifying campaign.

So we need your help to build a movement that holds the Senate's feet to the fire and turns their campaign promises into reality.»

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Hawa Koomson, are holding on to opposite ends of the «0ne Constituency — $ 1million» campaign promise by the ruling New Patriotic Party.

The Sagnarigu MP, Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini said the NDC was poised to hold the Akufo - Addo government accountable for their juicy campaign promises that won them power at the 2016 polls.

But Politico's Laura Nahmias asked about a campaign promise he'd made in 2013 — to disclose not only his own meetings with lobbyists, but those held by agency heads and commissioners as well.

And now, in the run up to the 2015 British election, the Conservative party has made holding a referendum on EU membership a central campaign promise.

Trump has decided to hold his promised Syracuse campaign rally Saturday at the Oncenter Convention Center, according to his campaign.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran fulfilled a key election - year promise today, signing an executive order barring her appointees from holding leadership positions in political parties or donating to her campaign.

Just four weeks into his administration, Trump held a campaign rally in Florida on Saturday, repeating his political promises and continuing his attacks on the «dishonest media.»

- PHOTO SLIDESHOW BY ADI TALWAR Yesterday, a group of South Bronx activists braved the oppressive afternoon heat to re-energize a campaign to hold the Yankees baseball club accountable for promises they made to community for the right to build a new $ 1.5 billion stadium on public parkland.

Although Senate Democrats were outraged Thursday, back in 2008 - 10 when they held the Senate majority they failed to pass independent redistricting despite their own campaign promise in 2008.

Mr. Avedzi wondered further if the NPP were against the NDC's proposal to use the Heritage Fund because they held the fund «as their hope in fulfilling their campaign promises.

Hence must be held to keep this and his other campaign promises and pledges, please.»

Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided not to even hold a vote on the GOP's latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, surrendering on their last - gasp effort to deliver on the party's banner campaign promise.

Ed Miliband's promise to hold four million doorstep chats with voters during this year's electoral campaign was met with derision by some commentators.

Chuka Umunna, the backbencher and chair of Vote Leave Watch, an organisation that seeks to hold politicians to account for promises made during the Brexit referendum campaign, has also spoken out on the issue.

Pedicab drivers, for their part, held a protest at City Hall accusing de Blasio of sacrificing them and their jobs as a concession to carriage drivers in his effort to deliver on a campaign promise to a group that helped bankroll an attack campaign against one of his rivals in the mayoral race.

Walsh stressed that holding city government accountable is important during his mayoral campaign, promising accountability for police, the Syracuse Land Bank, code enforcement and City Hall, in his platform.

Strategists on both sides of the issue acknowledge that the repeal effort is pure theater, aimed at fulfilling a Republican campaign promise to hold the vote and, hopefully, having the helpful side effect of pushing a few Democrats into another tough vote on the health care law.

While she was temporary leader, Ms Harman said she would make sure the government was held to account for the «whole load of promises» it had made during the election campaign.

He says that during campaigns for the federal election held in July — after the massive bleaching event of earlier this year — both major political parties promised measures to protect the reef, but neither offered anything to address the «root cause of the problem, which is global warming.»

by Tavis Smiley with Stephanie Robinson Atria Books Hardcover, $ 19.99 320 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4391-0002-8 Book Review by Kam Williams «During the run - up to the 2008 presidential election, while I was still the resident political commentator on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, I caused quite a stir among the listeners, who are largely African - American, by insisting that we hold then Senator Barack Obama accountable for both his political record and his campaign promises.

The chief executive of a kitchen - cabinet business who had never held elected office, Wolf campaigned last year on promises to tax the gas industry to raise money for education.

Given that the administration has few ways of holding states accountable for fulfilling their promises, one can easily expect a problem to crop up later this year, right in the middle of the president's tough campaign for re-election.

Schott's grantees continue to play a pivotal role in holding the new administration accountable to following through on de Blasio's campaign promises, and several grantee staffers have served on mayoral advisory panels.

a multi-year collections campaign — the Campaign for Art — which to date has secured more than 3,000 artworks promised to the museum from over 200 donors, enhancing key areas of the museum's holdings and providing visitors with a fuller, more textured view of the art of campaign — the Campaign for Art — which to date has secured more than 3,000 artworks promised to the museum from over 200 donors, enhancing key areas of the museum's holdings and providing visitors with a fuller, more textured view of the art of Campaign for Art — which to date has secured more than 3,000 artworks promised to the museum from over 200 donors, enhancing key areas of the museum's holdings and providing visitors with a fuller, more textured view of the art of our time

2012: SFMOMA announces new promised gifts to the ongoing Campaign for Art with more than 470 photographs from three separate collectors, adding significant new depth to the museum's holdings in 20th century American and Japanese photography.

... Thanks to their amazing work, Senator John McCain made true on a campaign promise and has had held two Senate hearings on global warming.

The plaintiffs challenged eight restrictions on judicial conduct: 1) the prohibition on judicial candidates campaigning as a member of a political organization, 2) the prohibition on judicial candidates making speeches for or against political organizations or candidates, 3) the ban on judicial candidates making contributions to political causes or candidates, 4) the prohibition on judicial candidates from publicly endorsing or opposing candidates for public office, 5) the prohibition on judges from acting as a leader or holding office in a policitical organization, 6) the prohibition on judicial candidates knowingly or recklessly making false statements during campaigns, 7) the ban on judicial candidates making misleading statements, and 8) the prohibition on candidates making pledges, promises, or committments in connection with cases, controversies, or issues that are likely to come before the court.