Sentences with phrase «on a campaign promise by»

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Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.

But as with the executive order on immigration, which is already being challenged by the courts, Trump is fulfilling his campaign promises by acting decisively, even when it's unclear how the order will be applied.

«Executives from Cambridge Analytica, hired by the Trump presidential campaign, have been caught on tape promising an extraordinary package of strategies to potential clients including filming opponents in compromising situations with Ukrainian sex workers,» The Daily Beast writes of U.K. station Channel 4's documentary.

But many experts interviewed by CNBC dismissed Trump's calls for extreme tariffs — 35 percent on Ford vehicles from Mexico and 45 percent on Chinese goods — saying they strained credulity, even by campaign - promise standards.

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.

An attempt by the House of Representatives to pass an overwhelmingly popular ban on late - term abortion was temporarily scrapped when some House Republicans came to the horrible realization that they might actually have to follow through on their campaign promises.

Trump has largely stood by his pro-life campaign promises, appointing conservative justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, signing a law allowing states to withhold funding from Planned Parenthood, and reinstating a ban on federal funds for organizations that perform abortions overseas.

However, I did not vote for President Obama either time, as I didn't feel he had the experience or leadership skills (2008), let alone reneging on his promise to abide by campaign finance reform; or had accomplished what he promised (2012).

With an exciting mixture of promising young talent combined with the experience of six returning Blues, led by a captain who leads by example both on and off the pitch, and inspired, motivated and guided by the ever-wise words of OUAFC stalwart coach Mickey Lewis, the Blues started off their BUCS campaign with 4 straight victories, in a run that saw them storm to the top of the league.

There is still time for Arsenal to rescue the campaign and lift the EPL trophy in May and I'm sure that all Gooners will be Geordies for the night when Newcastle take on Leicester tonight, but it will take an epic comeback like the one produced by the Arsenal side of the late 80s, the one in the film Fever Pitch that blew a promising position and then went on a late run that culminated in a title decider on the last day at Anfield.

Not only has his ego been caressed by Aston Villa's admiration and pursuit of the Toffees manager, injuries are no longer the main discussion on Merseyside and there are promising signs ahead that Everton can be a big player in the upcoming campaign.

Following on the heels of a revelation by the Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, that the NPP government was currently involved in negotiations to extend the programme to 2018, it should be clear that the Akufo Addo government has broken yet another campaign promise because reality has dawned on them

They expect nothing more than fidelity to the many promises made by President Akufo Addo on the campaign platform and the fulfilment of same.

Sex Positions The MSI Partnership, in collaboration with Interact Worldwide, has launched a campaign to put pressure on the UK government to take the lead in ensuring that the international donor community fulfils promises made a decade ago to support global efforts to achieve sexual and reproductive health and rights for all by 2015; and to lead opposition to those political and ideological forces in the USA, Europe and elsewhere that are actively seeking to undermine and even reverse progress made in the last decade.

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.

Being the first SONA to be delivered by him, there was huge expectation that he would use the occasion to offer a broad overview of his vision and plan for Ghana especially in the light of the extravagant promises he made on the campaign trail in the 2016 elections and as contained in the NPP's manifesto for the same election.

The President was however silent on the fate of this levy which perhaps gives credence to indications by the Finance Minister that the levy will be maintained contrary to their campaign promise.

Wendy Long is campaigning hard for the pro-gun vote, as evidenced by this video, in which she promises to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the constitutional right to bear arms should she make it past the GOP primary and into a head - to - head contest with the Democratic junior senator in the November general election.

Of course, you still need the right candidates and the right messages, but this new grassroots emphasis is a promising change from the brain - dead TV - buying - by - the - numbers strategy we saw from Crossroads GPS, the Romney campaign and so many other groups on the Right in 2012.

Off topic questions included city enforcement efforts around Airbnb and Airbnb's hiring of de Blasio's campaign manager, why a proposed ban on carriage horses has taken far longer than initially promised by the mayor, Tim Wu's comments on the mayor's central role on defeating Wu and Zephyr Teachout in Tuesday's primary, revised statistics on NYPD chokehold incidents, charter school co-locations, the mayor's lack of a federal security clearance and resulting inability to receive classified information, school bus drivers movement toward a strike, his relationship with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and his efforts to help elect a Democratic majority in the state senate.

Pressed on the issue by fired - up Democratic challenger Sen. Eric Schneiderman, Donovan admitted the campaign had inadvertently accepted amounts that were above those permitted, and promised to give the money back.

In that campaign, the Liberal Democrats in particular campaigned on the promise of constitutional reform, pledging to change Britain's political culture and create a fair politics by fixing the political system.

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.

Let's keep up the pressure on Labour and the issue alive in the media by running a nationwide campaign to keep Gordon Brown's promise for a referendum on the Treaty and to kick UKIP into the long grass.

A new poll of MPs, conducted by YouGov for the People's Pledge campaign, finds that there is a big gap between the percentage of Tory MPs supporting a referendum on Britain's EU membership and the percentage of Labour MPs open to such a promise.

On Tuesday, however, Mr. Cuomo took square aim at six members of New York's Republican congressional delegation, kicking off what promises to be a multimillion - dollar campaign backed by the state's Democratic Party.

Mr. Kyerematen, a former Minister in that portfolio in answering several questions, touched on how the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, will implement its flagship campaign promise of building a factory in every district of the country, how it will promote the growth of businesses by reducing taxes among others.

Grayling campaigned before the 2010 election as shadow home secretary promising to tear up the European Convention on Human Rights and replace it with a British Bill of Rights — a move strongly opposed by the Liberal Democrats.

Some of them openly expressed their disappointment in this administration and apologised to the former President for voting against him in the 2016 election because of lies told them about him and his government by the Npp, and failure on their part to critically evaluate promises the Npp made during the campaign.

During a meeting with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo at the Flagstaff House on Friday, May 12, 2017, the President promised to also wear red on Friday in solidarity with the campaign by the media coalition.

As promised by Mayor Bill de Blasio during his 2013 campaign, a longtime ban on cellphones at New York City public schools has been lifted.

The Senate's 142 - page proposal, worked out in secret by a group led by McConnell, aims to deliver on a central Trump campaign promise to undo former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, which has provided coverage to 20 million Americans since it was passed in 2010.

The Employment Trust Fund, it would be recalled, was signed into law by Governor Ambode on Tuesday, according to him, was in line with keeping faith with the promise he made to the people during the electioneering campaign.

Joined by former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, fellow Senate Dems and members of the Assembly majority and minority conferences, Sen. Mike Gianaris lit into the missing Senate Republicans, accusing them (yet again) of renegging on their redistricting reform campaign promise.

«Her Excellency Aisha Buhari has appealed to the ruling party All Progressives Congress, APC not to renege on their campaign promise of paying N5, 000 to 25 million unemployed Nigerians and giving school children one free meal a day,» read a statement issued on her behalf by Adebisi Olumide, her media aide.

«The government led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo is on a path to failure and would soon flip flop on many of his campaign promises, contractors were told that they would be paid within 100 days and now it is a different thing today, practically impossible,» Mr Iddrisu told Joy News in an interview.

The president will lay out a budget plan with big increases in defense spending offset by large cuts in domestic programs — exactly, his budget director told reporters, what Trump promised to do on the campaign trail.

Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction — by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions.

As a law professor, currently at Fordham, Ms. Teachout has focused on anti-corruption, and her anger, shared by so many, over the governor's failed promises to eradicate the carousel of bribery and pernicious influence in Albany has been central to her campaign.

- 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.

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education and Member of Parliament for Jaman North in the Brong Ahafo Region, Siaka Stevens, has commended the Government for fulfilling its major campaign promise by implementing the Free Senior High School education programme.

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has urged Gov. Willie Obiano to justify his massive victory at the poll by delivering on his campaign promises.

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.

On the numerous promises by the NPP during the electioneering campaign, the Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners noted that much as he and his family will also benefit if the government succeeds in implementing them, he nevertheless, cautions that Ghanaians should not expect them to be fulfilled overnight as «there are no miracles in governance so, I am pleading with my country men and women to be modest in their expectations of Nana's government... we should allow them some time to settle down.»

WHITE PLAINS — Westchester County Executive George Latimer delivers on a campaign promise during his first full day in office, issuing an executive order to prevent gun shows on property owned by the county.

WASHINGTON — The Libertarian Party (LP) calls on President Obama to not break yet another campaign promise by directing Congress to have an open, televised format for all future negotiations on the health care overhaul bills under consideration in Congress.

The shadow health secretary promised that Labour would run its own Yes campaign, focusing on issues such as preventing workers being «undercut» by EU immigrants, exclusive recruitment from overseas and strengthening enforcement of the national minimum wage.

De Blasio campaigned on the promise of economic fairness, to be achieved, most conspicuously, by taxing rich New Yorkers to pay for universal pre-Kindergarten education.

In the last year, Cuomo alienated some progressives by failing to fully follow through on the promises he made in exchange for Working Families Party support for his 2014 re-election campaign.

The mayor electrified liberals with his campaign promise to provide prekindergarten classes in New York City by raising taxes on wealthy residents.