Sentences with phrase «on years of promises»

The recently - won expansion has been under continuous threat as Trump and Congressional Republicans have tried to follow through on years of promises to repeal and replace the ACA.

This money is critical to show poor nations that rich nations are making good on years of promises to provide such funds — promises which have largely gone unfulfilled.

The bottom line is that when Trump blames the filibuster as his primary obstacle to achieving more legislative wins, he is often ignoring underlying factors, mainly that in most cases Republicans can not agree enough to make good on years of promises.

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Among the highlights of this year's budget was a promise to spend $ 11.2 billion on affordable housing.

The second - hand car business was revolutionised 20 years ago with the arrival of the internet, but there is a second revolution under way that promises to be even more disruptive and could have a significant effect on some of Western Australia's best - known car yards.

Earlier this year Merck halted trials on its once - promising Alzheimer's drug after an independent panel of ruled there was «virtually no chance of finding a positive clinical effect.»

The kicker is this: Dalio says the divide will only get worse in the next 5 to 10 years, both because of a demographic squeeze that puts stress on pension, healthcare, and debt promises; and because of the effects of technological change on employment and wealth.

Biogen is marching on in its own effort, and while updated results are expected in the second half of this year, initial study results haven't been promising.

Labour has said it will raise income taxes on people earning more than # 80,000 ($ 103,152) a year, promising no increases for the other 95 % of taxpayers.

Late this year, Imax announced two big movie releases in China: Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan, promising a «thrilling story of heroism, friendship and betrayal, which has never before been depicted on film,» and John Woo's The Crossing, a two - part historical epic about the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

Global stocks have rallied on promises of large investments in infrastructure and tax cuts in the U.S., but markets are now set for a sharp correction in the second part of this year.

Syriza, which broke a two - party - led system, has disappointed some on the left for implementing austerity measures and the reputation of the mainstream parties remains damaged following what is perceived as years of failed promises.

We've been waiting on a federal digital strategy for years now, with Industry Minister Christian Paradis's latest promise stating that one will be forthcoming by the end of this year.

SEOUL, April 27 (Reuters)- North and South Korea made ambitious promises for peace on Friday, including to formally end the Korean War this year, but made only a vague commitment to «complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula» without specifics on how that key goal would be achieved.

SEOUL, April 27 - North and South Korea made ambitious promises for peace on Friday, including to formally end the Korean War this year, but made only a vague commitment to «complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula» without specifics on how that key goal would be achieved.

They promise delivery of sculptures on a given date, only to later delay completion of the works by six months to a year, he claims.

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.

Its attempt to buy U.S. money transfer company MoneyGram International was blocked at the start of this year by U.S. officials on national security grounds, a blow to Jack Ma who had promised President Donald Trump that he would create 1 million U.S. jobs.

Earlier this year, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich announced his commitment to space exploration with a rather unexpected proclamation: «By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be American,» he promised.

The simplest explanation for the GOP's speed on the legislation: Republicans have promised to get it done by the end of the year.

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.

After a slow and grudging response to the initial revelations, Cameron finally published six years of personal tax returns at the weekend, and for good measure Monday promised new legislation to make companies criminally liable if they fail to stop their employees laundering money on clients» behalf.

Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, Icelandic voters dumped the Social Democrats from power on Saturday, returning a center - right government that ruled over its financial collapse five years ago.

Last year, Matt Hornbuckle and Kirk Keel launched a Kickstarter project for a line of men's shirts called Stantt, promising a better fit based on patent - pending DataFit technology.

Last year, Loblaw promised that all seafood sold on its shelves — canned, frozen, fresh, wild and farmed — will come from sustainable sources by the end of 2013.

94 year - old John Goodenough, one of the co-inventors of the lithium - ion battery that now powers everything from phones to Teslas, has developed a new solid - state battery formula that promises to hold three times more energy than li - on.

The minister faced a backlash over his initial plans to change small business taxes last year before backing down on some of the proposed changes and reviving a promise to reduce the small business tax rate.

And over the last forty years, large corporations have nearly eliminated the safety nets that workers used to count on from them, including implicit promises of long term employment and secure pensions.

However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.

The movement toward improving living standards for chickens builds on the cage - free eggs trend, which led to a slew of restaurant chains and grocery stores in recent years promising to ditch cages to improve the lives of hens.

For example, she introduced a five - year management - training program that grooms promising employees to become plant GMs by exposing them to various areas of the business — a process loosely based on what she herself went through.

Because its books are in the EPUB format, though, Kobo promises they will work on any open platform — your PC, your Mac, your BlackBerry, your iPhone or iPad, any of the dozens of dedicated e-readers that were unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, or any of the slews of tablet computers that will follow in the iPad's wake.

In part on Trump's promises on tax cuts, spending and deregulation the Fed also upgraded its forecast for the number of rate hikes next year to three from two.

Even the CBC last year promoted its banal sitcom Being Erica with promises of a hot lesbian sex scene — and when the Mother Corp thinks girl - on - girl action makes acceptable prime - time viewing, it's a sure sign that sex is no longer shocking.

Five years after President Barack Obama was sworn in and promised to put high - speed train service on the fast track, most of the proposals are far from reality.

2017 was the only year the Fed delivered on its promised pace of normalization.

When landmen from Cabot Oil & Gas came knocking on doors along the rutted dirt grade of Carter Road in Dimock, Pa., last year, they sold a promise many residents in the farming community were eager to hear: Sign a gas lease and the land might finally pay for itself.

The tariffs are Trump's first strike at China's economy after a year of procrastinating on campaign promises to get tough on US trade with China.

«I'll tell you what I told our investors: We never signed on to building a two - year business,» Goldberg said when asked whether Fab, with the help of Hem, had the potential to grow into the multibillion - dollar business he promised them.

It plans to make most of its profits from the $ 50 - per - year subscription fee customers pay to access what the startup promises will be the lowest prices on the Web.

Many analysts are referring to this as the «Modi effect,» in honor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, elected two years ago on promises to reinvigorate business growth by cutting red tape and increasing infrastructure spending.

However, President Trump has recently and repeatedly beat up on pharma & biotech, energy has already made nearly a year's worth of gains with a strong possibility that OPEC might not honor their promise to cut supply, and he's questioned the value of several defense contracts (Presidential replacement aircraft, F - 35, etc.).

Looking out over the next five years, a technology revolution — one focused on industrial applications rather than consumer connectivity — promises to improve capex and open doors for the next crop of market leaders.

The president of the Criminal Lawyers» Association is calling on the government of Ontario to make good on its promise on changing the way police records checks are done, before a provincial election later this year.

There have been a number of proposals and ideas for doing it and I think unless [Zuckerberg] finds a way to honor the promise he made several years ago, he's gonna have a law on his hands.»

He also said he hoped the company would deliver on its promises of improved returns so «we don't need to run for election next year.»

Australia has no stories of 14 - year - old boy - millionaires who ramped their chosen shares via a chat - room canard: nor, more substantively, of entrepreneurs with backwards - facing baseball caps attracting serious funding on the promise of a rapid «cash - burn».

In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011 election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.

But for the past 18 months, the city has leased about 68 of those acres for $ 1 per year based on a promise by a San...

But for those who take the broader view, recognizing both that even best - in - class healthcare businesses like Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson have underperformed for years on end and that also choose to analyze the company itself, GlaxoSmithKline looks more promising than its track record of investment performance would suggest.