Sentences with phrase «pledges by its leadership»

The senator said she joined her senate colleagues in supporting first passage of this measure, but the assembly did not take it up despite repeated pledges by its leadership to do so.

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The third round of the British - sponsored tripartite process earlier this month has also produced a joint pledge by Afghan - Pakistan civilian leadership to secure a peace settlement with the Taliban within the next six months.

The basic political programme should be the 10 Pledges outlined by Jeremy Corbyn in his leadership campaign.

For today's Labour leadership, which has yet to come to a view on its approach to the EU (although it is tempted by moderate euroscepticism), the pledge provides another chance for kicking Cameron: it has already begun.

But it also came after Flanagan pledged to enact some changes to the gun control law, which is deeply opposed by gun - rights advocates, who are skeptical of the Long Islander's leadership in the chamber given his vote in favor of the SAFE Act in 2013.

In an apparent swipe at the way Labour continues to be dominated by the trade unions, the veteran left - winger pointed out that Corbyn had run for the Labour leadership on a pledge to end «the old machine politics».

The whole strategy of the Conservative leadership seems to be to go for an even more image based version of the one that Tony Blair used in 1997, the pledge by Labour in the 1990s followed a situation in which the whole economic strategy of the then Conservative government had fallen apart to the point where things that had happened by accident were being described as policy and Kenneth Clarke commented that he went into a cabinet meeting in a situation in which the government no longer had an economic policy.

As the fall out from last week's tuition fee vote continued, Tim Farron, the Lib Dem president and possible future leadership challenger, raised eyebrows by claiming a pledge to abolish the fees in some form could still feature in his party's next election manifesto.

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Chris Hewett, a Green Alliance associate and author of the report, said that apart from pledges to increase energy savings, none of these policies had been explicitly outlined by either the Labour government or the Conservatives, who under David Cameron's leadership have worked hard to position themselves as a much greener party.

Casey seemed to part ways with his party's leadership when asked by CNN's John King whether Democratic Party leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former Republican.

Understanding the high stakes, Trump and congressional leadership have forged a unified front and have pledged to usher through tax cuts by Christmas.

The Welsh Government has dropped a schools funding pledge made by Carwyn Jones when he ran for the Welsh Labour leadership in 2009.

The CEA's endorsement means that the leadership of all of the major public employee unions in Connecticut have thrown their support behind the candidate who has pledged that he will not propose or accept any tax increase during this second term, despite the fact that Connecticut is facing a $ 4.8 billion budget shortfall over the next three years.While Connecticut's millionaires continue to celebrate the fact that they have been spared the need to «sacrifice» by being required to pay their fair share in taxes, Malloy's policies will ensure massive increases in local property taxes for the middle class and widespread cuts in local education budgets.

Nissan pledged to maintain its leadership in electric vehicles as the automaker outlined plans to launch eight new EVs and hit annual sales of 1 million electrified vehicles by 2022.

By signing the pledge, district leadership teams will be offered the opportunity to utilize The Hub, participate in events, learn about additional activities offered by our partners, and get free access to the interactive planning dashboarBy signing the pledge, district leadership teams will be offered the opportunity to utilize The Hub, participate in events, learn about additional activities offered by our partners, and get free access to the interactive planning dashboarby our partners, and get free access to the interactive planning dashboard.

By taking on a more proactive role and delivering a progressive pledge for binding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020, China's leadership can catalyze further ambitions by all Parties to the ConventioBy taking on a more proactive role and delivering a progressive pledge for binding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020, China's leadership can catalyze further ambitions by all Parties to the Conventioby all Parties to the Convention.

Some of the world's biggest companies — including Microsoft, Aviva, the adidas group and Sony — are already showing leadership by becoming or pledging to become Climate Neutral, and are encouraging others to follow their lead.

Moreover, by signing the pledge of Climate Neutral NOW and offsetting the event's carbon footprint we want to lead by example and invite other organisations to demonstrate climate action leadership so that we can reach climate neutrality by mid-century.»

In his recent commentary published by The Hill on February 16, Green wrote: «When the Republican - controlled Congress moves forward with drafting comprehensive tax reform legislation to put on President Donald Trump «s desk, one item ought to be high on the list of provisions but probably isn't yet — repealing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)... It's time for the Trump administration and the bicameral GOP leadership to honor the party's pledge to get rid of this senseless, invasive, dictatorial, and costly burden.»