Sentences with phrase «pledging support from the state»

At Tuesday night's postelection celebration, Connecticut Democratic Party Chairman Nick Balleto appeared on stage with Ganim, pledging support from the state's constitutional officers, including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

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Meanwhile, in USA, Christian activists have launched a fresh push for churches and other Christian buildings in the state of Tennessee to floodlight red and there are pledges of #RedWednesday support from countries including Malta and Gibraltar.

Michigan, having landed six pledges from the Garden State in 2016, have plenty of support in Ann Arbor now.

And Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged to business leaders jittery about his support from the union - aligned Working Families Party and endorsement of a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate that he has no intention of going backwards.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Now that he has secured a pledge in support of independent, nonpartisan redistricting from all four gubernatorial hopefuls, former Mayor Ed Koch is looking for the same from New York's congressional delegation, who, along with members of the state Legislature, would be directly impacted by that reform.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

In a letter from Quinn, Astorino is criticized for not signing the pledge to support the Women's Equality Act, a 10 - point package of bills that has stalled in Albany over a provision aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade in state law.

In December, the state Senate rejected a gay marriage bill in a lopsided 38 - 24 vote, a stinging defeat for advocates who had waged a long, expensive campaign and had won pledges of support from Senate Democratic leaders.

«The state made a significant down payment on that commitment with this first block grant — but we must do more,» said Torlakson, pledging to seek more support from lawmakers.

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers and local advocates of The Humane Society of the United States, 80 Los Angeles - area pet stores have signed The HSUS's Puppy Friendly Pet Stores pledge — committing not to sell puppies, and instead support local animal adoption programs and provide literature that helps customers learn how to get a puppy from a responsible source.

The business leaders, clearly addressing the US, which is the now the only and largest emitter of greenhouse gases not to have signed Kyoto or pledged to support a new protocol since the newly elected Australian PM stated he will sign, urge policymakers here to move away from a vague voluntary approach on carbon standards to a mandatory standard.

The United States» dual pledge to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and to support legislation that would stop U.S. states from allowing secretive front companies to be set up represents an important step forward in the global fight against corruption and corporate secrecy, said campaign group Global WiStates» dual pledge to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and to support legislation that would stop U.S. states from allowing secretive front companies to be set up represents an important step forward in the global fight against corruption and corporate secrecy, said campaign group Global Wistates from allowing secretive front companies to be set up represents an important step forward in the global fight against corruption and corporate secrecy, said campaign group Global Witness.

It is equally critical for the new Australian Government to strike an agreement with the states and territories through the COAG process on a new National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes, and maintain the pledged minimum Commonwealth investment of $ 777 million from July 2013 — July 2016, which was made in the 2013 - 14 federal Budget by the previous Government [116] and supported by the new Australian Government while in Opposition.