Sentences with phrase «presidential forum»

Just months after the cancellation of his planned presidential forum in Iowa focusing on progressive issues, the mayor and first lady Chirlane McCray announced they're going to the state this week to campaign for Hillary Clinton.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio said his planned presidential forum on income inequality in Iowa was canceled because no candidates showed interest in coming.

De Blasio finally endorsed Clinton in October after no candidate would commit to his planned presidential forum on inequality, and he has been an enthusiastic supporter of his former boss ever since.

The subject of Trump, shown here at Saturday's Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Presidential Forum in Des Moines, dominated the conversation at a forum with GOP campaign managers.

Tuesday marked the deadline for presidential candidates to express interest in attending an aspirationally bipartisan Iowa presidential forum sponsored by The Progressive Agenda Committee, the national advocacy group founded by de Blasio, New York City's liberal Democratic mayor.

De Blasio said he intends to participate in a progressive presidential forum this fall to ask candidates from both parties what they intend to do about income inequality, adding it is a cause some Republican candidates have been discussing.

It was a stark contrast from just a few months ago, when de Blasio made plans to host a major bipartisan presidential forum, to question the candidates of both parties about their stances on a number of progressive issues.

Rick Warren, who had been planning his church's second civil presidential forum in which he interviews candidates about faith and personal ethics, has cancelled the event, citing this year's overtly...

Last year, Graham hosted the North Texas Presidential Forum, which included all the leading GOP candidates except for Trump; the event was sponsored by Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Coalition.

Next, the Center for American Progress will be broadcasting a two - way event from the New Leadership on Health Care presidential forum in Las Vegas tomorrow.

As such, they have scored a bi-partisan presidential forum, inviting «John Edwards, John McCain, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Duncan Hunter and seven other candidates» to attend.

Green Party Candidates for President Jill Stein (MA) and Kent Mesplay (CA) will be appearing tonight in a Green Party Presidential Forum in Los Angeles, CA.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted his Iowa presidential forum collapsed because no one wanted to go, but said his forays into national politics are far from over.

At 7 p.m., 2016 GOP candidate and former New York Gov. George Pataki participates in the Voters First Presidential Forum, Dana Center at St. Anselm College, 100 Anselm Dr., Manchester, NH.

Just in case you were in any doubt of how righteous anti-gay pastor Kevin Swanson is, last week he said that the Christian deity itself has voiced support for his recent «Kill the Gays» GOP presidential forum.

He also served as a panelist on the PBS» All - American Presidential Forum in 2007, where he posed questions to Democratic candidates.

Africa Travel Association (ATA) announced that Zambia and Zimbabwe will co-sponsor the seventh annual ATA Presidential Forum on Tourism, joining the Tanzania Tourist Board and Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), as well as South African Airways (SAA).

The de Blasio - founded Progressive Agenda Committee has asked presidential candidates to let it know by Tuesday if they want to attend a Dec. 6 presidential forum on income inequality in Iowa City.

Organizers have canceled de Blasio's planned presidential forum, set for next month in Iowa, following months of dispute over the event.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speaks during the 2015 Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition presidential forum.

De Blasio plans to attend the Iowa presidential forum in December, but will not take any part in the actual event, his spokeswoman Karen Hinton said.

Catholics and evangelicals, two key voting blocs, have been buzzing about religious liberty for months, with mega-pastor Rick Warren recently canceling plans for a presidential forum with Obama and Romney and announcing plans for one on religious liberty instead.

He helped arrange candidate Obama's appearance at a presidential forum at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in California as well as a meeting between Obama and prominent Christian leaders in...

In December, Mayor de Blasio is holding a Presidential forum in Iowa.

The Progressive Agenda, the nonprofit group launched by Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his national political agenda, is canceling its plans for a presidential forum in Iowa next month, the group said Tuesday afternoon.

Mr. de Blasio gathered progressive allies to Gracie Mansion recently, when he announced he will hold a presidential forum on income inequality to quiz all potential candidates on the issue.

O'Malley speaks during the 2015 Alfred K. Whitehead Legislative Conference and Presidential Forum on March 10.

People who are shocked by the allegations against Lauer are now saying evidence of his poor treatment of women was hiding in plain sight: his widely criticized performance during a presidential forum last September.

[The de Blasio - founded Progressive Agenda Committee has asked presidential candidates to let it know by Tuesday if they want to attend a Dec. 6 presidential forum on income inequality in Iowa City.]

The Progressive Agenda, the nonprofit group launched by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to advance his national political agenda, is canceling its plans for a presidential forum in Iowa next month.

«It is clear other efforts beyond the previously - planned presidential forum will more effectively advance the cause of fighting income inequality.

Organizers have canceled New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's planned presidential forum, set for next month in Iowa, following months of dispute over the event.

The group also plans to hold a presidential forum.

Voters say 56 percent to 26 percent that de Blasio's planned Iowa presidential forum is a «bad idea.»

De Blasio had hoped to boost his national profile by having his group, the Progressive Agenda, host a presidential forum in the Hawkeye State — an idea he had to scrap after no candidates expressed interest in attending.

Mike Haynie, a national advocate and Syracuse University's vice chancellor and director of the school's Institute for Veterans and Military Families, says he was so upset by a lack of substance on the issue Wednesday night at a presidential forum that he turned to his 1,667 Twitter followers in disgust.

And Jeffries sharply questioned de Blasio's political judgment in waiting to endorse Clinton, as well as his involvement in planning a presidential forum in Iowa, intended to spotlight candidates» positions on «economic inequality.»

The mayor's spokeswoman Karen Hinton told POLITICO New York that attending the Iowa presidential forum is not a prerequisite for de Blasio to consider endorsing a candidate.

A spokesman for Jeb Bush confirmed what anyone could have guessed — that the former Florida governor has no interest in attending Mayor Bill de Blasio's presidential forum on economic inequality.

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After the release of the template, the group plans to host a bipartisan, presidential forum to which all presidential candidates will be invited to participate, de Blasio said.

He's hoping to sponsor a presidential forum on the topic later this year.

The de Blasio - founded Progressive Agenda Committee has asked presidential candidates to let it know by Tuesday if they're interested in attending a Dec. 6 presidential forum on income inequality in Iowa City.

He also tried to organize a presidential forum on progressive issues in the state, but it was canceled because nobody wanted to attend.

Jeffries has taken a leading role in criticizing de Blasio over his support of the New York Police Department's broken windows policy and public safety agenda, while also faulting the freshman mayor for trying to organize a presidential forum in Iowa while critics say homelessness, inequality and quality - of - life issues in New York City have worsened.

An organization founded by de Blasio will host a presidential forum on income inequality in Iowa City in December, and sent out invitations to all the major Democratic and Republican candidates.