Sentences with phrase «promised during the campaign»

U.S. government debt prices rose Wednesday as investors started doubting whether President Donald Trump will deliver tax cuts and infrastructure investment as he promised during his campaign.

Trump made numerous anti-immigration promises during his campaign, ranging from building a massive wall across the U.S.'s southwestern border to ending federal funding for «sanctuary cities» that are friendly to undocumented immigrants.

The trade hawks ultimately won, and Trump followed through on trade policies he promised during the campaign.

It is unclear exactly what the order would do or how harsh it would be, but it would be designed to begin to make good on Mr. Trump's promise during the campaign to redress China's huge trade surplus with the United States.

That approach tends to draw less political heat, though it would also limit Trump's ability to bring the kind of change to the government he promised during his campaign.

It's hardly the optimistic vision we'd been promised during the campaign, but at least it isn't hostile.

Following Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's meeting with Russian President Valdimir Putin, Trump conceded that the countries» relationship was not starting to thaw, as he had promised during the campaign.

Ironic, if Trump worked with moderate Republicans and Democratic Senators to implement a Health Care bill that lived up to what he promised during the campaign he could have enacted HC reform on Day 1 of his Presidency.

Now up to Trump to deliver the Health Care he promised during the campaign.

Wright repeatedly promised during the campaign that he would not seek re-election to the State Legislature if he lost the congressional contest.

After all, it was what Cameron had (cynically) promised during the campaign in the event of a loss, while presumably knowing he intended to do no such thing.

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.

He said he would be an «ideas driven mayor», avoiding «partisan and personality politics» - and promised during his campaign to tackle London's «housing crisis», improve the transport network and revitalise public spaces.

Start with Rep. Chris Collins, the first sitting congressman to endorse Trump and the congressional liaison to his transition team, who commended the president for already delivering the change he promised during his campaign.

Government in its latest statement, has made it clear it does not have the capacity to employ more nurses as promised them during the campaign.

Many senators, such as Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California, often do not face contested reelection bids, allowing them to move across party lines and make fewer and less bombastic promises during campaigns.

The legislation is a priority for de Blasio, who promised during his campaign to banish the industry as one of his first acts as mayor — a pledge that helped secure the backing of an animal - rights group that later targeted his primary opponent in the race.

«I was trying to think what are ways to restore public's confidence that special interests don't have overwhelming influence,» said Gillibrand, who promised during her campaign to publicize her schedule.

The Akufo - Addo government has also abolished import duty taxes on spare parts as it promised during the campaign for election 2016.

Mr. Cuomo himself has pledged greater transparency, promising during his campaign to post his schedule as governor online.

Mick Mulvaney, new director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, told reporters yesterday that the so - called skinny budget fleshes out what the president promised during the campaign and since taking office.

On the Roadless Rule, itself an 11th - hour executive order by Bill Clinton that has been mired in the courts since Bush tried to overturn it in 2001, Obama promised during the campaign that he would work with Congress to codify it as the law of the land.

However, the charter sector faced an «existential threat» upon the election of Bill de Blasio, who was «openly hostile to the charter movement, promising during his campaign for mayor to curb the sector's growth and

On one hand, he is trying to appease education special interests for whom President Obama promised during the campaign he would ease accountability standards.

These are the same capital gains that President - elect Obama promised during his campaign to raise from 15 % to 28 % on the most productive citizens.

President Trump, who had promised during the campaign that he would pull the U.S. out of the deal, tweeted on Saturday that he would make his final decision on the Paris Accord this week.

Not exact matches

During the campaign, he promised to pull out of the agreement — and despite a few signs he was wavering, it appears he will follow through on this.

Trump, who invested little in formulating specific policy proposals during the presidential campaign, left his team scrambling after he won the election to prepare to implement on his campaign promises.

During his campaign, Trump also called global warming a hoax and promised to quit a global accord to cut greenhouse gas emissions, though he has since softened his stance and said he is keeping an «open mind» about the deal.

It is common for investors to treat most of what comes out of politicians» mouths as empty promises, particularly during campaign season.

During his imagined campaign, Franken painted his opponent as a tool of the financial industry and managed to win the White House despite insulting Iowa voters, making outlandish yet simple campaign promises, indulging his mood swings, and being accused of extramarital affairs.

During his campaign, he relied heavily on his business background, continually promising to slash what he painted as harmful federal regulations if he was elected.

Obama first promised to combat this issue during his 2008 campaign.

He also emphasized that the reality of Brexit has proven to be «quite unlike» the promises — less spending, improved public services, easier bilateral trade — made by pro-Brexit groups during the referendum campaign.

Trump promised big tax cuts during his campaign, and as his platform evolved it came to look very similar to the sort of reform that House Speaker Paul Ryan has been pushing for for years now.

Elsewhere, Gov. Scott Walker, a rising Republican star, campaigned in 2010 on a promise to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin during his first term.

You've heard the promises over and over again during the Presidential campaign about the need to increase wages and incomes for the working middle class.

Because CBSA is not letting importers qualify for the tariff exemption, consumers will pay higher prices for imported electronic goods − exactly what the Conservatives promised to avoid during the 2011 election campaign.

The Conservatives dangled several pricey promises during the 2011 election campaign that were contingent on them balancing the books, including tax - splitting for couples with children under 18, doubling the annual tax - free savings account limit and doubling the children's tax credit.

During the election campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised that Transport Canada will monitor congestion in the same manner as the TTI does in the United States.

And it is expected to tout a corporate rate of 15 percent; Trump promised businesses as much during a campaign economic speech in Detroit in August.

8) During the campaign, Trump repeatedly promised to «hire the best people.»

During the 2006 election campaign the Conservative party had promised to cut the GST by two points.

During the 2008 campaign, the Conservatives loudly opposed a carbon tax, while promising to pursue a continental cap - and - trade system.

Including Mr. Harper's vow in 2008 that a government led by him would «never» go into deficit, this is the second time in three years that the Conservatives have made a balanced - budget promise during an election campaign only to abandon it after being reelected.

Senator Smith: I watched CNN last night, and they showed all of the promises that Trump has made during the election campaign and that he has changed his position.

Labor unions and Rust Belt politicians, including Democrats, commended Mr. Trump for fulfilling an important political promise he made during the campaign.

Trump went hard after China during his campaign, blaming it for a host of American economic ills and promising to be tough on the Asian superpower.

Unfortunately for them, the Conservatives did not promise them anything during the 2011 election campaign.

The Liberal government in Ottawa is facing a host of demands based on promises it made during the election campaign.