Sentences with phrase «promised elected house»

Another failure for the Liberal Democrats has been in relation to their pledge to deliver «a fair deal by cleaning up politics», following the 67.9 % vote against the introduction of the alternative vote system in the May 2011 referendum and the absence of the promised elected House of Lords.

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And now, the U.S. president - elect, who won the White House by promising to bring millions of jobs back to the United States, wants a new and better deal.

And given that Paul Ryan has just been elected as Speaker of the House promising to «take the fight to the Democrats», and Tea Party members are already angry at the GOP leadership about the budget deal, I think there's a significant chance that of a Shutdown threat.

Principal among the policy positions of Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio as a candidate was his promise to put an end to the abuses of stop and frisk; a pledge to ensure universal Pre-kindergarten by taxing New Yorkers making over $ 500,000; and creating and preserving greater units of affordable housing.

Post alluded to Cuomo's post-Election Day promises to shield vulnerable populations from the policies of President - elect Donald Trump, and the swelling rumors that he will seek the White House himself in 2020.

If elected, he promises rent control and affordable housing.

A million new skilled jobs, an elected House of Lords and halved budget deficit among PM's promises to the electorate

Labour and the liberal democrats should promise to convert the lords into an elected upper house.

At 1 p.m., Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, a coalition of faith leaders, elected officials and advocates for the homeless will deliver 25,000 letters from people across New York demanding Cuomo keep his promise to fund thousands of units of supportive housing for the homeless, 3rd floor, stat Capitol, Albany.

On the one - year anniversary of Gov. Cuomo's 2016 State of the State Address, where he'd pledged 20,000 units of supportive housing over 15 years, faith leaders, elected officials, housing providers and advocates delivered 25,000 messages calling on the Governor to release the promised funds without further delay.

A coalition of housing advocates said that «while we were delighted when the governor used his State of the State speech to promise to build 20,000 new units of supportive housing, funding for the first 6,000 of those units is being held up by the failure of our elected leaders in Albany to sign a simple (agreement).

In the Central Region after his victory to thank the people for voting for him, Nana Addo met the Central Regional House of Chiefs with the promise that metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives will be elected in his government beginning next year, 2018.

The mayor was elected to his first term on campaign promises to curtail police officers» use of stop - and - frisk, which critics argued was tantamount to racial profiling, and to increase affordable housing following years of luxury development and soaring housing prices under his predecessor, Michael R. Bloomberg.

In a line likely to echo in Republican attacks this fall, Mr. Schneiderman promised that if he is elected attorney general, Mr. Sharpton's civil rights group, based in a Harlem storefront called the House of Justice, «will have an annex in Albany for the first time in the history of this state.»

Despite recent cabinet disagreements, he promises: «We will publish proposals very soon that will show our determination to have an elected house of Lords.»

She promised that if elected, educators will «have a partner at the White House» and that they'll «always have a seat at the table.»

If elected, Khenin has promised to radically redefine the city's development priorities, with an emphasis on public transportation, affordable housing and greater transparency in decision - making.

The government's promise was to restore the authority of the elected House of Commons over the executive.