Sentences with phrase «public pledges of»

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.

The more you conform to the practices the church blesses and honors for heterosexuals — public pledges of fidelity to another person, family commitment to the nurture of children — the less likely that you can be ordained and that you will be welcomed to work out your discipleship in most Presbyterian congregations.

Levy, a Democrat who'd switched sides, asked him to help by offering a public pledge of support that would be published in material being sent upstate.

Poe joined the 1800s equivalent of Alcoholics Anonymous, the Sons of Temperance, and took a public pledge of sobriety.

Not exact matches

The government did pledge $ 47 billion to infrastructure spending over the next 10 years and extended the accelerated capital cost allowance for manufactures — a tax relief program for investments in new machinery and equipment — by two years, which means stock holders could get a boost if public companies are able to take advantage of this spending and savings.

«This latest potential U-turn is evidence of more chaos and confusion at the heart of government where uncosted pledges are made to try and appease the public.»

CBS Radio brings in more than a billion dollars in revenue from about 50 million listeners, Henn said, and the public radio universe generates about the same amount of money from pledges and donations, as well as advertising and grants.

Trump, however, also pledged to make his returns public if he's elected president, following the conclusion of the audit.

The Conservatives have pledged to end public subsidies of political parties if they win this election.

In June, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale promised to consult Canadians on the bill, a public engagement exercise that he pledged would «probably be the most extensive the government of the country has ever seen.&Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale promised to consult Canadians on the bill, a public engagement exercise that he pledged would «probably be the most extensive the government of the country has ever seen.&public engagement exercise that he pledged would «probably be the most extensive the government of the country has ever seen.»

As part of our pledge, we are leveraging various aspects of our business — from product development, to economic research, to public affairs and marketing support — to raise awareness about housing insecurity and create solutions to address the unique needs of our Community Partners and those who are housing vulnerable.

Commonwealth Bank has axed a pair of troublesome insurance products and pledged to refund customers a total of $ 26 million ahead of a public and potentially embarrassing examination of the policies next week at the Hayne royal commission.

If a billionaire has pledged as collateral shares he or she holds in a public company, the value of those shares or the value of a loan taken against them is removed from the net worth calculation.

The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).

We know from their actions of today how Christians think they're being «persecuted» if they can't festoon their religious holiday decorations all over everybody's property and make everybody else recite Christian prayers at all public occasions or stamp their theology on our money and insert it into our pledge of allegiance.

Nobody thought much of religions other than Christianity; as was obvious by our public school pledge — which admonished us all to be good Christian citizens... Sure, I had questions too, but our church was pretty low - key so I was safe from some of the more radically - minded (read: brainwashed) of my peers.

David Cameron pledged to reduce immigration to «tens of thousands» rather than «hundreds of thousands» in order to ease the pressure on public services and the former Labour welfare Minister, Frank Field, supported this.

Second, there is likely to be little public awareness of the history of the phrase «under God,» which was added to pledge in 1954.

Meanwhile, President Trump also signed a pledge during his campaign last August to defend the innocence and dignity of America's children by enforcing the existing federal laws and advancing public policies designed to «prevent the sexual exploitation of children online and to make the internet safer for all.»

It seems twisted to me that in refusing to recite the pledge in public places, I can be judged by people who clearly have much less knowledge than I regarding the history of the pledge.

Published lists of donors, the announcement of pledges to the church building fund campaign, the insistence on a tax write - off for a donation - all these would seem to belong to the kind of public display that Jesus decried.

But if they accept commercial sponsors and grovel through public «pledge weeks,» then they are accused of selling out.

Public ordinances are the sign, the pledge of God's presence; and in the use of them, he does in a special manner manifest himself present.

A barbecue is usually given by the inhabitants of some rural district desirous of giving candidates an opportunity to state, that, if elected, all their energies will be devoted to the interests of their constituents and the public weal, and that they pledge themselves, that, when their tenure of office shall expire, they will restore the high trust committed to their hands unsullied, etc..

An analysis of the Public Health Responsibility Deal food pledges.

To me, one of the most significant planks in Obama's education platform isn't in his education platform at all - it's in his poverty platform: his pledge to replicate Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone in 20 cities across the United States, as public / private partnerships, with the federal government's share of the bill coming to as much as a few billion dollars.

The announcement coincides with World Breastfeeding Week 2014, where the hospitals and other health partners — who are members of the Philadelphia Multi-Hospital Breastfeeding Task Force **, will be declaring Philadelphia «The City of Motherly Love» and encouraging members of the public to sign a pledge showing their support for nursing mothers in the city.

It is for these reasons, and in accordance with our Core Values in which we pledge to «support and encourage collaboration with professionals in related fields within medicine, health and education to promote sleep health and sleep safety from birth to adulthood among families and the general public», that we endorse the initiative and efforts of Start School Later.

The best lesson for both British parties to draw from Mr. Obama is the one Brooks noted when Obama abandoned his pledge to take public election financing: that as well as being an inspiring speechmaker he's also «a tough - minded Chicago pol (person of Polish descent) who would throw you under the truck for votes».

«At the next election we shall have a choice between the people who've given us five years of austerity, the people who left us this mess, and the people who signed public pledges that they wouldn't raise student fees, and then did so - the most blatant lie in recent political history.

The same Chancellor who still tries to claim that a global financial and banking crisis, which began in the USA and echoed round the world, was somehow caused by or made worse by levels of public spending here in Britain — when as Shadow Chancellor, before the crash, he had pledged to match Labour's spending plans.

With a smile he quickly corrects himself, remembering his pledge minutes before to stay out of day - to - day public life.

He therefore pledged his support to forge strategic partnership with traditional authorities, private sector, public institutions, NGOs and individuals, «to attract the needed investment to design, and implement programmes and projects to impact positively on the lives of the people».

The state Democratic Party is having a bit of holiday weekend fun at GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio's expense, noting it has been 202 days since he pledged to (eventually) make the candidate's tax returns available to the public and has yet to do so.

He pledged that his administration continue to wage war against corruption to get rid the country of the debilitating effects of the wanton looting of public funds.

This, in the senator's mind, is tantamount to «double crossing» of the community by its elected officials, whose names he has pledged to make public — just as soon as he figures out who has met with whom.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday in Albany during a reception at the executive mansion pledged to push for a long - stalled effort to increase the age of criminal responsibility in New York as well as his own proposal to provide free tuition at public colleges and universities.

The Jan. 1 implementation date for the layoffs coincides with Paterson's departure from office and the expiration of his «no - layoffs» pledge to the public employee unions in exchange for Tier 5.

Democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon pledged to release a copy this week of an extension she requested for filing her taxes, and will also make public her full tax returns when they're ready.

The pledges from Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills are contained in court documents submitted by the State Department as a part of a public records lawsuit brought by the conservative group Judicial Watch.

Following up on a pledge to reform Freedom of Information Law provisions, Cuomo said that he wants the Legislature to fall under the same rules as state and local agencies when it comes to releasing documents to the public.

Last week, Garodnick and 26 other City Council members sent a letter to Gov. Cuomo in support of his renewed pledge to support a statewide bill for public campaign financing.

HARLEM, Manhattan — Gov. Andrew Cuomo slammed New York City's handling of public housing and pledged $ 550 million — which he says is the largest commitment in the state's history — for NYCHA during a Sunday speech in Harlem.

They have pledged to protest Ms. Glen at public appearances and rally against her housing agenda on the steps of City Hall.

According to a ComRes poll, for example, a clear majority of public supports raising the minimum wage and increasing the top rate of tax to 50p from 45p — two key Labour pledges.

In February 2015, Labour pledged to reverse the privatisation of the railways by getting rid of the franchising system, after previously saying that they would allow the public sector to bid for franchises.

«There's been a steep decline in the public's faith in government, and the willingness of Congressional candidates to sign this pledge would show an understanding of the need to take real steps to bring reform and restore public faith in government,» Koch said in a press release.

It would appear, therefore, that the demand for additional financial guarantees is more a ploy to convince the Romanian general public of the good intentions of Gabriel Resources — and thus persuade them that it should be allowed to start mining — than a trustworthy pledge for Rosia Montana's rehabilitation.

[48] Shortly before the 2010 election, Osborne had pledged to be «tougher than Thatcher» on Britain's budget deficit, [49] and he duly set himself the target of reducing the UK's deficit to the point that, in the financial year 2015 — 16, total public debt would be falling as a proportion of GDP.

He has already broken two of his own fiscal rules, on debt and welfare, and has deferred breaking the third and final pledge — to take the public finances into surplus by the end of this decade — only with the aid of some fantastical arithmetic.