Sentence examples for election to support from inspiring English sources

Last year, he got most legislators to sign pledges before the election to support an independent commission.

Xenophon, whose party holds three Senate votes, wrote to the council of volunteer fire associations days before the election to support legal changes to boost volunteers' position.

They were among scores of wealthy but lesser-known investors in an emergency lending program the Federal Reserve announced in November 2008, three weeks after President Obama's election, to support the market for student, auto, credit card and small-business loans.

Along the same lines, organised labour has been using its funds in this election to support House Democrats who voted for its priorities, health-care reform and card-check legislation, and has abandoned the Blue Dog Democrats who opposed those bills.

Archbishop Vincent Nichols "This Christmas we are also conscious of new shadows cast by a Government that pledged at its election to support the institution of marriage … the Prime Minister has decided without mandate, without any serious consultation to redefine the identity of marriage itself, the foundation of the family for all generations to come".

Campaign group Stop Killing Cyclists asked the main candidates in May's mayoral election to support its 10 by 2020 safety challenge, which includes a call to increase spending on cycle infrastructure, the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street and "the introduction of the Idaho law, allowing cyclists to turn left when traffic is free at junctions, with full legal priority for pedestrians".

"Labor committed during the election to supporting a senate inquiry on BP's Great Australian Bight project and we look forward to that getting underway as soon as feasible," Burke said.

* INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE -- Convened by the Quartet, in consultation with the parties, immediately after the successful conclusion of Palestinian elections, to support Palestinian economic recovery and launch a process, leading to establishment of an independent Palestinian state with provisional borders.

Many speakers hailed this as a historic turning point in the gun control struggle, but it will only become so if the marchers keep up the pressure -- on Congress to pass the modest but useful gun control measures that remain blocked in a conference committee, and on candidates running in the fall elections to support strict gun control laws.

Given the constraints he faces from the labor unions (who have been the main supporters of Buy America provisions), and the Democrats in Congress who owe their elections to support from the unions (and have supported the Buy America provisions, in turn), he requires all the international urging and shaming to push him into doing what the hour needs.

Najib supporters claimed the 1MDB funds were not for his personal use and would be expended in upcoming elections to support the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party.