Sheldon Silver, the powerful Assembly speaker, is loth to sign the pledge.
Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has refused to sign the pledge.
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According to an official release, Carl Icahn, Ted Forstmann and Steve Case are among the notable billionaires to sign onto the pledge announced today, many of whom already have already posted pledge letters on the site, www.givingpledge.org.
Rubenstein was the first private equity executive to sign the Giving Pledge, promising to contribute half his wealth to philanthropy.
Given his ties to Buffett and his committment to philanthropy, we would not be surprised if Lemann becomes the first Brazilian to sign the Giving Pledge.
They lost and in retaliation made the candidates sign a pledge to them -- not the DNC -- to not campaign there and not have their names on the ballot.
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And he refuses to sign the Iowa marriage pledge that virtually every other candidate has signed.
And what about the Sun editorial yesterday, Michael Portillo's refusal to sign the so-called race pledge is merely an attempt to get him publicity, the effect of his action is undermine William Hague, Portillo is no racist but he's no good either.
Earlier this week, Pinknews.co.uk reported that students at St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls in Carshalton were "encouraged" to sign the "anti-equality pledge" by the school's headmistress.
Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, joined the protesters to sign a "pledge of resistance" to fracking and discuss utilizing civil disobedience if shale gas development is permitted.
In 2010 Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, were among the first group to sign the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Giving Pledge.
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And they will willingly sign a fiduciary pledge to act solely in the interest of their clients.
Hillary Clinton, Dennis Kucinich and Chris Dodd refused to sign this pledge and left their names on the ballot.
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The last government made all police forces sign a pledge, which said they had to attend emergencies within 15 minutes in urban areas and 20 minutes in rural areas.
Conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist, whose Americans for Tax Reform pushes candidates to sign a pledge never to raise taxes, said the plan preserves most of the Bush tax cuts and won't violate his group's beliefs.
Conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist, whose Americans for Tax Reform pushes candidates to sign a pledge never to raise taxes, said the plan "right now, as explained" would preserve most of the Bush tax cuts and wouldn't violate his group's pledge.
And Governor Jeb Bush would have to sign the bill, playing a decisive role in the election despite his pledge to stay out.
Organizers of the Madison rally will be collecting e-mail addresses and pressing students to sign voting pledge cards that will be mailed back to them just before Election Day.
The same day Article 87 is being discussed, civic-group members watch as 62 lawmakers sign a pledge to strictly follow election laws.
The school has said it is making reforms to address the problem of hazing both on and off campus, including requiring students to sign an anti-hazing pledge.
No what we were told was that William had signed us on behalf of the whole party and therefore we were bound by it and we have known right from the start that we were bound by the pledge that has been signed, that is very different from saying that every individual MP should sign individually.
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