Jeb Bush became governor in 1998 on a promise to reform education, Social Security and health care.

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And I kept my promise to pass a health reform bill without adding a dime to the deficit.

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Obama came under criticism from Latino activists for failing to deliver on 2008 campaign promise to make immigration reform a priority of his first term.

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Mr Blair reiterates ad nauseam his promise to the Liberal Democrats that he intends to stand by his pledge to hold a referendum on electoral reform, albeit not in the life of the present Parliament.

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Behind this investment is a commitment to helping the Burmese people see the promise that lasting reform holds for their country.

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Some are prosaic but nonetheless promise to be time-consuming, like corporate-tax reform and a big highway-spending package.

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The logical solution, de Soto argues, is to bestow property on slum dwellers, a reform effort that has shown promise.

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In some respects, the former GOP vice presidential candidate mimics the tactics of the 2012 campaign: Promise tax reform built around wildly ambitious but gauzy rate reductions without a word about how to pay for them.

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