And he said the people must be given a fair chance to approve or reject a constitution for statehood.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

After several weeks, it became clear that the Senate would approve President Garfield's choice for the tax collector's job.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Some delegates,however, knew that Congress would not approve statehood for Kansas unless the people voted on the constitution.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The administration is also asking that Congress approve an additional two hundred seventy-eight million dollars for next year.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

The United States Senate and Russia's parliament must both approve the agreement for it to take effect.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

Both the House and the Senate must approve a bill in order for it to become law.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

She worked tirelessly to get Congress and the states to approve an amendment to the United States Constitution that would provide equal rights for women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Congress set a time limit of seven years for the states to approve it.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

The Mormons asked Congress to approve a territorial government for their land.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

And the U.S.Congress should approve more funding to Mexico for training, equipment and other initiatives to fight the drug trade.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

With the U.S.unemployment rate at 9.7 percent, the president said he hopes Congress will soon approve incentives for small businesses to add workers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Working from an e-mail list of millions of voters who supported his presidential campaign, they will focus on putting pressure on Congress to approve his $3.55 trillion budget for 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Last week,President Talabani visited Istanbul to urge Turkish leaders to approve an amnesty for Kurdish rebels, as well as according more cultural freedom to its own Kurdish minority, as part of the framework of a deal to end the PKK's terror activities.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"Having said that, one of the tricks here is to try and get something done in time for the legislative process - that is the United States Senate and the Duma in Russia - to approve whatever they do before the START-1 treaty expires in December,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.08