Senator Stephen Douglas was sure it would be approved.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

There are lots of rules to follow, forms to fill out, licenses to obtain, job descriptions to be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

Under the Israeli offer, construction of 3,000 Jewish homes in the West Bank would continue, but no new projects would be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Diplomats say the draft resolution endorsing the Goldstone report is likely to be approved by the 192-member body.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The group says requests by governments for domain names should be approved and come online next year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Construction of 3,000 homes in the West Bank will continue, but no new projects will be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The sanctions must be approved Monday at a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

But under a partial freeze, no further construction would be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

We hope that there is good progress." Israel is offering a partial settlement freeze: construction on 3,000 housing units in the West Bank will continue, but no new projects will be approved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

If,the commander said, the governor had approved the shelling, it would be an act of war.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The House committees have approved versions that will need to be worked into a single bill.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

If the voters approved the constitution with slavery, then Kansas would be open to new slaves.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

If they approved the constitution without slavery, then Kansas would be closed to new slaves.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

No supplies could be sent until Congress approved the money to buy them.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

He proposed that no more slaves be sold in the District of Columbia for use outside the federal district, but also proposed that slavery should not be ended in the district unless its citizens and those of Maryland approved.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

And we've structured our own store where each vendor, which out of nine hundred I've only got currently about ten approved, that are willing to allow their material to be inspected, allow their growth facility to be inspected and be verified organic or natural growing techniques.

VOA: special.2010.10.11

So far,three House committees have approved versions of health care reform, which would be melded together into a single bill.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The U.S.Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved the device to be used for heart failure patients.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

If approved by the Senate, Clapper would be the fourth Director of National Intelligence.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Once he follows through on constitutional changes approved by the referendum, he will be allowed to run for another three-year term and run again after that if he likes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Health care reform bills have to be passed in both chambers and then reconciled into one piece of legislation and approved before it can go to the president for his signature.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

(sound) He says the recommendations on restricting Hajj participants have been approved and will be put into action, and hopefully, they will guarantee the safety of all those who want to perform their pilgrimage.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Clinton said a North Korean missile launch, for any purpose, would be a provocative act and a violation of U.N.Security Council resolution 1718 - approved after its 2006 nuclear test- demanding an end to Pyonyang's nuclear weapon and missile programs.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Dr.Leslie Miller at Washington Hospital Center is involved in clinical trials of heart pumps, including this one that the U.S.Food and Drug Administration has approved as a device that can permanently replace the heart for patients who are too old to be considered for a heart transplant.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27