They passed a bill and sent it to the White House for the president's approval.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

And you can't read it but there's a kind of stamp of approval here from the governor Nelson Rockefeller.

你没法领会这个，但是这里有,作为州长的尼尔森，洛克菲勒对此的承认。

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As opponents tried to take away his microphone and gavel, Chairman Park declared the committee's approval of the free-trade deal.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Mr.Obama's approval ratings average just below 50 percent in recent polls, down sharply from this time last year.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Some public meetings on the issue have included emotional protests, and the president's approval ratings have eroded.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Last year,President Obama's approval rating was high as Arabs were hopeful about his Middle East policies.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

And Mr.Obama's approval ratings have slipped as the nation's unemployment rate hovers around ten percent.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

And it comes after a recent U.N.Security Council vote to impose another round of sanctions against Tehran for its nuclear program and the U.S.Congress's approval of harsher unilateral sanctions against nations that supply Tehran with gasoline.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Yet studies show Mister Obama's public approval rating is above sixty percent.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

The U.S.-sponsored Security Council resolution, expected to win easy approval next week, will create a special representative to the U.N.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

The measures need the approval of the country's upper house of parliament, the Senate, which the government does not control.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

The president's signature domestic policy initiative, health care reform, faces one last round of congressional negotiation and debate before approval.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

The latest polls conducted by Japan's top newspapers show a majority support a DPJ-led government, while approval ratings for Mr.Aso continue to drop.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

The IAEA resolution, which garnered the approval of 25 of the agency's including China and Russia, was the first taken against Iran since 2006.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

He said Pakistan's new democracy needs the funding to build roads, improve health care and combat poverty, and called for the bill's swift approval.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

I think that we find the Jerusalem planning committee's decision to move forward on the approval process for the expansion of Gilo in Jerusalem as dismaying,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Some recent surveys show the president's overall approval rating at or just above 50 percent a far cry from higher numbers in the early days of his administration.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

The high U.S.unemployment rate, a resurgent Republican opposition and President Obama's shrinking approval ratings are making Democrats nervous as they face the November elections for Congress and governors.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

The president's plan will need congressional approval to go into effect.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

In face of sagging approval ratings, Russia's president also disciplined underlings.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

After the G20, President Obama returns to Washington, where he will be waiting for Congress to give final approval to legislation that will impose sweeping new regulations on the U.S.financial system.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

Republicans also bitterly oppose the Democrat's plan to avoid Republican obstruction in a later Senate vote on the modified package with a process that would allow approval with a simple majority of 51 votes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Under that accord, given final approval by the U.S.Congress last year, India agreed to open non-military aspects of its nuclear program to international inspections, clearing the way for U.S.sales of nuclear technology and fuel to India.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

"Calderon's public approval is now at 69 percent the highest of his administration because the people perceive that he is a decent man that handled the swine flu outbreak judiciously and that he is doing his level best to combat the narco-traffickers,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

U.S.officials say there was spontaneous applause at the meeting, at a New York hotel, when word arrived of Senate approval of the five-year Pakistan aid plan, which would triple civilian U.S.assistance to about Expected to win final approval in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24