Sentence examples for approval to legislation from inspiring English sources

With the 219-to-212 vote, the House gave final approval to legislation passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve.

2014 General Synod asked for second time to give final approval to legislation introducing women bishops.

Congress has not given final approval to legislation ending federal subsidies for private student loans for college.

The same day, Congress gave final approval to legislation giving President Obama 30 days to detail exactly what programs would be hit and how hard.

The 470-strong synod is voting on whether to give final approval to legislation paving the way for the first female bishops in the Church of England.

Parliament gave final approval to legislation to restrict the activities of "gangmasters" who run teams of often illegally employed workers collecting shellfish or working on farms.

On Tuesday, lawmakers gave final approval to bipartisan legislation overhauling user fees for the Food and Drug Administration.

Instead he secured cabinet approval to introduce legislation, possibly in the next year, that would reinterpret the constitution to end the postwar ban on collective self-defence.

Pressured by the relatives of missing soldiers, Prime Minister Ehud Barak secured his cabinet's approval to craft legislation that would allow Israel to hold "illegal fighters" as hostages to retrieve missing or captured soldiers.

A8 Steps Toward New Russian Law Russia's lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly voted to give preliminary approval to counterterrorism legislation that would hand the Kremlin broad powers in cases of threats or attacks.

And it comes after the general synod gave the final seal of approval to the legislation on women bishops following its passage through Parliament last year.