Sentence examples for approved a stop from inspiring English sources

Congress has finally approved a stop gap spending bill that provides funding -- $1.1 billion - to fight the Zika virus.

On a national level, after the discovery of mad cow disease in a downed cow in Washington state in 2003, the USDA approved a stop gap policy against slaughtering downed cattle for human food; however, it took the agency until 2009 to solidify and better enforce this policy and remove loopholes that were allowing downer cows to remain on consumers' plates.

The House approved a stop-gap spending measure to keep the government running through Oct. 14 while Congress finishes its work on 11 spending bills.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 - Congress approved a stop-gap bill on Saturday to keep the Pentagon and other agencies running while lawmakers scrambled to complete a budget-cutting plan and remaining spending measures.

One day after the nation started sliding down the fiscal cliff, Congress on Tuesday approved a stop-gap measure to raise rates on the wealthy, extend unemployment benefits and avert a sweeping round of tax increases and government spending cuts.

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a stop-gap measure to fund US government operations beyond 27 March - when a temporary federal budget passed in 2012 is due to expire.

Mr. McConnell called on Democrats to approve a stop-gap spending measure that would last only through the early part of next year instead, and to abandon everything else on their agenda and adjourn for the year.

Last summer, Abbott approved a measure stopping Planned Parenthood from taking part in a breast and cervical cancer screening programme for low-income women.

He approved a "full-stop" law halting new investigations, followed by another of "due obedience" which exonerated those who claimed to have been following orders—a defence dismissed in the Nuremberg trials after the second world war.

In a rare unanimous vote, the Burbank City Council this month approved a four-way stop sign at the intersection of Oak and Myers streets to improve the odds that pedestrians — particularly students at St . Finbar Catholic School— will make it across those streets safely.

The Burbank City Council on Tuesday approved a four-way stop sign at Oak and Myers Streets near St .Finbar school, where there is currently only a two-way stop sign, at the request of parents of children who attend the school.