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The continuing anger in Congress raised the likelihood that the tax deal would be approved largely with Republican votes.

Today, he told the Senate that the measure should be approved largely because the most objectionable aspects like the money for education were sure to be changed.

The measure covering health care for ground zero victims was approved largely along party lines, and its future in the Senate is unclear.

"Clearly," Dr. Gillison added, "it should give people optimism that the vaccine that was approved largely for women and for cervical cancer could have broader implications, and also for other cancers that occur in both men and women.

The budget was approved largely as drafted in October, but the revised spending plan includes small-scale changes aimed at easing some of riders' pain and responding to concerns raised at January's public hearing.

The bill, approved largely along party lines, 221 to 198, kicks off what is sure to be the next showdown involving House Republicans, Senate Democrats and President Obama, with a hard deadline looming in little more than a month.

In the South and the West, several states have recently sought to burnish their gun-friendly images by approving largely symbolic measures, like designating an official state firearm.

Another approved work largely left undone in an abandoned home that had been boarded up.

The lawsuit would have been ended had Congress approved legislation largely shielding gun manufacturers and dealers from civil lawsuits.

By a vote of 94-0, the Senate also approved a largely symbolic amendment by Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, seeking to prevent federal money from being used by the International Monetary Fund to bail out foreign governments.

Of course, most of these products are not FDA approved and largely ineffective (one exception is an omega-3 pill that can help prevent heart attacks for a select few).