Sentence examples for decisively approved from inspiring English sources

The Senate decisively approved legislation relaxing nearly 40 years of sanctions on the sale of food to Cuba.

The House today decisively approved legislation that grants more than 70 African and Caribbean countries broad new trading privileges by expanding duty-free access to American markets.

Although the president had not budged on his position, in the November election California voters decisively approved Proposition 71, the Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, a $3 billion bond measure to fund stem-cell research.

A5 Venezuela Ousts Labor Leaders Voters have decisively approved a referendum that ousts the leaders of the country's labor unions, who are sympathetic to opposition parties, and paves the way for creating a single new government-dominated workers' federation.

Voters in Venezuela have decisively approved a referendum that ousts the leaders of the country's labor unions, who are sympathetic to opposition parties, and paves the way for creating a single new government-dominated workers' federation.

Congress last week decisively approved his request to devote billions of dollars in new spending to health care, energy and education in the fiscal year that begins in October.

The I.B.A.F. and FIFA would improve refereeing as much as advance the game and its integrity if they were to decisively approve and promote the use of the vanishing spray.

Massachusetts on Tuesday became the third state in the nation to guarantee paid sick days for workers, with voters decisively approving a sick-leave ballot initiative, 60percentto40percentcent.

When the Senate reassembles next week it should move quickly and decisively to approve the reform bill and send it to the White House for Mr. Bush to sign into law.

Likewise, Swiss membership of the United Nations, which was decisively turned down in 1986, was approved in 2002 with a small majority.

RESIDENTS of the Sachem school district, who decisively voted down double-digit tax increases in 2004 and 2005, approved a $33.1 million bond issue on Tuesday for repairs, renovations and upgrades in the district's 18 schools — but barely.