Sentence examples for laws were approved from inspiring English sources

Changes in state drug laws were approved in five states.

Three and a half decades ago, when the nation's key environmental laws were approved, politicians were responding to the mood of the country.

Constitutional changes that eased restrictions on candidacy in elections, set term limits for the president, and restricted the use of emergency laws were approved by 77 percent of Egyptian voters.

The new tax laws were approved by Mr. Abbas, and one veteran political leader, Qadura Fares, a longtime critic from within the movement, offered Mr. Fayyad some rare praise.

Last month, just before the new laws were approved, a leader of the teachers' union told me that whatever Congress decided could be defeated "on the ground, in the schools, by the way of the facts".

Washington and Oregon allow physicians to help terminally ill people hasten their deaths, but in those states the laws were approved by voters in statewide referendums, and neither state's highest court has examined the issue of a constitutional right to die.

Laws are approved by the majority vote of the members present in each chamber.

The measure, which comes as states nationwide re-examine their drug sentencing laws, was approved by 61percentt of voters despite strong opposition from virtually all of the state's law enforcement officials, judges and some health care groups.

One of the most contentious laws was approved in California in 1999; the measure effectively provided an exemption to churches but not to religiously affiliated hospitals, universities or social service organizations.

The advisory ballot measure, which is not binding and does not change any laws, was approved by an 82% to 18% margin.

The government also announced that border security will soon have new powers to inspect packages under 30 grams, if proposed amendments to federal laws are approved.