When Jama reports the high probability of an imminent suicide bombing, Powell confers with her immediate superior, Lt. Gen. Benson (the late, great Alan Rickman, in his final on-screen role), whose approval she requires to strike and whose duty it is to determine if the inevitable civilian casualties constitute acceptable collateral damage.
Contributions have also dropped because this midterm election is not a referendum on Gov. Jon S. Corzine, whose approval ratings have consistently hovered in the 50percentt range.
Hours before the House passed the bill 252-161 on Friday, Barack Obama, whose approval is required for the pipeline project to go ahead, said he would not be swayed by legislation passed by Congress.
DETROIT, Nov. 9 — Workers at major Ford Motor Company plants are voting this weekend on a new contract whose approval looks likely, even though dissidents are stepping up efforts to defeat it.
Today's installment of Imperfect Union focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court, one of many major institutions whose approval, respect and standing with the public is at record lows.
Mr. McCain essentially proposes continuing the policies of a president whose approval rating on economics is only 20percentt.
The revelation will add to pressure on Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, whose approval ratings are dwindling and who is facing calls to resign.
On Friday night, the Army Corps of Engineers, whose approval is needed for projects in wetlands, issued the final permit required for construction of the plant, a $500 million, 1,080-megawatt power station in Athens, near the Hudson River.
Mrs. Clinton also tried to drive a wedge between Mr. Trump and the president, whose approval ratings are on the rise.
If the Obama Administration can't block the deal, the best hope may be to put some public pressure on Pfizer's non-executive directors, whose approval is necessary for the merger to go through.
