Sentence examples for this measure approved from inspiring English sources

"The governor, together with Mayor Bloomberg, worked tremendously hard to get this measure approved," said Lynn Rasic, a spokeswoman for the governor, saying he had reached out to numerous Congressional leaders last week to push for the proposal.

But thereafter it should save the treasury around 0.7% of GDP a year, and it goes some way towards eroding Italy's huge debt (of 106% of GDP).Yet just to get this measure approved, Mr Berlusconi had to resort to manoeuvring that would have bewildered a Byzantine courtier, and a confidence vote that might have felled his government.

The Energy and Commerce panel made several small changes in the measure approved by the Ways and Means Committee.

Major record labels had been trying to get the measure approved for the past two years.

In addition, the business community has started its own $6 million lobbying campaign to get the measure approved.

The council has always denied this and says the measures, approved last September, will not affect the pub.

It remains to be seen whether Mr Calderón's political skills can get those measures approved this time around.Without these and other reforms, weaknesses in policing and in the criminal-justice system could well result in further deterioration of Mexico's security environment.

"This is not sectarianism, this is a positive discrimination measure approved by the European authorities in terms of a critical public service after years of conflict," he added.

The measure, approved this week by the House International Relations Committee, 24 to 11, has split the Republican leadership.

Under a measure approved this year, all initiatives must appear on a general election ballot.

6 32 p.m.: This article has been updated with bailout measure approved.