Final approval for the bill did not come without a fight.

The committee's approval came on a vote of 4 to 2.

That approval could come by the end of this month.

The agency's approval of the drug came on May 11, 2006.

Formal approval could come within a matter of weeks, he said.

The President's final approval for the plan came this afternoon, officials said.

There was no question that approval would come, and it did.

Approval must come from at least 11 city and state agencies.

Corporate approval of the event came from the very top.

But such approvals will not come for a few years.