The Legislature wound up approving financing for the project anyway.

Last weekend, President Bush signed an executive order approving covert financing of the alliance.

To date, the Global Fund has approved financing totaling some $15 billion in 139 countries.

He added that he would probably vote to approve full financing later.

That vote did not halt the conflict as members of Congress approved continued financing for two more years.

The groups called on the Legislature to approve public financing of state political campaigns.

The new sales strategy can be implemented immediately, whether or not Congress approves new financing for the agency.

Construction may begin in 2011 if the federal government approves financing of the project.

In August, he approved federal financing for certain studies of stem cells derived from human embryos, but imposed strict limits.

Congress has been reluctant to approve new financing for the contras, and it was unclear whether the developments today will change this.