The stop was one of many approved by the Council earlier in the month.

The Senate had approved the bill earlier in the day after two hours of debate.

Some parts of the plan were approved earlier in separate legislation.

The state legislature had approved the funding earlier in the year.

The election was held under the new constitution approved by referendum earlier in the year.

Major differences with a House bill, approved earlier, will have to be ironed out.

Negotiators will work out a compromise with a $25.4 billion version approved earlier by the House.

A loan for the Pinalito project had already been approved earlier.

Tysabri had been approved only three months earlier under accelerated approval.

The results announced yesterday at least raised the possibility that Provenge might be approved earlier or for a larger patient population.