This brought matters to a head, and congress refused to approve a budget for supplies to run the government.

If an agreement is questionable, the judge may refuse to approve it.

We ourselves are the only people who can stop such a war, by refusing to approve it.

The request came to me and I refused to approve it.

But in June, the state's top legislators refused to approve the project.

The Legislature refused to approve either operating or capital money for this year.

Any judge refusing to approve the rules will have to give written reasons and can be challenged.

Three of the four black commissioners refused to approve the plan.

When that failed he refused to approve the king's trial and execution.

Other studies could not be started because ethics committees refused to approve them, experts said.