Now,Gardasil's maker,Merck, has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve the drug for boys beginning at age nine.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

And he said the people must be given a fair chance to approve or reject a constitution for statehood.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

That same year, Polk was able to get Congress to approve a bill that greatly reduced the taxes on imports.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

They will earn extra points in the Race to the Top if they approve the standards by August second.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

After several weeks, it became clear that the Senate would approve President Garfield's choice for the tax collector's job.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

States that approve the new standards have a right to add up to fifteen percent of their own.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Some delegates,however, knew that Congress would not approve statehood for Kansas unless the people voted on the constitution.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The administration is also asking that Congress approve an additional two hundred seventy-eight million dollars for next year.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

Little Delaware is called the First State because it was the first state the first to approve the new United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

Both the House and the Senate must approve a bill in order for it to become law.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

In recent years, public opinion studies show more than half of Americans approve of nuclear energy with greater support among men than women.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

The United States Senate and Russia's parliament must both approve the agreement for it to take effect.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

The Organization of the Islamic Conference has been urging the United Nations to approve anti-defamation measures.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

But founder and president Glenn Pere says schools do not approve or reject any comments.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

The jurors are asked to approve efforts to gather evidence, often secretly,to build a case.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

She worked tirelessly to get Congress and the states to approve an amendment to the United States Constitution that would provide equal rights for women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Treaty members agreed to approve rules banning ships carrying more than five hundred travelers.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

Another effort was made to get a bank bill that the president would approve.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

On July fourth,seventeen seventy-six, the Continental Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Congress set a time limit of seven years for the states to approve it.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

She says she does not approve of the word "disabled" to describe her condition.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

He said the states must have the right to approve or reject bank offices.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

And he said the necessary 2/3s of the senators would approve the statehood treaty.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Some artists do not approve of the profit-making business of galleries and museums.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

And it must promise that the United States Senate would approve the treaty.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

President Obama said he hopes to get Congress to approve it next year.

VOA: special.2009.11.21