21.   Any American deployment would require congressional approval, which is far from certain.

22.   Any congressional approval would not have direct effects on the Russia bailout.

23.   Any oil drilling in the coastal plain needs congressional approval.

24.   Any settlement arrangement that included increased federal regulation of immunity would require congressional approval, and already various lawmakers were beginning to announce positions on the issue.

25.   Any settlement granting tobacco companies immunity would require congressional approval, however.

26.   Any such accord would require congressional approval because it would radically alter the rules under which states and individuals could sue the industry for actual and punitive damages.

27.   As a result, the resolution included language criticizing the president for failing to seek congressional approval for the Haiti operation.

28.   Any grant of full or partial immunity would require congressional approval and anti-tobacco forces are trying to mobilize opposition.

29.   Architects of the settlement warned that a delay could complicate congressional approval of comprehensive tobacco legislation, particularly with legal challenges on the horizon.

30.   Argentine President Carlos Menem hopes to win congressional approval for a law that would let him change tariffs on sugar imports, resolving a trade dispute with Brazil.