1.   Thanks for approving the budget for the behavior profiling software I requested.

2.   This generally proves useful when they interpret and offer technical assistance to officials approving the budget.

3.   Any special stimulus for the economy would probably come in the form of a supplementary budget, which could only pass after the general budget was approved.

4.   As expected, the state budget was approved by both houses, largely along party lines, and is to be signed into law by DiFrancesco on Friday.

5.   Ask the human-resources department at your office when budgets are approved.

6.   A budget has been approved, and programs are being planned.

7.   A decision could come next week if the state budget is approved.

8.   A spokesman for Sen. Cathie Wright, who proposed that the state allocate the money for Northridge athletics, said the budget might be approved by this week.

9.   After an all-day hearing in a boardroom packed with hundreds of people, the supervisors made some last-minute additions before approving the budget.

10.   Brown instead delivered a plan to approve the budget while leaving several related bills open for debate.