1.  The tribe sees the approval as confirmation that the construction poses no environmental threat to the Everglades.

2.  Sunday also should see the approval of Taiwan.

3.  The State Department saw the approval of the resolution as a breakthrough.

4.  Its approval is seen as a foregone conclusion.

5.  The code must still be voted on in the Federation Council upper house, where approval is seen as automatic, and then signed by Putin.

6.  The legislature is controlled by the ruling Socialist Party and a small allied party, so approval had been seen as a foregone conclusion.