And officials said the study had begun long before the latest debate on health reform.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

In the Senate, sixty votes are needed to prevent unlimited debate on a bill.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Senate debate on the bill continued for more than a month.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

A debate on Kosovo is expected in September.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

They demanded a debate on the gold-silver issue.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

The president said there has been a lot of debate on health care reform, some of it highly emotional.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

In the final hours of debate on the Senate bill, Republicans asserted it would be ineffective and add sharply to the U.S.budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"I think his motivation is first is to show that he's around." "That he is capable of making decisions or participating in debate on policy."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

"During the debate on Iraq we always said it's keeping us from getting Afghanistan right,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

McKibben notes that the debate on climate change in the United States has been highly charged and focused not solely on science, but on ideology.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

The U.S.Senate is expected to begin debate on financial reforms this week.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

As President Obama loses ground in the debate on overhauling health care, he is using his weekly Internet address to challenge what he calls "phony claims" by his critics.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Separatist Shakeel Bakshi organized a debate on the issue.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

And,in another development, the Senate voted Thursday to permit final debate and a vote on a financial reform bill.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

The proposal was a surprise because the two companies have been on opposite sides of the debate over net neutrality.

VOA: special.2010.08.20

Bryan described the situation this way: "On one side of the debate stand the business interests of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

And that difference is at the center of debate over privacy on Facebook and other social networks.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

Protesters gathered on the Capitol lawn during the debate, yelling in an attempt to make their own voices heard.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22