After the president's message was read, the House of Representatives began its debate.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

After much debate, Congress passed the bill.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

The intensity of the health care debate will pick up next week when Congress returns to work after its summer break.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

In most of the snap polls taken after this week's debate, the prime minister came in third.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

But just moments after he spoke the debate intensified, as former Vice President Dick Cheney took strong issue with the Obama administration's Guantanamo policy.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

I think a good deal of what happened was from the inside." Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the debate continues.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

About 12 hours after the House began its debate, the final tally late Saturday was 220 to 215, with 39 Democrats choosing to vote against their leadership, despite personal lobbying by President Obama to keep Democrats on board.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

The president described the health care debate as being in its final stages after a century of struggle, saying it's about the character of the United States rather than merely the cost of health care for Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

"And we are going to win in November and President Obama will be a one-term president!" After more than a year of debate, the president is equally determined to make one last push for health care, including a recent stop in Ohio.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18