In that year, Congress debated a proposal to create two territories from one large area in the west.

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She says states rights, economic and social inequalities between the south and north and other issues were debated.

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In eighteen fifty, the United States Congress debated a proposal for an important compromise.

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Its borders are debated. Generally,however, they stretch from Fourteenth Street on the north side, Avenue A on the west, Houston on the south and the East River.

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became a national best-seller. One hundred fifty years after "On the Origin of Species" first appeared, it remains one of the most influential and debated books ever written.

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not reduce them. The Senate debated the tariff question for months.

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Congress debated the compromise throughout the summer of eighteen fifty.

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The Confederate Congress debated several resolutions to fight Lincoln's proclamation.

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The committee first debated the disputed votes of Florida.

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Other proposals are being debated across the country.

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From the beginning, the book was hotly debated.

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In addition to bluefin tuna, measures to protect sharks and coral will also be debated at the upcoming conference in Qatar.

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Until the measure becomes law, medical testing on chimpanzees will continue to be a highly divisive, and hotly debated,issue.

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The action came as senators debated a $91-billion funding bill for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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But the bill to open such trade still faces heavy opposition in Congress and probably will not be debated until after the legislative body's August break.

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He added that he rejected linking terrorism to any ethnic group or religion, again a point debated by Muslim Uighurs who have been rounded up in anti-terror sweeps.

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Later this month, a proposal to ban the international trade of bluefin tuna will be debated by almost 200 countries that signed the UN convention on endangered species.

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Its involvement has been deeply debated in Britain. Nick Clegg of the minority opposition party, the Liberal Democrats, said in Parliament debate the forces deserve gratitude and clarity.

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Prime Minister Brown said the disclosed findings would be debated in parliament.

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(Voice) On flu and parenting Web sites, the parties are being debated as a way to gain immunity to more severe versions of the virus that might emerge later.

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(Voice) She noted the reason for the delay from the originally scheduled date of January 16 was because the commission had stopped working while the lawmakers debated the law.

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Yemeni Health Minister Abdul Karim Rasae, who chaired the conference, said the decision to prevent vulnerable people from attending this year's Hajj was debated long and hard before being approved.

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In separate action, the House of Representatives debated a resolution urging Iran to step up cooperation with the U.S.and intermediaries on the case of Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent who disappeared in 2007 while visiting Iran.

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