Senators can threaten a bill with unlimited debate unless sixty senators vote to prevent it.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

Same thing with Debate, but...

辩论俱乐部也是同样的命运，但是……

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"The stirring of this intense debate has to do with what does it mean to be a successful parent and what does it mean to be a successful child?"

VOA: special.2011.02.17

That has been the core of the debate in Washington, with President Barack Obama reviewing the counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan he announced in March.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"The high-pitched partisan debate over whether to invest in missile defense is no longer with us."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

David Wasserman,an expert with the Cook Political Report in Washington, says the health care debate has put the president in a classic political bind.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

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

Many say cutbacks in services are inevitable, and there is constant debate about how to balance health services with rising costs, rising demand and less revenue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

The annual debate continues Friday, with more than 20 presidents expected to speak.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Another key sticking point in the debate was over Britain's relationship with Europe.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

With passions running high on both sides of the health care debate, it's likely they will only intensify in the hours leading up to final congressional action.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

While the top-level process is continuing, Washington is consumed with a debate about whether the president should send more troops as the commanders want or take the air power and high technology route.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

"We hope as this debate goes forward we will have a chance to meet with you and your administration and the Congressional ideas that work that states can implement, so we can all work together."

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

"I think it is important for the American people and all of us to have a genuine discussion debate as everyone has said about the strategy, the exist strategy with clarity and that is precisely what we're asking,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

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

"This situation in which you have got three parties with equal shares of the vote really closely tied to the performance of the third party in the debate is absolutely unprecedented in British politics, we have never seen a situation like this."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22