1.   The debate in Congress comes against a backdrop of complaints over the high cost of independent counsel investigations.

2.   A decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this debate is coming to a boil.

3.   But state GOP officials figure a debate must come some time.

4.   However it rules, the Second Amendment debate could come before the Supreme Court.

5.   In the meantime, a broader debate may be coming.

6.   In this century, the debate came into sharper focus following the Second Vatican Council, which promoted a freer church spirit.

7.   In the Assembly, the most sustained debate came on bills that call for registering and tracking convicted sex offenders and for community notification.

8.   Now comes the debate over rent regulations.

9.   Now the debate has come to a standstill.

10.   Next came a debate over whether prosecutors should seek the death penalty in the case.