11.   In an effort to improve them, Parliament is debating new legislation on an ethical code for bureaucrats.

12.   In the last six years, while Congress has been debating legislation to regulate managed health care, most states have adopted laws to do so.

13.   Last week, the Senate debated legislation to give states more flexibility in spending federal education money.

14.   Lawmakers will have a chance to revisit the issue when Congress begins debating legislation to implement the settlement.

15.   McCain said that with the backing of Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, the legislation could be debated on the Senate floor next month.

16.   Mrs. Waldholtz is a member of the Rules Committee, which establishes the procedures under which all legislation is debated and voted on.

17.   Now fresh legislation is being debated in Parliament to stiffen criminal penalties.

18.   Since then, several other states, including California, have debated similar legislation.

19.   The decision comes when Congress has been debating legislation to ban a type of late-term abortion.

20.   The House debates legislation on an interim waste storage site in Nevada that was passed by the Senate this year.