21.   House Republicans, however, debated a bill that would halt funding for U.S. troops in Bosnia unless Congress specifically approves the mission.

22.   In June, however, Parliament will have a chance to debate a bill to allow voters to directly elect the president.

23.   In New York and New Jersey, for example, bills are perennially debated to provide adult adoptees with copies of their original unamended birth certificates.

24.   Markey, speaking before the House started debating the bill, said the Alaska question remained murky.

25.   May, who is gay, made reference to his own sexual orientation while debating a bill in the Arizona House dealing with health insurance benefits for domestic partners.

26.   Meanwhile, the immigration debate seems likely to come to a head later this year in Washington, D.C., when the immigration reform bill is debated.

27.   Others said the Senate was prevented from debating the bill.

28.   Recall that when Congress debated the civil rights bill, backers promised it would not lead to preference or quotas.

29.   Reid could choose to filibuster, or endlessly debate the bill as a way of killing it.

30.   Senate rules require two out of three members to agree to even debate a bill.