21.   They said the plan was carried out in secret while lawmakers were debating whether to unilaterally lift the U.N. arms embargo against Bosnia.

22.   While lawmakers debate funding, NASA is assessing options to add to the crew, a requirement if research activities are to be greatly increased.

23.   Protesters broke windows, chanted and banged on the locked doors of the Senate chamber as Tennessee lawmakers debated the creation of a state income tax.

24.   A new status for couples is expected to become law in the fall after lawmakers debate the proposals.

25.   Argentine lawmakers debated an economic recovery plan that President Eduardo Duhalde hopes will help free up billions of dollars in fresh international aid.

26.   As lawmakers debated the finding of wrongdoing Wednesday, Republican prosecutors from the House of Representatives questioned the third of three witnesses in the case.

27.   As lawmakers debated, hundreds of people demonstrated outside the Rada building in support of Yushchenko.

28.   But lawmakers debated other issues during most of the session, indicating some government legislators stayed away to protest the repressive law.

29.   But lawmakers debated and passed the bill for a second time without making any changes to its original form.

30.   Congress lawmakers debated their position on the DMK for an hour Thursday morning, and emerged determined that the coalition government must oust the DMK.