31.   The Senate debated the measure this week and will decide Monday whether to pass it on to the House.

32.   The Senate hopes to debate the measure by the end of the month.

33.   The Senate continued debating a measure that would make it more difficult for people to sue companies and stockbrokers when stock prices drop sharply.

34.   The Senate is entering its third week of debating a measure preventing unfunded federal mandates from being placed on state and local governments.

35.   The RNC is expected to debate the measure today at its winter meeting.

36.   The Senate, with a new Democratic minority embracing its deliberative tradition, has spent the past month debating one measure, the constitutional amendment to balance the budget.

37.   Those other measures will be debated this week, with the final results expected before the House goes on a month-long break on Friday.

38.   Washington and other states have debated similar measures.

39.   With its removal from the disaster aid bill, the shutdown measure will be debated in separate legislation under an agreement that bars a Senate filibuster.

40.   Parliament continued debating the measure.