61.   Absent a serious GOP agenda, the president and his Democratic allies drive the national debate.

62.   Acknowledging that Los Angeles would be plunging into a national legal debate, a City Council committee is supporting banning the sale of ammunition in the city.

63.   After a last minute compromise with Gov. Gray Davis, the Legislature voted Wednesday to insert California into the emotionally charged national debate over racial profiling.

64.   After a year of national debate, Clinton has said, he will call on Congress next January to settle on a solution.

65.   Against this earnest organizing, the opposition has unleashed an argument that is simple, well honed from the national debate and already on the airwaves.

66.   After the national debate, he said he found people had much more information, and much firmer beliefs, than one would otherwise expect.

67.   Already the McVeigh execution has served to deepen our growing national debate about the death penalty.

68.   All politics is grounded in local issues, but presidential nominees set the tone of the national debate on the overarching emotional questions that motivate many voters.

69.   But even if the Broncos do ultimately win a new place to play, the Denver fight underscores a dramatic shift in the national debate.

70.   But it has also touched off a wider national debate about racism, and now brought about major reform.