1.   After furious debate, the legislature defeated the bill.

2.   Assemblywoman Carol Migden, D-San Francisco, one of two openly gay lawmakers in the Capitol, urged the committee to defeat the bill.

3.   As yet, DeLay and other opponents lack the votes to defeat a bill if it comes to the floor of the House.

4.   Boland also blamed the city of Los Angeles lobbyists for helping to defeat the bill, even though the City Council formally has advocated a citywide vote.

5.   A coalition of environmentalists and fiscal conservatives teamed up both times to defeat the bills.

6.   After the protest, the parliament defeated the bill.

7.   Bush denied defeating the bill and said existing law should be enforced.

8.   But in the U.S. Senate, passion is more effective in opposition than in control, as a weapon to defeat a bill rather than to pass one.

9.   But Republicans say defeating the bill will be more difficult than usual.

10.   But on the same day, it narrowly defeated a bill prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.