1.   And for three days this week, the senators debated in private.

2.   As the two senators debate technical aspects of the Mitchell bill, kids in the tourist galleries squirm and fidget.

3.   At that point, senators would debate whether the charges against Clinton warranted a full-blown trial.

4.   But a final vote was delayed into the evening as senators debated several amendments.

5.   But in keeping with their own rules, the senators never debated the case in public.

6.   But inside the Capitol, where senators publicly debated fundamental changes in the democratic system, there was relatively little coverage.

7.   Earlier in the day, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., temporarily delayed the bill until senators could debate proposals to alter the ethanol requirement.

8.   Lott was pushing a possible compromise Wednesday night that would permit senators to debate and vote on each prospective witness requested by the House managers.

9.   On what was supposed to be the first day of their August vacation, senators debate health reform and House members start two days off.

10.   Senators had been debating the issue all week.