Senators have always gone beyond the records of hearings and studies when they debated legislation.

Despite the vote in the security cabinet, Parliament must debate legislation on the compensation package.

With Congress debating fiercely protectionist legislation, the encouraging trade news couldn't have come at a better time.

Congress is debating legislation that would address the nation's trade deficit.

Other countries are debating similar legislation, or have more limited prohibitions.

The last natural forests had died long ago, taken while the government was still debating protective legislation.

While Congress debated national legislation, New York did not wait and in the same year passed a law.

In the last six years, while Congress has been debating legislation to regulate managed health care, most states have adopted laws to do so.

In an effort to improve them, Parliament is debating new legislation on an ethical code for bureaucrats.

Among the plans being considered, aides said, is to debate legislation to revoke the president's original war authorization.