Sentence examples for against debate from inspiring English sources

The crucial point is that the trend is against debate and scrutiny in parliament.

Those on the receiving end of the president's outrage included Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y); Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif ., the top Democrat on the House panel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election; senators voting against debate on Obamacare repeal legislation; and the "fake news" media generally.

The Republican Senators didn't vote against debate for procedural reasons.

In fact, 14 of the GOP senators who voted against debate on the bill this time around supported a nearly identical bill in 2000.

Legitimate criticism of Islamists has been acute but sparse, and the pushback against debate has come in many flavors -- almost all widely missing the point.

And the arguments trotted out against debates are weak.

On the social-networking site Mixi, groups organized for and against, debating the merits of her style.

Soon another group of lawmakers leapt to Mr. Sultan's defense, arguing that the rule against debating the speakership flew in the face of Egypt's new democracy.

Cameron's strategists – including the head of the party's election campaign, Lynton Crosby – are known to be advising him against debating with Miliband, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and Farage.

Palestinian officials, while cautioning against debating shards of leaked information, said the concession as represented did not appear to be considerable enough.

But the party's pledge to support it "every vote, every time" came under strain when the Greens voted against debating same-sex marriage in the Senate in March, labelling it a stunt to derail Senate reform.