Sentence examples for block the debate from inspiring English sources

Despite the government's response in the Commons, the Treasury tried to block the debate by writing to the Speaker of the House of Commons to say the matter was "not urgent and should not be aired".

On the BBC's Andrew Marr show on Sunday, Mr Clegg said Labour and the Conservatives were using the Greens as an "alibi" to block the debates.

He wanted to change party policy at the Labour party conference in September by getting members to push through the motion, but opposition from trade unions and constituency organisers blocked the debate from going ahead.

Republicans blocked the debate, meaning for the first time in 48 years -- in the midst of two wars, no less -- the Pentagon's budget won't be passed by Congress.

Before the meeting, local leaders for Organizing for America instructed supporters of health care reform not to engage in name calling, but by the time the meeting ended at 10 a.m., they were facing off with the bill's opponents, chanting--and sometimes screaming--so loudly that they blocked the debate inside.

But the human formula that ensures successful buddy pairings is still a mystery, and that's the key stumbling block in the debate.

Hillary Clinton clearly saw Bernie Sanders' position on firearms, coming as the senator does from a rural hunting state like Vermont, as vulnerable in the wake of the recent stream of mass shootings, not least the murder of nine black congregants of the Emanuel AME church just a block from the debate venue.

The block reignites the debate over how Russia's government decides what is and what is not appropriate Internet content for people in Russia.

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, said on the Senate floor that Republicans would take up the offer of Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, to vote on a pair of tax bills, one from each party, rather than block the entire debate via filibuster.

But if not for one or two pious references to the proximity of ground zero -- a few blocks -- the debate could have been taking place in Iowa.

But in the final hours of the election campaign, and with the event taking place just blocks from The Post, the debate should have been covered, online and in print.