Sentence examples for debate approved from inspiring English sources

"We're doing our best," Mr. Miller told reporters shortly before the Council, without debate, approved the budget.

The lower house of Parliament, after more than 100 hours of debate, approved a law on Tuesday that would legalize same-sex marriage and give the same rights to all married couples to adopt children.

The City Council, after a long and cantankerous debate, approved zoning changes on Wednesday that would allow a Wal-Mart to be built on the city's West Side, but turned down a proposal for another on the South Side.

The City Council leadership, in its first major foray into the school governance debate, approved a plan yesterday that would give Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg conditional control over the school system but leave the setting of educational policy in the hands of a board.

General Myers appeared most upset by criticism from an officer corps after the war plan had been debated, approved and ordered under way.

After a stormy debate, Parliament approved the plan on Tuesday.

After months of debate, Congress approved the request but the money has yet to be disbursed.

After a tortured debate, they approved a procedure for selecting vice presidents, but have yet to name one.

The day before the House began the budget debate, it approved a supplemental appropriations bill designed to fill a $4.3 billion hole in the current budget.

It has sparked a furious national debate.As approved on May 15th, in the sixth of eight votes, the amendment would give Congress the power to set the criteria determining which crimes (and thus criminals) would be investigated by prosecutors, and which might be dealt with in other ways, such as by a Truth Commission.

WASHINGTON — After years of fierce lobbying and debate, Congress approved a bill on Wednesday to cover the cost of medical care for rescue workers and others who became sick from toxic fumes, dust and smoke after the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.