They were cloture votes, which require 60 or more Senators to agree to cut off debate, eliminating the possibility of a filibuster, so Senators can vote on the actual law.
And we're not even sure if these categories matter right now, the Census Bureau is debating eliminating the questions about marriage and divorce altogether, since it isn't convinced that the question is "relevant".
We must bring relevant contributions to global debates and eliminate excuses for not being credible partners.
The three Republican amendments that Democrats seemed open to debating would eliminate a provision in the new health care law requiring businesses to file 1099 forms reporting when they buy more than $600 in goods from other businesses, extend a tax credit for biodiesel fuel and extend a credit for research and development.
The debate over eliminating race-day medication is escalating as the amount of money bet on horse races continues to fall.
And given the inherent wide range of people's feelings of risk, I also don't expect the evolving science to eliminate debate over how fast to push and how much to spend.
"The results of this study do not eliminate debate about the use of this medication in racehorses, but it does provide evidence needed to aid making sound policy decisions," Dr. Paul Morley, one of the principal investigators of the study and a veterinarian at Colorado State University, said in a telephone interview.
Indians are writing about everything from the Pasadena Christmas tree-lighting ceremony to kitchen remodeling to city debates about eliminating plastic shopping bags.
We have the ammunition, so now, believe the most techno-utopian advocates, open data will fundamentally change politics depoliticizing debates and eliminating irresponsible positions.
Lawmakers were debating proposals to eliminate cash bail and thus decrease the profit incentives in the pretrial system.
