Sentence examples for debating a proposition from inspiring English sources

The Senate today is debating a proposition that to anyone who has not been exploring the labyrinthine ways of the Senate rules for the last few days might appear plain silly.

The archconservative jurist and the neoconnish political analyst were there to debate a proposition -- "That America's brightest days lie yet before her" -- which has recently been dividing conservatives who believe that the country is getting better despite the baleful effects of sixties liberalism from those who believe that it is doomed because of sixties liberalism.

That lack of influence is especially true with a hotly debated local proposition like sit/lie.

But historians say this is especially true of Mr. Bush, who is leaving office with approval ratings so low that his former political strategist, Karl Rove, recently appeared before a liberal audience in New York City to debate the proposition that "Bush 43 is the worst president in the last 50 years".

This is a proposition, however, that the Lebanese have been unable to debate.

A proposition to grant the right to marry to gay people will be debated by the Jersey States in July.

When this proposition was last debated a year ago, fiercely independent Merrill rejected it.

In the debate over Proposition 19, a ballot initiative that would challenge the federal ban on marijuana, members of a new group called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition are defending legalization against prominent Democrats who they say have flip-flopped.

Religion has been a big question within a question in the debate over Proposition 8. How does the religious question fit into the gay marriage issue?

In the media and political frenzy over Anthony Weiner, Ron Reagan and Kellyanne debate this proposition -- since a congressperson is hired by voters, ideally shouldn't only they fire or rehire him?

3 Meanwhile, in California, a fiercely debated jobs bill called Proposition 23 seeks to suspend some say effectively repeal the state's ambitious greenhouse gas legislation until unemployment drops to no more than 5.5% for a full year.