Sentence examples for delay debate from inspiring English sources

The Liberal Democratic senator, David Leyonhjelm, warned that Labor could vote to delay debate.

[C1.] PARTISAN SPLIT House Republicans threw up procedural roadblocks to delay debate of legislation that would help homeowners facing foreclosure.

Democrats have argued that it was impossible to deal with both issues at once, and that it made sense to delay debate until the housing market began to return to normal.

The bombing of the Boston Marathon may delay debate on the bill one day.

The Government amended the bill to delay debate for six months.

Officials had hoped to be able to delay debate on a deal until an agreement was complete.

By dint of calculation and miscalculation, after mixed messages and missed signals, President Obama and Congressional Democratic leaders delayed debate until before the midterm elections.

Germany's interior minister, Otto Schilly, delayed debate on a nonrefugee bill, intended to attract much-needed skilled labor into the high-technology sector, saying it needed to be re-evaluated.

But the rebels must still hand in a total of 3,300 weapons and yet more ammunition, and the peace plan is so unpopular among the Macedonian majority that protests delayed debate on the package for six hours.

The "hold", for instance, was a means of delaying debates and votes from when senators travelled to Washington on horseback.

Labor "won't unduly delay the debate", Shorten said.