Sentence examples for lawmakers debate from inspiring English sources

Once it's in the House, lawmakers debate, amend and then either kill or pass the legislation.

As a result, unemployed Americans now have to wait and worry as lawmakers debate each extension.

Whenever lawmakers debate new regulations for businesses, it is easy to find business owners who fear the worst.

While hiring bans and travel restrictions have been eased since the new budget, regulators say they are largely in a holding pattern as lawmakers debate the 2012 budget.

BERLIN — As European lawmakers debate how to keep access to the Internet free and equal — so-called network neutrality — they are inundated, not unsurprisingly, by lobbyists.

As lawmakers debate changing the drug laws in the weeks ahead, restoring judicial discretion will be one of the thorniest issues in the discussions.

While the lawmakers debated, riot police clashed with protesters outside the Parliament building.

This is not a book about immigration — although it should be mandatory reading for lawmakers debating immigration policy.

Lawmakers debated firearms proposals after the Columbine High School shooting, and began requiring background checks for buyers at gun shows.

Lawmakers debated for almost a year over the program of wiretapping without warrants initiated after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Lawmakers debated civil unions under which gays and lesbians could be joined just as heterosexual couples can marry.