Sentence examples for postpone debate from inspiring English sources

While the Premier reported to the King after a Cabinet session, the House of Representatives voted to postpone debate on the bill until further notice.

Last month, Mr. Turabi ignored a request by Mr. Bashir to postpone debate on amendments that would drastically shrink the president's powers.

All but single-handedly, Mr. Byrd has slowed the Homeland Security juggernaut by implicitly threatening a filibuster, almost certainly forcing the Senate to postpone debate until after the August recess.

This weekend leaders will have to decide whether to postpone debate by agreeing to study whether treaty change is needed or simply start thinking about what should go into it.For some veterans, this could be "the biggest moment in the EU's history".

Protesters in Thailand have blocked parliament to postpone debate on a reconciliation bill designed to ease a six-year political crisis.

In June, the yellow-shirts blocked parliament to postpone debate on a reconciliation bill designed to ease a six-year political crisis, fearing that a proposed amnesty would allow Mr Thaksin's return.

"Presidents are going to have to deal with more than one thing at a time," Obama said then, rejecting McCain's request to postpone debates.

Labor had postponed debate on the Senate motion several times amid negotiations with crossbenchers.

The government has postponed debate on Mr. Ocalan's execution until the European Court of Human Rights reviews his appeal.

The Liberal democrat senator David Leyonhjelm moved a motion on Tuesday to have the Senate debate a Greens bill on removing barriers to same-sex marriage, as a way of postponing debate on Senate voting reforms.

But Gore was speaking before reports this week that Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, would back Republican demands for a full cost analysis of any such legislation – a process that could take five weeks, postponing debate until after the Copenhagen summit.