"debate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- President Chun then halted debate over ground rules for general elections due later this year.
- The Senate halted debate on a military bill to work on a resolution criticizing the ruling.
- In successive procedural votes, senators failed to halt debate on two competing proposals.
- Or they could allow debate to proceed and then signal their intention to filibuster, forcing Republicans to come up with 60 votes to halt debate.
- Without them there would not be enough votes to halt debate.
- Under Senate rules, it takes 60 votes to halt debate, and all 56 Democrats are expected to vote in favor of that motion.
- The vote was 53 to 45, 7 votes shy of the 60 needed to halt debate.
- Mr. Dole's effort to halt debate then also failed to attract even a simple majority.
- (It takes 60 votes to halt debate in the Senate.)
- France did not halt debate on the resolution; it delayed a vote.
Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.