Senators debated the bill today for six and a half hours.

And for three days this week, the senators debated in private.

But he held off after Democratic senators debated their position over lunch.

The senators will debate all such motions in closed session and rule on them by majority vote.

This rule codified the practice that senators could debate extensively.

Senators debated but did not vote on a compromise plan offered by a bipartisan group of centrists.

But when they convene Saturday afternoon, senators will not debate the Iraq resolution itself.

Today, he listened as senators debated his rocky tenure.

Senators have been debating the measure on and off since late last month, with behind-the-scenes haggling that intensified in recent days.

Senators fiercely debated the anti-discrimination issue on the floor last week and briefly summarized their arguments today.