This same debate had dominated the last four councils with no ground gained by either side.
But the issue of economic reform was pushed into second place as debate over The Hague dominated the campaign.
The debate over the limits of torture and the rules for military commission dominated discussion of the bill until this week.
As in other countries, debates around human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation often dominate the larger debate on prostitution.
The debate over woman suffrage dominated politics in Utah throughout the 1890s.
Much political debate about the expansion of light rail dominated civic politics throughout the next decade.
The debate about the formation of political parties has dominated the agenda in recent years.
All summer, the debate over human embryonic stem cell research dominated the news.
Those differences virtually assure that the debate on national unity will dominate the new session.