And today, they defeated an effort that would have forced an end to debate on the bill.

So far, they seem to have defeated Congressional efforts at reform.

In response, chief executives have started an effort to answer their critics and still defeat efforts at systemic change.

The point is to defeat procedural efforts to block the legislation.

Lawmakers in Illinois have defeated efforts to enact a similar law.

After defeating efforts to raise income taxes even further, the Legislature finally approved a $13.4 billion budget this morning.

"Monopoly over writing supported an emphasis on religion and the time concept, which defeated efforts to solve the problem of space."

Republicans defeated Democratic efforts to impose a temporary tax on the sale of oil priced over $40 a barrel.

Republicans defeated a Democratic effort on Monday to strip the forest amendments from the bill.

That combination helped defeat similar efforts for new authority for the department as recently as 1994 and 1995.