'advanced a proposal' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone suggesting an idea or plan in order to achieve a particular goal. Example: The manager advanced a proposal to increase efficiency in the office.
Under his leadership, the School of Engineering advanced a proposal that helped catalyze the MIT Innovation Initiative.
Around the time of the F.T.C. report, a deputation of broadcasters made a visit to Senator Magnuson's office and advanced a proposal that had been conceived by network policymakers at N.B.C.'s Washington office.
In the 45-minute negotiating session, James F. Hanley, the city's labor commissioner, advanced a proposal that Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has stressed in recent days: a longer workday, although Mr. Hanley did not say how much longer.
In Southold, the incumbent Republican supervisor, Jean W. Cochran, who had advanced a proposal to rezone farmland to allow just one home on five acres, was soundly defeated by a Democratic challenger, Joshua Y . Horton who opposed the plan.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department has advanced a proposal that would ease restrictions on dumping mountaintop mining waste near rivers and streams, modifying protections that have been in place, though often circumvented, for a quarter-century.
But the politics of Medicare have been poisonous, so toxic that Democrats haven't been willing to engage seriously on the issue, while Republicans have advanced a proposal that would eviscerate Medicare rather than preserve it.
The panel voted 3-2 along party lines to advance a proposal in which content companies could pay to have their traffic prioritised by broadband providers.
The Democratic-controlled Assembly also proposed extending a temporary state tax surcharge on annual income over $1 million, signaling its intent to advance a proposal that Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, and the Republican-controlled Senate oppose.
It appeared that Mr. Dodd was focused on advancing a proposal that could advance through the Banking Committee with united support among its Democratic members, and hoped to have a committee vote on the bill before Congress recesses on March 26.
Having passed a resolution on Wednesday to keep the federal government operating through September, Republicans hope to advance a proposal that they say will balance the budget in a decade.
With insights gained from a new electronic helix theory we recently developed for molecular chirality and chiral interactions, we were able to advance a proposal suggesting why this problem is challenging and how it might be solved.
