Representative John D. Dingell, a Democrat of Michigan who has long been the industry's advocate in Washington, has begun floating that plan, which some critics doubt will find support.
City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the left-wing Democratic Revolution party was elected promising to continue the price freeze in place since 1997, but since taking office in December he has begun floating the idea of a 30% hike for 2002.
Within this messy landscape, some proposals have begun floating to the top, and, more importantly, others have fallen by the wayside.
But Republicans have begun floating possible alternatives for changing the system as they confront mounting opposition to plans for personal accounts.
Indeed, in the last few days, Mr. Roh's advisers have begun floating ideas about how to break the impasse that has arisen over the American policy of not negotiating with North Korea until it disavows its nuclear program.
But in recent days, lawmakers have begun floating proposals about how Japan, traditionally passive, might use its deep pockets and bitter experience from the 1990s to help global growth and, along the way, Japan's own export-driven economy.
In recent days, other administration officials have begun floating the idea that Ambassador Eikenberry might be replaced by Ryan C. Crocker, the highly regarded former ambassador in Iraq who forged a close partnership with General Petraeus during the successful Iraq troop increase.
The "big four," as they are known, the chairmen and ranking Democrats on the Senate and House education committees, have agreed not to reopen the No Child Left Behind Act, even though conservative groups have begun floating the idea informally in the hope of reintroducing school vouchers.
As the Senate prepares to begin a free-wheeling debate over immigration next week, White House officials have begun floating a possible compromise idea — a pledge to maintain legal immigration at current levels, about 1.1 million people a year, for more than a decade.
Or has Minerva begun floating (courtesy of ZFX Flying and the director Lisa Peterson) to withdraw from her family, the way her parents withdrew from her?
Much of the float structure construction has begun and float animation is beginning.
