But Mr. Chambliss, who supports Mr. Bush's broad proposal, acknowledged that the plan had already become a lightning rod in some Republican contests around the country.
Louis Meilink Jr., a principal at Ballinger, an architecture firm that helped shape the St . Vincents proposal, acknowledged that his company had not studied the feasibility of a two-building hospital joined by a bridge or tunnel.
The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill proposal acknowledges this historical context without slipping into nostalgia.
The Google-Verizon proposal acknowledges the power of competition, arguing that there is no need for neutrality on the wireless Internet because there is more rivalry among U.S. mobile network operators than among fixed-line broadband providers.
Yet even some of the most vehement critics of the Coburn proposal acknowledge that political scientists themselves vigorously debate the field's direction, what sort of questions it pursues, even how useful the research is.
Myners has said they fall short of his proposals but acknowledged they "represent significant progress in the right direction".
Gov. David A. Paterson, a Democrat, did not propose any income tax increases in his budget proposal, but acknowledged in last month that "taxing the wealthy is probably going to be part of the solution if the deficit gets any worse, and all indications are that it probably will".
Her theory and proposal, though acknowledged in anatomical literature, did not materialize in anatomy books.
And one of those proposals, aides acknowledge, could include a millionaire's tax.
In the past, companies shrugged off such proposals, rarely acknowledging them except to advise other shareholders to vote against them.
