They offer several proposals that have no parallel in the Democratic bill.

The Democratic bill, while too soft on political action committees, deserves passage.

Such provisions would be more restrictive than those in last year's Democratic bill.

Critics of the more expensive Democratic bill made three main arguments.

As for the Democratic bill, she said, "in its current form, we do have a veto threat."

That is 30 cents less that the Democratic bill set over the same three years.

The Democratic bill would bring consistency to civil rights damage suits.

The Democratic bill would encourage students to choose among various public schools.

The Democratic bill, in contrast, would cover all 161 million Americans who have private insurance.

The Democratic bill would cost $500 billion from 2004 to 2010.