This proposal has not languished for Congressional inaction.

The proposal languished until the turn of the century.

President Clinton's proposal for a new Medicare prescription drug benefit languished.

Gov. George Pataki's own proposal has been languishing for a year.

That proposal languished, but many observers noted that the high court could raise the fees without legislative approval.

On the other hand, more modest proposals for upgrading Amtrak's service are languishing.

Yet proposals for projects are languishing in Beijing.

But the proposal languished, and it was not until the summer of 2004 that the village began to seriously consider it again.

But the proposal apparently languished after holders of the casino's preferred shares gave it a cool reception.

A proposal to pry open the state-run electricity industry languishes in the legislature.