1.   The president has proposed a hike in the minimum wage.

2.   American presidents may propose, but in domestic matters, Congress disposes.

3.   And it appears doubtful that the president will propose a federal takeover of airport security, though some assistance in background checks on employees could be in the works.

4.   A Senate committee approved a bill that would end the certification process temporarily until the president proposes an alternative.

5.   But after the meeting, Gingrich said he was now hopeful that the president would propose a balanced budget this weekend.

6.   But if the House bill lacks adequate sanctions, the answer, as the president proposes, is to add more.

7.   But it included a rider allowing loggers also to cut healthy older stands of trees that had been protected by a logging law that the president himself had proposed.

8.   During the last several years the president has proposed cracking down on a collection of investment strategies to help pay for tax cuts designed to help the middle-income taxpayers.

9.   Earlier, a news report said the president would propose but not push for vouchers.

10.   Even some Democrats are pushing for a broader cut than the president is proposing.