21.   Bush lobbied Republican legislators for the controversial plan, drafted by a House committee, that expanded sales and business taxes to dozens of new items.

22.   But Republicans remain divided over the wisdom of pushing a controversial Social Security plan in an election year.

23.   But the government has backtracked on a controversial plan to make the state telecoms firm seek private partners.

24.   Clinton sought that common ground on foreign policy as he made a case for the controversial plan to rescue the peso by offering a U.S. guaranteed loan to Mexico.

25.   Democrats have loudly complained that the forum is inadequate to explain such a complex and controversial plan.

26.   Experts say that the controversial spending plan faces still more twists and turns ahead in Diet debate over just how the jusen mortgage firm liquidation is to be handled.

27.   Federal regulators will lay the groundwork Thursday for a controversial plan to give TV stations extra channels for digital broadcasting.

28.   House Republicans hope to gut the controversial plan this week.

29.   In Chandler, the city will ask voters to approve a controversial plan to lengthen the runway at the city airport.

30.   It also provides targeted tax cuts for child care, long-term care, and a controversial plan to establish private retirement accounts.