81.   Critics accused Pataki of failing to provide in the plan as much competition as he originally promised, but he said the agreement represented a practical compromise.

82.   Democratic congressional leaders have blasted the plan as overly risky.

83.   Democrats immediately dismissed the plan as inadequate and a desperate attempt to cash in on what has been largely a Democratic issue.

84.   Democrats said they would oppose such a plan as unconstitutional.

85.   Democrats and Senate Republicans oppose the plan as a giveaway to big firms.

86.   Democrats attacked the plan as cutting spending to make way for tax cuts.

87.   Democrats cast the plan as a looming economic calamity.

88.   Democrats objected to the tax cuts, saying they favored the wealthy, and criticized the health insurance plan as inadequate.

89.   Democrats denounced the plan as a sham, saying insurers would not offer drug coverage at an affordable price.

90.   Democrats of the House Science Committee portray the House plan as an extensive cracking of the foundations of Federal science.