1.   Already Thursday, conservative Democrats were unveiling a competing plan that would not cut off benefits to teenage mothers but would impose stricter work requirements.

2.   And several competing Blue Cross plans within states, such as in Tennessee, have merged recently to cut costs.

3.   And the Legislature is deeply divided over competing plans.

4.   And they pitched competing plans for simplifying the tax code.

5.   As the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he has been responsible for coordinating the competing spending plans of the rival branches of the armed services.

6.   Bankruptcy law requires the judge to focus on the interests of shareholders and creditors, while assessing the feasibility of competing plans.

7.   Before the wrangling begins, though, the Senate and House must reconcile their competing plans.

8.   A competing plan also emerged on Tuesday, sponsored by Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Robert G. Torricelli, D-N.J.

9.   A key factor in his decision, he says, is the presumptive impact the competing plans would have on the Chilean market.

10.   A competing Senate plan is less ambitious and resembles current farm law.