The proposal would also have left decisions about security plans entirely up to these high-risk plants.

Environmentalists say the proposal would leave too much power in the hands of ranchers.

With the union's figure at $235 million, the new proposal left the two sides $33 million apart.

The governors' proposal would still leave a role for private insurance and individual payments to help cover the cost of nursing homes.

The new proposal would leave Medicare as a separate program for elderly and disabled people.

But health-care advocates fear that such proposals will leave poor people without doctors.

In addition, the proposals would leave a big gap for some people.

This is where the proposal leaves a great deal to be desired.

But the Commission's proposals always do leave room for improvement.

The Commission's proposal left quite a lot of room for improvement.