Giving them three to four weeks to attack the leadership's plan may make passage all the more difficult.

White House officials had attacked the original plan as unfair to working families who most needed a break.

Conservatives attack the plan, arguing that all new taxes are bad.

Populist politicians have already had a field day attacking the plan.

Democrats and some Republicans have also attacked the plan as skewed to the rich.

Still, economists have attacked the plan on many fronts, and few believe it will be very successful.

Critics immediately attacked the plan for its absence of new funding proposals.

A parallel "people's parliament" set up by Indians has attacked the president's plan.

The French, in particular, have publicly attacked the plan, though privately reaction has been mixed.

Only a small group of Islamic scholars have protested the conference and attacked its proposed plan.