SOFTENED WELFARE BILL GOES BACK TO CONGRESS.Byline: Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire Describing their efforts as ``a rescue mission'' for generations of poor, Republican lawmakers outlined a House-Senate welfare compromise Tuesday that moderated some provisions but did not give President Clinton many of the changes he wanted. Clinton has not yet signaled whether he will sign or veto veto [Lat.,=I forbid], power of one functionary (e.g., the president) of a government, or of one member of a group or coalition, to block the operation of laws or agreements passed or entered into by the other functionaries or members. In the U.S. the final bill, which will be voted on today in the House and on Thursday in the Senate. The president said Tuesday that he was encouraged by some of the changes, such as softening softening /sof·ten·ing/ (sof´en-ing) malacia. softening a change of consistency, with loss of firmness or hardness. restrictions on food stamps food stamp n. A stamp or coupon, issued by the government to persons with low incomes, that can be redeemed for food at stores. Noun 1. and benefits for noncitizens. But he said he needed to take a closer look to ensure that a push to cut budgets did not override An arrangement whereby commissions are made by sales managers based upon the sales made by their subordinate sales representatives. A term found in an agreement between a real estate agent and a property owner whereby the agent keeps the right to receive a commission for the sale of the needs of children. ``We just need to keep the kids in mind,'' he said. ``We need to keep the children in mind. The children need to come out ahead.'' At the bill's unveiling in the Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. , Republican lawmakers appealed to Clinton for an endorsement. The president twice has vetoed a GOP welfare bill, but has said he wants to sign one before the August political conventions. ``This is the greatest rescue mission on the face of the Earth,'' said Rep. E. Clay Shaw
A temporary downturn in the price of a stock or in the market itself following a period of extensive price increases. A technical correction takes place in a generally increasing market when there is no particular reason that the bills next year. But right now, we have a system that is destroying the lives of millions.'' Nothing changed in the broad outlines of the welfare plan: states should control welfare, recipients should work for benefits after two years; only American citizens should get most benefits; families can get cash welfare for no more than five years. The bill would end the country's 61-year-old federal guarantee of aid to all those who qualify. It aims to save $55 billion over six years by giving states limited annual grants and cutting money spent on food stamps and social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales to legal noncitizens. Clinton lost out in his most high-profile request: to require states to provide vouchers for children whose parents are kicked off welfare. That provision was key to advocacy groups worried that the plan would push even more children into poverty. ``If the states want to do it with their own money, they can,'' Shaw said. ``But we wanted a firm federal policy: five years and out.'' It is unclear how Democratic lawmakers will vote on the welfare bill, particularly if Clinton continues to send mixed signals about his intentions. Although many participated in the negotiations on the final bill, none attended its unveiling. Calls to some conferees were not returned. |
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