91.   Giuliani and others have called on Washington to reverse one of the crueler provisions of the recently enacted welfare law by providing benefits to legal immigrants.

92.   Gov. John Engler of Michigan, a Republican who helped Congress write the new welfare law, defended his work on Sunday.

93.   He asks Congress to amend the welfare law so that able-bodied adults without dependents could receive food stamps for six months a year without working.

94.   He also said there was little money available to fix the new welfare law in ways sought by the president.

95.   He says he supports changes in the welfare laws, but he also wants to see more government support for anti-crime programs, like community policing.

96.   He scrapped plans to travel to Atlanta Wednesday to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the welfare reform law.

97.   He has repeatedly assailed the federal welfare law for reducing or eliminating many benefits for legal immigrants.

98.   He proposed amending the new welfare reform law to remove the ban on benefits to legal immigrants.

99.   Hill and Giuliani said they also agreed to work together to fight some of the provisions of the new welfare law that they both oppose.

100.   How the Legislature fulfills its responsibilities under the new federal welfare reform law will either expand or shrink the safety net that taxpayers provide for millions of poor people.