61.   Hashimoto declined to say whether the government was leaning towards a bank bailout, or discuss the magnitude or shape of any assistance program.

62.   He declined to say whether the government was leaning in that direction, or discuss the magnitude or shape of any assistance program.

63.   He eliminated the general assistance welfare program, which provided grants to unemployed adults without children.

64.   He helped to organize the Marshall Plan for Europe, U.S. assistance programs in Asia and UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

65.   He intends to seek more funding for college assistance programs and education programs.

66.   Her advocacy of battered women began in law school at the University of Wisconsin, where she interned in a legal assistance program for female prisoners.

67.   High utility and gasoline bills have begun to erode the budgets of the poor at a time when federal assistance programs have shrunk.

68.   His biggest disappointments were cuts in housing assistance programs for families moving out of public housing projects and failing to make home ownership more affordable for the poorest Americans.

69.   He would have counties run employment and other non-cash assistance programs for welfare recipients and give counties the option of taking over cash assistance for the poor.

70.   His bill would establish a new temporary cash assistance program with strict work requirements and a five-year limit on welfare benefits for any family.