1. Clinton already has vetoed Republican-drafted welfare reform legislation twice. 2. The governors, nevertheless, bowed to pressure from Republican congressional leaders not to call for reopening welfare legislation for major changes. 3. With these considerations in mind, let us examine recent welfare legislation at both the state and federal levels. 4. And the Dole campaign had hoped to be able to use a Clinton veto of welfare legislation on the campaign trail. 5. As if that still-unwritten bill will not be weighty enough, Dole is suggesting that he might fold the welfare legislation into it. 6. As welfare reform legislation takes effect, many service organizations seek ways to address workplace literacy issues immediately. 7. At issue is the landmark welfare reform legislation signed into law by President Clinton last August. 8. Bush used the setting to affirm his support for welfare reform legislation. 9. But administration officials said even more disabled children would have lost benefits under early versions of the welfare legislation that were vetoed by Clinton. 10. But his advisers challenged the view of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., that the new welfare legislation could lead to children sleeping on grates. |