11. He vetoed a Republican welfare reform measure, claiming that it did not provide proper child care so that mothers could work. 12. He was the only senator running for re-election who voted against the Republican welfare bill that President Clinton signed this month. 13. His capitulation then, after vetoing two previous Republican welfare bills, was mostly tactical. 14. House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri said the Democrats would offer two alternatives to the Republican welfare bill. 15. Immigrants would be hit very hard by the Republican welfare initiatives now making their way through Congress, Cluny said. 16. In a speech here last week, Chiles said the formula for distributing federal money under the Republican welfare bills was inequitable. 17. In the last six months, Clinton has twice vetoed other bills containing Republican welfare initiatives. 18. It is where one Democrat likened Republican welfare legislation to the Holocaust, and where Republicans turned off the microphones and recessed to silence Democratic attacks. 19. Jesse Jackson led a protest outside the White House the day after Clinton said he would sign a Republican welfare reform bill. 20. Much of the Republican welfare plan is expected to make it through the House with little trouble, but its fate is less certain in the Senate. |