21.   Even Democrats from more conservative districts who supported the welfare legislation said they were motivated in part by political calculations.

22.   For the last several days Dole has met with Republican senators, including several who back the Gramm proposal, to try to work out differences on welfare legislation.

23.   Further cuts in welfare programs are likely down the road, depending on the final shape of federal welfare legislation.

24.   Furthermore, congressional Republicans have agreed to sever the welfare legislation from a plan to overhaul Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor.

25.   Giblin cited support Andrews had given for proposed welfare legislation that President Clinton vetoed.

26.   Greenberg of the Center for Law and Social Policy said poor people would have fewer protections under the welfare legislation championed by Republicans in Congress.

27.   Halting these programs for legal immigrants was a primary feature of welfare reform legislation passed by the GOP Congress and signed by Clinton last fall.

28.   He and a group of bipartisan lawmakers will meet with President Bush at the White House Tuesday to discuss Senate action on welfare legislation.

29.   He has specifically criticized House-passed welfare legislation that would restrict benefits for young unwed mothers and for children born to women already on welfare.

30.   He said he was determined to work with Congress and governors to pass welfare legislation.