41.   But in the new welfare bill, Congress extended the time the cut will be in effect.

42.   But he hailed the welfare reform bill that will deny many federal benefits for most non-citizens, including legals.

43.   But it is harsher than the corresponding provisions of the welfare bill that Clinton vetoed in January.

44.   But Kennedy acknowledged his disagreement with Clinton on the welfare bill, saying it would hurt poor children more than people realize.

45.   But much of this is already financed or included in the recently passed welfare bill, so the fight has been largely symbolic for Dole and the Republicans.

46.   But most of the waivers are expected soon, and in any case will be moot if welfare bills moving ahead in Congress become law.

47.   But in the end, Senate Majority Leader Dole is likely to pass a welfare bill that lets states make such decisions.

48.   But in the last few weeks, antipoverty groups and religious organizations put intense pressure on the White House to reject the welfare bill shaping up in Congress.

49.   But other public officials say the block-grant welfare bill just passed by the Senate is ill conceived, and potentially disastrous.