51.   But Kerry, who recently voted against a strict welfare reform bill after supporting a less stringent bill, said the governor has gone too far.

52.   But she said she worried that the president might eventually sign a modified version of the welfare bill that contains some of the same features.

53.   But the budget agreement does not restore everything that legal immigrants lost in the welfare bill.

54.   But the financial implications of the welfare bill are still terrifying.

55.   But the latest version of the welfare bill would go further in some ways.

56.   But the welfare bill just signed by President Clinton could hurt lots of parents and their kids.

57.   But the welfare bill signed by President Clinton last month now gives the states wide latitude to design their own welfare programs.

58.   But this year, he voted for a modified welfare reform bill, which President Clinton signed into law.

59.   But three senators who voted against the welfare bill last week supported it on Thursday night.