51.   Municipal bondholders, meantime, may gain from welfare legislation.

52.   Much of the attention paid to the recently enacted welfare legislation focused on the work requirements and time limits imposed on poor families.

53.   Not surprisingly, these tensions came to the fore once the Republicans were actually running the government, notably during the debate over welfare legislation.

54.   President Clinton says he might sign welfare legislation if congressional negotiators improve the House- and Senate-passed bills in a conference committee.

55.   Public assistance to foreign-born residents was sharply curtailed in the immigration and welfare legislation that became law last year.

56.   President Clinton and Senate Republican leader Bob Dole will offer competing proposals Monday to overcome a political impasse that has stalled welfare legislation for two months.

57.   Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the House subcommittee responsible for welfare legislation, reacted to the report with cautious optimism.

58.   Rockefeller also objected to the strategy of pulling the child support enforcement section out of comprehensive welfare reform legislation.

59.   She had looked to Dellums for stronger leadership in taking on welfare legislation in Congress.

60.   She would like to tour the states and gather information on how the new welfare legislation affects children.