81.   The need to get the poorest people into the mainstream has become especially pressing now that Congress has passed a sweeping welfare reform package.

82.   The new Gore accounts are a retooled and more expensive version of a program President Clinton proposed last year as part of his Social Security reform package.

83.   The move is part of a constitutional reform package that legislators approved at an unexpected session on Sunday.

84.   The protections are part of a sweeping education reform package that was a key Bush campaign promise.

85.   The reform package also aims to sustain Medicare to prepare for the retirement of the baby-boomer generation.

86.   The reform package approved Thursday includes general measures that are designed to improve corporate conduct, like tougher accounting standards and greater disclosure requirements.

87.   The procedural vote prevented consideration of several anti-abortion amendments, but two were allowed and -- if passed -- would alter the welfare reform package.

88.   The reform package approved Thursday is only the first of several steps that CalPERS directors expect to take in the next few months.

89.   The reform package is now being considered by the House.

90.   The reform package unveiled today requires banks and finance companies to increase their ratio of capital to risky loans.