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Senate panel poised to mark up welfare-reform bill
Washington Times ^ | 6/26/02 | Cheryl Wetzstein

Posted on 06/25/2002 11:49:19 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A "conceptual" Senate welfare bill, designed to find the middle ground in many contentious issues in welfare reform, has some Republican support, but is viewed as "significantly to the left" by others.

Outlines of the measure, called the Work, Opportunity and Responsibility for Kids Act of 2002, circulated Monday. "It's not a bill with a number yet," a Senate aide said yesterday. "This is kind of a conceptual markup."


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