Word: doles
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first former welfare mother elected to the House, Woolsey has told her story often: as a young, newly divorced and unemployed mother of three in the early '70s, she went on the dole. And though she is an active supporter of tough environmental regulations, not surprisingly, trying to keep the G.O.P. from gutting welfare has been one of her major concerns...
...more education and fewer prisons--which means more government money for the former to save money on the latter. A moderate Democrat on social policy, Saunders believes in retraining programs to help the poor find jobs and supported the higher minimum wage as an incentive to stay off the dole...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Bill Clinton sees America where our children are healthier and safer. Bob Dole sees an America where kids have a nonaddicting cigarette in one hand and a pistol in the other. Lucky for us that kids do not have three hands...
...House seat as a liberal Democrat. He remains a strong supporter of civil rights, gun control, universal health-care coverage and a greater commitment to public schools--though he reveals "New Democratics" by pushing for tougher penalties against criminals and forcing welfare recipients to work for their dole...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "If [Bob Dole's proposal for a 15% income tax cut] came on the floor of...Congress before there was a balanced budget, I couldn't support...