Word: gramm
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Faced with stiff opposition from both the right and the left, Senate majority leader Bob Dole reluctantly put off action on the G.O.P. leadership's much touted welfare-reform plan (which has already passed the House). Conservative Republicans, including rival presidential aspirant Phil Gramm, are demanding tougher provisions penalizing unwed mothers, especially those who are teenagers. Democrats are insisting on more generous job-training and child-care provisions...
Meredith E. Bagby '95, not Bob Dole or Phil Gramm, will soon be running the government--at least if H. Ross Perot has anything to say about...
Then there's the ongoing struggle between Bob Dole and Phil Gramm to see who can garner the most nightly news airtime. The Gramm-Dole competition will have served its ultimate purpose when the Republican party splits, leaving Ben Nighthorse Campbell to wonder if he can ever go home...
...along with his bill." The debate on the Senate floor has laid bare deep divisions within the GOP over the right way to reshape the program. Dole's bill would shift control of funding for welfare to the states in the form of block grants. Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), who is leading the conservative opposition on the Senate floor, believesmore draconian measures must be taken to discourage out-of-wedlock births. His amendments would ban cash assistance to unwed mothers under 18, anddeny increased aid to women who have more children while they are receiving welfare...
...during his welfare speech today. "I'm not going to make health an issue in 1996, no." Clinton took mock offense later today: "My standing pulse rate is much lower than Senator Dole's. But that's really not his fault. I don't have to deal with Phil Gramm everyday," Clinton joked...