Word: wouldtoughen
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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President Clinton told the nation's governors he wouldtoughen up welfareby barring recipients who refuse to work from getting additional food stamps. Moving to confront Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole's plan to transfer the lion's share of federal welfare monies to the states, Clinton defended Washington's role as crucial to poor children. "I believe we ought to have a continued partnership," the President told the National Governors' Association in Burlington, Vermont. "I am opposed to welfare reform that is really just a mask forcongressional budget cutting." Dole, who spoke earlier, said he would introduce legislation by week...
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