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wamings that a national wel-
"family cap” would drive up
Irtions and punish poor fami-
|, the Senate derailed a conser-
ive push Thursday to deny ad-
aal cash payments to single
ers who have more children,
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h every Democrat as the
ate approved an amend-
it by Sen. Pete Domenici,
34, to strip a family cap poli-
from the Republican blue-
nt to overhaul the nation’s
llfare programs.
[Conservatives said the govem-
int must stop subsidizing the
ickless, irresponsible” behavior
ingle women who ask taxpay-
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■lieve in the tooth fairy. It just
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menici, R-N.M., while warn
ing that the family cap could
increase abortions and add to
the misery of the poor.
The family cap has divided
Republicans as Bob Dole, the
Senate’s majority leader and
top contender for the GOP pres
idential nomination, tries to
win approval for historic legis
lation to turn responsibility for
welfare over to the states, cut
spending by $70 billion, and re
quire recipients to go to work.
Dole has said he hopes to
pass the bill, the centerpiece of
the OOP’s social agenda, by
Thursday. Several issues re
main to be settled, among them
demands that spending on child
care be dramatically increased.
The White House applauded
the passage of Domenici’s amend
ment. “It does by no means satisfy
all the president’s concerns,” said
White House spokesman Mike
McCurry, “but they are beginning
to move this legislation in the di
rection of real reform of our wel
fare system. ... We’re going to con
tinue to encourage them to im
prove this bill ... but we’re
getting closer.”
Conservative Republican
Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, one
of Dole’s rivals for the presiden
tial nomination, said Wednes
day’s vote marks “the unravel
ing of our consensus” on wel
fare. “It puts a lot of us in the
position of trying to decide
what we want to do.”
Speaking against Domenici’s
amendment Wednesday, Dole
warned lawmakers that “if we
don’t deal with out-of-wedlock
births then we’re really not
dealing with welfare reform.”
Dole, R-Kan., added the family
cap to his welfare bill late last
week, heeding the demands of
Senate conservatives and forces
in the Christian right, who have
made reducing illegitimate births
one of their priorities.
His decision angered the
OOP’s moderate wing.
Addressing the Senate late
Tuesday, Domenici said he did
not want on his conscience a
vote for a welfare bill that says
to teen-agers: “Maybe you
ought to get an abortion.”
“Can we really believe that
with the problems that teen
agers are having, and the soci
etal mix-up they find them
selves in, that cash benefits are
going to keep them from getting
pregnant?” he added. “I cannot
believe it. Frankly, there is no
evidence of that.”
Domenici also argued that at
a time when the Senate is mov
ing to give states maximum
flexibility to experiment with
welfare reform, it is wrong to
impose such mandates on gov
ernors and legislatures. Con
servative strings, he said, are
no better than liberal strings.
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