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Jimmy Carter: When enacted, this proposal will—lift 2 million families above the poverty line.

On the recordNovember 6, 1979
When enacted, this proposal will—lift 2 million families above the poverty line.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Welfare Cash Assistance Reform Legislation Statement on House of Representatives Approval of the Legislation.

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