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Pete Domenici: The amount of money that you say should be taken out of welfare in the President's budget, Senator Wellstone wants to…

On the recordMay 16, 1996
The amount of money that you say should be taken out of welfare in the President's budget, Senator Wellstone wants to know details. As a matter of fact, is it not true that the bipartisan welfare bill which passed the Senate with 87 votes cuts more in welfare, and had 87 votes, Democrats and Republicans, than the final product even when you take the additional amount out? Is that not correct?
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Pete Domenici

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Questioning the welfare cuts proposed in the President's budget during Senate debate.

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