Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, March 26, 1995 TAG: 9503270088
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-5 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Line-item veto
The Senate on Thursday approved 69-29 a bill that would give the president power to cut individual spending items passed by Congress. The line-item veto bill would require a two-thirds majority vote of the House and Senate to override a presidential veto of a spending item. A ``yes'' vote favors the line-item veto.
Sen. Charles Robb-D ... Y
Sen. John Warner-R ... Y
House
Welfare debate
The House on Wednesday passed 217-211 a resolution setting the rules for debate of the Republican welfare reform bill. Debate centered on whether the bill would increase the number of women who have abortions. Proponents of the resolution argued that limiting welfare benefits would prevent poor women from getting pregnant. Opponents argued that pressure on states to reduce out-of-wedlock births would cause more abortions. A ``yes'' vote indicates approval of the rules, and the GOP welfare plan.
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Abingdon) ... N
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Roanoke) ... Y
Rep. L.F. Payne (D-Nelson County) ... N
Welfare and deficit
The House on Wednesday approved 228-203 a package of amendments to the Republican welfare reform plan. The measure would strip a provision from the GOP plan requiring the $66 billion saved by reforming welfare to be used to reduce the deficit. Opponents said deficit reduction should come before a tax cut. A ``yes'' vote favors using the savings for the tax cut.
Boucher ... N
Goodlatte ... Y
Payne ... N
Job-training funding
The House on Thursday rejected 205-228 an alternative measure to the Republican welfare reform bill that would have provided more money for education and job training. The measure, backed by conservative Democrats, would have limited welfare benefits to four years, half of which welfare recipients could spend on job training. Opponents argued the measure would preserve a broken welfare system. A ``yes'' vote favors the alternative welfare reform plan.
Boucher ... Y
Goodlatte ... N
Payne ... Y
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