Letter from Washington

The Mills welfare-reform bill faces a fight in the Senate despite strong Administration support. Nebraska Republican Carl Curtis has introduced a substitute bill that contains a number of conservative principles. Surprisingly the Curtis bill is given a fair chance of replacing the Mills bill if the unusual coalition backing it can hold together.

During the fight for the Mills bill in the House, the Administration pulled out all stops, not so much because the President favors the Mills version of welfare reform specifically but because the Administration believes it can take credit for any version of welfare reform that passes the 92nd Congress. It is the concept, not the specifics, that the President is interested in.

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The Mills welfare-reform bill faces a fight in the Senate despite strong Administration support. Nebraska Republican Carl Curtis has introduced a substitute bill that contains a number of conservative principles. Surprisingly the Curtis bill is given a fair chance of replacing the Mills bill if the unusual coalition backing it can hold together.

During the fight for the Mills bill in the House, the Administration pulled out all stops, not so much because the President favors the Mills version of welfare reform specifically but because the Administration believes it can take credit for any version of welfare reform that passes the 92nd Congress. It is the concept, not the specifics, that the President is interested in.