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Welfare reforms wait until next year

May 16, 1997
By: Susan Batt
State Capital Bureau

Missouri legislators failed to pass welfare reform laws that would extend benefits beyond the new federal limits. Susan Batt reports from the state capital.

With four minutes left in this year's legislative session, the House rejected propsed welfare reforms - considered one of the major issues of the year.

The senate had already approved the new guidelines, but the House had never even discussed the issue.

Senate majority leader and St Charles senator Steve Ehlmann saw this as an opportunity for Missouri to lead in the country's welfare reform.

Actuality: Steve Ehlmann
RunTime:
OutCue: "...I am disappointed."
Contents: "I wanted to see Missouri step up to the plate, and prove to people that we can solve our problems much better than the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. So I'm disappointed in that respect."

Both Democrats and Republicans say they will try again next year.

From the state capital, I'm Susan Batt.