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Transcript: GORE'S SUPPORT SWELLS THE BIPARTISAN TIDE BACKING ASHCROFT'S PLAN TO HELP NEEDY; BILL SEEKS MAJOR CHARITABLE CHOICE EXPANSION
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- Article date:
- May 25, 1999
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 25, 1999
Gore`s Support Swells the Bipartisan Tide Backing Ashcroft`s Plan
to Help
Needy; Bill Seeks Major Charitable Choice Expansion
WASHINGTON - With bipartisan support for his "Charitable Choice" plan
swelling
among the ranks of presidential candidates in both parties, U.S. Senator
John Ashcroft today introduced a proposed expansion of the innovative
approach
to helping disadvantaged Americans.
In the historic 1996 welfare reform law, Ashcroft authored the original
Charitable Choice provision that enables churches and other faith-
based
organizations to help provide job training and related services to
welfare
clients. Today, ...