DMont.. voted to take the issue out of the bill while Sen. Conrad Burns. RMont.. was among the 51 that voted for It to remain In the bill. "It is wrong as a matter of principle to tie controversial issues to flood disaster relief." Baucus said. "We simply should not play p)lItics when peoples lives are in the balance." The Senate also voted. 8911. to provide $240 million n the emergency relief bill to extend welfare payments to legal Immigrants until the start of the new fiscal year on Oot. 1. Under the now welfare law. legal immigrants were to lose their benefits In August. The amendment. offered by Sens. Alfonso DAmato. ItN.Y.. and John Chafee. RR.I. replaced a provision in the bill that set aside $125 million for block granta to the states for immigrants. an idea opposed by the administration. Lawmakers resolved another sticking point In the bill when they agreed to allow the Census Bureau. with congressional oversight. to go ahead with plans for the use of sampling methods In the 2000 census. Repoblicaus from rural states in particular had sought to ban sampling. which could record greater urban and minority populations and lead to district reapportloning.
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