And in 1995, both states began experimenting with a two-year limit.

The two-year limit on welfare is the plan's major novelty.

And a Republican alternative shares the basic outline of a two-year limit, followed by a work program.

On the first point, the two-year limit in the new proposal misses the mark.

It also eliminated the two-year limit, making the program permanent.

The Administration now argues that between 500,000 and a million people will hit the two-year limit.

And South Carolina has chosen to do so, with a two-year limit for most families.

He wants to set a two-year limit on welfare payments to people able to work.

President Clinton promised voters he would put a two-year limit on welfare benefits and then require recipients to work.

Reform ought first to minimize the number of people who reach the two-year limit on welfare without finding private employment.