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WA ANDREWS: LIVE InbWashington..the House passed a major bill that would over-haul this country's welfare system.One of the measure's provisions..would assure families..including those of the working poor..an .ncm e calculated at 16-hundred dollars for four persons. The bill now goes to the Senate..where efforts are already underway to increase the benefits. Opponents claim the estimated 4-Billion dollar cost would be far beyond that figure, and backers contend that present welfare is spiraling out of control.