And both include the politically popular idea of a five-year limit on welfare benefits.

That is a world most recipients will have to enter under the five-year limit on benefits in the new law.

Next month, 32,800 families will reach the five-year federal limit for cash welfare assistance.

"It shouldn't run out," a 38-year-old woman who was raped in the early 1980's said yesterday of the five-year limit.

The House bill would set a five-year limit on welfare payments to most families.

They also object to the bill's five-year limit on Federal welfare benefits.

There is a five-year limit in the complex, so teachers are encouraged to save money to buy their own homes.

The House bill also includes a five-year limit, and so that provision appears likely to become law.

That equation will not hold in the future, when five-year limits are reached.

The bills would also set a five-year limit on public assistance.