PRI19980512.2000.0150 NEWS TRANSCRIPT The Senate has voted to restore food stamps for a quarter million legal immigrants. It's part of a $1.9 billion agriculture research Bill which the Senate passed and sent to the house today. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports. The food stamp restoration would apply to fewer than a third of the immigrants who lost eligibility under welfare reform. Only children, the elderly, and the disabled would once again be able to collect food stamps. The restoration is included in an agriculture research Bill. Senator Graham wanted the Bill returned to a house-senate conference committee to have the food stamp provision removed. The biggest problem with the Bill is it puts a great big neon sign on the border of the United States of america, and the neon sign says "come to America and get welfare, we have A welfare office on every corner." But a number of senators supported the partial restoration, while others were simply unwilling to delay the agriculture Bill any longer. They noted that critical crop insurance provisions are already overdue, causing anxiety among the nation's farmers. Peter Kenyon, NPR news, the capital.