Reforming the Fastest Growing Government Welfare Program
The House of Representatives is poised to pass a budget reconciliation measure that would tackle increased spending in the food stamps program (or, as it’s… Read More
HHS Investigating Welfare Spending at Casinos, Liquor Stores, Strip Clubs
The Administration for Children and Families, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, is investigating whether, and how, federal welfare funds have… Read More
Restoring Personal Responsibility in Welfare
Fifteen years ago, Congress voted to “end welfare as we know it.” As a result, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program was created… Read More
Guest Blogger: Reboot the Welfare System
To most Americans, the phrase “welfare reform” conjures memories of a bipartisan law that President Clinton said would “end welfare as we know it” in… Read More
Anti-Poverty Approach Needs Reform: Who Said That?
“What’s needed most right now is creating the conditions where assistance is no longer needed.” “Let’s move beyond the old, narrow debate over how much… Read More
Increasing Numbers of the Poor: Why Government Anti-Poverty Programs Have Failed
The recent release of the Census report on an upsurge of the number of Americans in poverty will almost surely be used to justify a… Read More
Welfare in the Bronx: Personal Responsibility Is Still the Key
“Need Welfare in the Bronx? Come Back Tomorrow, Maybe” — that’s the title of a recent Womensenews.org piece that questions the success of welfare reform…. Read More
Morning Bell: Halting the Explosive Growth of Welfare Entitlements
Despite its failure last week, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) is continuing to push his tax-extenders bill. Bundled together with the many egregious pieces of this… Read More
House Bill Would Give States $2.5 Billion to Increase Welfare Rolls
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is attempting this week to schedule a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a measure that would extend expiring… Read More
Jobs Bill Actually Expands the Welfare State
Today the U.S. House of Representatives will take up a new “jobs” bill, HR4849, that includes a $2.5 billion provision to expand the size of… Read More
The Obama Budget: Expanding the Welfare state and Undermining Marriage
President Obama’s budget outlines a plan to pay states to grow their welfare roles and eliminate efforts to fight family breakdown in low-income communities. Despite… Read More
Murray Amendment Defeat Spells Small Hope for Welfare Reform
Yesterday the Senate beat back an amendment offered by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to the tax extenders bill that would have continued for another six… Read More
Fenty on Track with Welfare to Work Proposal in DC Budget
Sunday’s Washington Post reports that the District of Columbia is considering changing its welfare program to restore real work requirements for able-bodied individuals receiving cash… Read More
