Work over Welfare The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law

Name: Work over Welfare The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law
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ISBN: 9780815735151

ISBN-10: 0815735154

ISBN-13: 9780815735151

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ron Haskins

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Transforming Welfare tells the inside story of the legislation that ended " welfare as we know it." As a key staffer on the House Ways and Means Committee, author Ron Haskins was one of the architects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996. In this landmark book, he vividly portrays the political battles that produced the most dramatic overhaul of the welfare system since its creation as part of the New Deal. Haskins starts his story in the early 1990s, as a small group of Republicans lays the groundwork for welfare reform by developing innovative policies to encourage work and fight illegitimacy. These ideas, which included such controversial provisions as…

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List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Publication date: 8/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 450
Size: 5.99" wide x 9.00" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Preface



Building the American Welfare State



Laying the Groundwork



House Republicans Unite behind Radical Reforms



The Contract with America



The House Initiates the Revolution



The Battle in the House, Part I: Hearings



The Battle in the House, Part II: Markups



The Battle in the House, Part III: The Floor



The Senate Joins the Revolution



Budget Issues Trump Welfare Reform



Clinton Vetoes Welfare Reform, Again



The Governors Revive the Revolution



The Revolution Threatened



Triumph: Clinton Signs



Ten Years Later: The Triumph of Work



The Welfare Reform Law That Reshaped American Social Policy


Notes


Index