Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Building the American Welfare State; 2. Laying the Groundwork; 3. House Republicans United behind Radical Reforms; 4. The Contract with America; 5. The House Initiates the Revolution; 6. The Battle in the House, PART I: Hearings; 7. The Battle in the House, Part II: Markups; 8. The Battle in the House, Part III: The Floor; 9. The Senate Joins the Revolution; 10. Budget Issues Trump Welfare Reform; 11. Clinton Vetoes Welfare Reform, Again; 12. The Governors Revive the Revolution; 13. The Revolution Threatened.
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Work over 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.
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Work over welfare.
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0815735081
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States., Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (United States)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Public welfare-- United States.
Welfare recipients-- Employment-- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.