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

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Haskins, Ron
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.