Work over welfare : the inside story of the 1996 welfare reform law / Ron Haskins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haskins, Ron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Welfare recipients--Employment--United States.

Welfare recipients.

United States--Social policy--1993-.

United States.

United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

14. Triumph: Clinton Signs15. Ten Years Later: The Triumph of Work; Appendix: The Welfare Reform Law That Reshaped American Social Policy; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815735090

081573509X

OCLC:

476021137