by Jane Richey | Mar 14, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The House voted Wednesday to block the Obama administration’s attempt to waive a requirement that people must work or prepare for a job in order to receive federal welfare benefits. In a 246-181 vote, the House approved the Preserving Work Requirements for...
by Jane Richey | Mar 8, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as several Members of Congress are trying to restore the reforms that helped so many out of poverty. The work...
by Jane Richey | Jul 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
In 1996, Republicans forced through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) bill, also known as welfare reform. It incentivized states to create welfare-to-work programs, trying to transition Americans from government dependency to financial solvency. But...
by Jane Richey | Jul 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
The imperial Presidency has overturned Congress and the law again. Not content to stop at rewriting immigration policy, education policy and energy policy, yesterday, President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an official policy directive...