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946874
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b701244
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Haskins, Ron.
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Work over welfare : : the inside story of the 1996 welfare reform law /\ Ron Haskins.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (xiii, 450 pages)
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081573509X
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: 9780815735090
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0815735081
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0815735154
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9780815735083
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9780815735151
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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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United States., Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
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Public welfare-- United States.
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Welfare recipients-- Employment-- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services Welfare.
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Public welfare.
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Social policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Poverty Homelessness.
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Sozialhilfe
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Welfare recipients-- Employment.
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Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (United States)
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United States, Social policy, 1993-
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United States.
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USA.
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362.5/840973
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HV95.H34 2006eb
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