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Background In 1996 President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, which became popularly known as "welfare reform," into law. The legislation...
Setting the 2017 Policy Agenda No more favors for the few. Opportunity for all-that is our motto.—Speaker Paul D. Ryan Americans are hungry for...
The Medicare "Doc Fix" Status: Congress periodically overrides a 1997 law that attempts to contain the cost of Medicare payments to doctors. Congress prevents...
Conservatives and liberals agree that it is good to help those most in need to put food on their table. There is disagreement, however...
"[Trade Adjustment Assistance] is our commitment to workers competing in a globalized economy, and we must immediately extend the improvements that we made in...
UPDATE:The liberal assault on conservative reform continues. FACT FICTION President Obama and his big-government allies would rather mislead the American people and make a...