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Your Congressperson Needs Support in Voting NO on the Welfare Reform Bill (12/13/1995)
Both houses of Congress recently passed separate bills to reform the nation's welfare and social services programs. Since then, the House and Senate have been working to produce a compromise "conference" bill. When an agreement over whether to convert child nutrition programs (e.g. school lunch) into a block grant is reached, the bill will be sent to both houses for final approval (a House vote may be Dec. 14th or 15th), and on to the President. Organizations and others who care about the needs of the poor are concerned that many members of Congress may vote for this welfare reform bill in the mistaken belief that it is dramatically better than the original House bill, and that it limits damage to poor families.
House and Senate Conferees on Welfare Reform Bill Named (10/18/1995)
In the coming weeks Congress will be making final budget and policy decisions on a wide range of programs. We will be
sending out more frequent analyses with more details on specific programs. This issue will focus on the House and
Senate Welfare Reform bills with updates on EITC and the Istook Amendment. Later we will follow with a focused
report on Medicaid and Medicare and a look at the impact of Congressional reforms on child welfare programs and
various immigrant related proposals and their disproportionate impact on Texas.
Senate Welfare Bill Passes 87 - 12 (09/29/1995)
On September 19th, by a vote of 87-12, the U.S. Senate
passed the Dole welfare reform bill.
Senate Welfare Bill Heads for a Final Vote (09/18/1995)
Senator Dole announced that the final vote on the welfare reform bill (S.1120) will take place Tuesday (Sept. 19) at 2:15
p.m. Whatever the final Senate Bill looks like, lawmakers are warning of a tough battle ahead in the House-Senate conference â€" with Democrats saying they could not support a bill that moved to the right and conservatives saying they could not support a bill that did not.
Adjustments to the Senate Republican Leadership's Welfare Reform Bill (08/21/1995)
On August 8th, Senator Bob Dole postponed debate on his welfare reform bill, S.1120, with the intention of working out differences in the legislation. Since that time, there have been a few indications that adjustments will be made to the bill.
Senate Welfare Reform Debate Postponed to September (08/10/1995)
Senate leaders have announced that action on the Senate's welfare reform legislation will be postponed until after the Senate's 3-week summer recess. This is due both to disagreements among Republicans, and to the resistance of Democratic Senators to the Dole proposal.
Welfare Reform Debate Begins on Senate Floor (08/7/1995)
Two weeks ago, disagreement among Republicans threatened to delay Senate action and force welfare reform into the budget reconciliation bill in the fall. Late last week, action on welfare reform resumed with the introduction of Senator Bob Dole's (R-KS) Republican compromise bill (S. 1120) and the Democratic bill drafted by Minority leader Tom Daschle (D-SD). The Democratic and Republican plans borrow heavily from the bill already passed by the House (H.R. 4), and differ only marginally from each other. Both plans block grant AFDC, impose a five year lifetime limit for benefits, shift responsibility for determining eligibility to states, and require beneficiaries to establish paternity. The differences between the plans are outlined below.
What's Hot (07/24/1995)
Welfare Reform Vote Delayed, Sen. Gramm Presents Competing Proposal, Other Features.
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