Clinton Defends Obama on Gutting of His Welfare Reform Law
Last night, former President Bill Clinton claimed that President Obama had not gutted welfare reform. Clinton proclaimed that Obama would actually strengthen welfare reform by… Read More
Food Stamps Part of What Makes America Exceptional, Says the Left
One in seven Americans is on food stamps. According to the left, this high rate of participation is part of what makes America exceptional. So… Read More
VIDEO: Heritage’s Robert Rector Sets the Record Straight on Welfare Reform
The so-called “fact checkers” are acting more like President Obama’s surrogates than independent analysts. On issue after issue, they’re simply ignoring the facts. And when… Read More
Morning Bell: Media “Fact Checkers” Promote Obama’s Gutting of Welfare Reform
Since Heritage’s Robert Rector and Kiki Bradley broke the story on July 12 that the Obama Administration had gutted the work requirements from the 1996… Read More
Obama Administration Already Tossed the Food Stamp Work Requirement
The Obama Administration sure is getting defensive about its recent action to waive all work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash… Read More
Heritage Legal Memo: Welfare Reform’s Work Requirements Cannot Be Waived
The Obama Administration is denying that it has gutted the work requirements from the 1996 welfare reform law, despite all evidence that it has. Heritage… Read More
Gingrich Blasts ‘Radical’ Obama’s Drive to Illegally Gut Welfare Reform
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was instrumental in passing welfare reform in the 1990s, blasted President Obama’s attempt to gut the law in a… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Denies Gutting Welfare Reform
The Obama Administration came out swinging against its critics on welfare reform yesterday, with Press Secretary Jay Carney saying the charge that the Administration gutted… Read More
U.S. Welfare System Fails to Support Work
Last Monday in The Washington Post, Charles Lane drew attention to the need for getting work incentives right in federal policy. “The Americans with Disabilities… Read More
Welfare Work Requirements Respect Human Dignity
The Obama Administration has effectively gutted the work requirements of the bipartisan welfare reforms of 1996. In doing so, it is trampling on the central… Read More
