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      "id": 102913,
      "date": "2001-02-07",
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      "title": "Short History of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law",
      "summary": "The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA,  P.L.\n104-193 ) changed the face of federal-state family welfare programs and most other federally\nsupported aid for the poor. Some 3 years' debate followed President Clinton's call \"to end welfare\nas we know it.\" Early (1993-1994) proposals retained the existing Aid to Families with Dependent\nChildren (AFDC) program, but placed time limits on welfare receipt not conditioned on work. In\n1995, the debate shifted when the House approved  H.R. 4  (the Personal Responsibility\nAct) and created Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grants to replace AFDC. \nThis measure time-limited welfare receipt, added to work requirements, and expanded welfare\nreform to include myriad changes in other programs like food stamps. The Senate adopted the House\nstructure with notable changes affecting the grants' funding structure and other matters (the Work\nOpportunity Act). But a House-Senate compromise on  H.R. 4  was twice vetoed at the\nend of 1995. In 1996, the vetoed  H.R. 4  was again picked up and, with significant\nchanges, adopted by Congress as part of an FY1997 budget reconciliation law and signed by the\nPresident on August 22, 1996.",
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