Part one of term paper
When President Bill Clinton reluctantly signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, he had an idea of what the critical responses would be. The hope was to induce a program that would bring significant benefits to the needy and hungery people of our country. However, the response and criticisms are ...

Part two of term paper
... work and to increase state flexibility through the waiver process. But in the course of reviewing state welfare reform proposals, she became concerned that politics and financial pressures were pushing states into a "race to the bottom"(Bane). As long as the old law was in place the federal government could insist on guaranteed assistance and protections for recipients. Her fears about what would happen to poor children when states were no longer required to provide the modest assurances and ...