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Poverty and Welfare in America overview Political Agenda

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    • Robert Bigham, DC - Fri, 10/19/2007 - 5:48am
    http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm
    When Congress voted in 1996 to enact sweeping changes in the way the federal government provides public assistance to the poor, the goal -- in the words of former President Clinton -- was to "end welfare as we know it."
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