March 7, 2003
Houses Passes Welfare Bill With Work Requirement
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last month to modify federal welfare law in ways that would make it more difficult for welfare recipients to attend college.
The bill, HR 4, would increase the number of work hours required of welfare recipients each week, to 40 from 30, and would cut the amount of time recipients could attend college in any 24-month period, to 4 months from 12 months.
Like the current law, the bill, which passed the House, 230 to 192, generally
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