Welfare Reform and Its Discontents
September 1, 2026 | Scott Winship
Chairman LaHood, Ranking Member Davis, and members of the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, thank…
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Did Fraud Drive Blue States’ Pandemic Unemployment Funds?
September 1, 2026 | Matt Weidinger
It’s a depressingly familiar story: taxpayers lost a massive amount of money to waste, fraud, and…
Welfare Reform at 30: Major Effects and Lessons for Additional Reform
September 1, 2026 | Matt Weidinger
Chairman LaHood, Ranking Member Davis, and members of the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, thank you for holding this hearing on…
Opinion: 30 years of welfare reform and the path forward
August 30, 2026 | Angela Rachidi
Thirty years ago this month, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation…
Welfare Reform 30 Years Later: How Has Government Assistance Changed?
August 27, 2026 | Angela Rachidi
This month marks the 30th anniversary of welfare reform legislated with bipartisan support by a Republican-controlled…
Rings to Roofs, Part I: One Million Homes Through Marriage
August 27, 2026 | Arthur Gailes, Brad Wilcox, and Edward J. Pinto
Executive Summary The American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center has spent the past five years proposing…
A Review of the Wide Variation Across States in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Benefit Funding
August 27, 2026 | Matt Weidinger
Abstract Federal lawmakers created major temporary unemployment benefit programs during the pandemic, which collectively distributed…
The Path Ahead for Welfare Reform
August 22, 2026 | Angela Rachidi and Matt Weidinger
In the years since the landmark 1996 welfare reform law — which marks its 30th anniversary…
