Posted on 06/27/2002 12:26:51 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:55:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday voted to approve a welfare-reform bill that adds about $9 billion in new spending for services to welfare recipients.
New funding includes $5.5 billion over five years for child care, $33 million a year for "second-chance" maternity homes for unwed mothers and $25 million a year for work programs for parents who owe child support, according to an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office.
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