Revised November 8, 2005

HOUSE BUDGET BILL UNDERMINES GOALS OF PROMOTING WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY
By Sharon Parrott

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Over the past decade, conservatives, among others, have emphasized the importance of work and personal responsibility among low-income families.  Many have argued that assistance programs should both reward work and require that parents assume personal responsibility for their families.

Yet, the House budget “reconciliation” bill that is slated for consideration on the House floor this week includes substantial cuts that will make it harder for low-income working families to make ends meet and reduce the likelihood that noncustodial parents will be required to pay the child support they owe their children: