work requirements

The bill passed today would increase work requirements in two ways.

As a result, he said, the state will easily meet the new work requirements.

Democrats now claim to be the party of work requirements, which they never were.

President Clinton does not want to appear soft on work requirements.

States are subject to financial penalties if they do not meet the work requirements.

"Forced work requirements" have support across the political spectrum these days.

States could exempt families with children under the age of 1 from the work requirements.

He said the states had been more realistic than Congress in setting work requirements.

States that do not meet the work requirements of the new law face financial penalties.

The work requirements have also strained the neighborhood's day care system.

The law's work requirements will become more stringent in the next three years.

About 24 states would find the work requirements cut by half or more under the Administration's proposed definition.

"If we increase the cost of community service jobs, it will undermine the work requirements," he said.

During the first year, a mother could satisfy the work requirements by spending the same amount of time in a training program.

At the same time, they made more welfare recipients subject to the work requirements.

And Republicans led an effort to establish work requirements for the nation's main welfare program.

This again is an American import: work requirements have long been used to force people off benefits.

And she questioned whether the declines are a result of the new work requirements.

Some states want to use state money to aid families who do not meet the law's stringent work requirements.

Among state and local governments, much of the concern appears to center on the proposed work requirements.

But, he said, there is no longer any reason to waive the work requirements.

The bill includes stricter work requirements and more money for child care.

He completed the course work requirements for the doctorate in three terms.

Democrats say states could meet the work requirements in the Republican bill simply by removing people from the rolls.

Why didn't they also test the stick alone, the work requirements?"