At the same time, the strategy of targeting welfare could help the GOP steer clear of proposing cuts to the popular old-age entitlement programs Social Security and Medicare. In other words, it’s an ...

According to the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee, welfare spending per day per household in poverty is $168, which is higher than the $137 median income per day. When broken down per ...

One of the longtime dividing lines between conservatives and liberals or progressives is whether those receiving welfare benefits should be required to work. Conservatives see the requirement as a way ...

With the unprecedented budget explosion of means-tested, welfare-related entitlements, does Team Obama think it can buy the election? It’s a cynical question. But I wouldn’t put it past that cynical ...

Rachel Sheffield is research fellow in welfare and family policy in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research. Means-tested welfare is the third-largest ...

Congress is hurtling toward a colossal showdown over the federal budget. The House budget blueprint instructed the Committee on Energy and Commerce to find $880 billion in spending cuts, which ...

Rachel Sheffield is research fellow in welfare and family policy in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research. It seems reasonable that a program designed ...

The Trump administration recently promised that it “will not cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits.” The determination not to reform retirement benefit entitlements is politically ...