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No major overhaul planned for welfare system
Washington reports indicate broad agreement that the costly welfare system is a mess but no major reform is imminent. Experts cite a mix of minor tinkering and deep political divisions, with continued payments under AFDC for families like a Mississippi four and a Massachusetts mother of six, while costs rise and federal consensus stalls.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Federal Treasury
Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
House
Senate
Reagan
David Swope
Reagan Welfare
Republican Study Committee
Swope
Senate Finance Committee
Ed Weaver
Illinois
American Public Welfare Association
AFDC
New York
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
New York City
HEW
Caspar W. Weinberger
Martha Griffiths
D-Mich
Treasury Department
Weinberger
Griffiths
Detroit
Associated Press