PBS NewsHour

Candidates Spar Over Welfare Reform on the Campaign Trail

Clip: 08/09/2012 | 13m 7s

In a new ad, the Romney campaign targets 'welfare-to-work' programs and inflexibility for state changes to federal programs. Judy Woodruff talks to Georgetown University's Peter Edelman and Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector about welfare reform and the criticisms and proposals coming out of the campaign trail.

Aired: 08/09/12

Rating: NR

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