Jim Talent on Welfare & Poverty Republican Senator; previously Representative (MO-2)

Co-author of 1996 Welfare Reform bill

Voted YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations.

Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending.

[As part of the Contract with America, within 100 days we pledge to bring to the House Floor the following bill]:

The Personal Responsibility Act:
Discourage illegitimacy and teen pregnancy by prohibiting welfare to minor mothers and denying increased AFDC for additional children while on welfare, cut spending for welfare programs, and enact a tough two-years-and-out provision with work requirements to promote individual responsibility.